Renovation Estimate Calculator: bid the remodel, don't guess it
Build a renovation bid from the ground up: line items by room, then general conditions, contingency, overhead, and profit. The numbers a real bid is made of.
Remodels lose money in the gaps: the allowance you forgot to mark up, the dumpster nobody priced, the contingency that should have covered the rot behind the tub. Anvil HUD builds a renovation bid bottom up, the way an estimator actually works. Every scope is a line item with its own material, waste, and labor, or a subcontractor bid with your markup on it. The lines roll up into a bare cost, then general conditions, a contingency for the unknowns, and your overhead and profit on top. You see every number and where it came from, so you can bid with confidence and walk into the job at the margin you planned.
How we price renovation & remodel
- Every scope is a line item: quantity times your material cost (plus a waste allowance) plus quantity times labor, or a flat allowance for a fixture the client has not picked yet, or a subcontractor's bid plus your markup.
- The lines add up to a bare cost. Add the general conditions (permits, dumpster, equipment rental), then a contingency percent for the surprises every remodel hides behind a wall.
- Overhead and profit go on last, as a percent of the loaded cost. That is your bid price, and every rate is yours to tune to your crew and your market.
Every line is published at the math. No black box. The engine is free; you only sign in to save your work.
Questions
How do I bid a renovation job?▾
Break the project into line items by room and scope. Price each as quantity times material (with a waste allowance) plus quantity times labor, or as a subcontractor bid with your markup. Sum to a bare cost, add general conditions like permits and the dumpster, add a contingency for the unknowns, then put overhead and profit on top. That total is your bid. Anvil HUD does the build-up and lets you tune every rate.
What is the difference between markup and margin?▾
Markup is what you add to cost. Margin is what you keep out of the price. A 20 percent markup is not a 20 percent margin: cost times 1.20 leaves about 17 percent margin. Anvil HUD applies overhead and profit as a percent of price, so your target margin is the number you actually keep, not a markup that quietly comes up short.
Is the bid builder free?▾
Yes. Building and pricing a bid is always free. Pro unlocks exporting the client-facing proposal, plus the dashboards, the jobs log, and inventory across the rest of Anvil.
Know your craft.
Build your renovation & remodel bid on your real numbers, free. Sign in to save projects and export a client-ready proposal.