An Excel workbook for wardrobes and built furniture: a blank BOQ with the usual lines already listed, the same format filled in for three bedrooms with hinged and sliding wardrobes, a fifteen-point reference naming what every line must carry, and a checklist of questions for your contractor. Free, usable with any firm, and the download link asks for nothing.
The same eleven columns as the whole-home BOQ pack and the kitchen BOQ, so a line copied between them lands in the same place.
Square foot of shutter elevation or running foot, the height a running-foot rate assumes, whether the loft is in the figure, and why depth has to be stated separately. Two wardrobe quotes on different bases cannot be compared.
Eighteen lines: wardrobes, lofts and internals for three bedrooms, the sliding system, mirror, handles and locks, internal lighting, a storage bed, bedside tables, a study or dressing unit, a shoe rack, bought furniture, and installation.
An 8 x 7 ft hinged master wardrobe with a loft, a 6 x 7 ft sliding wardrobe and a 6 x 7 ft hinged wardrobe, plus built furniture, filled to the level of detail that counts as specified. An illustrative layout, not a client's project.
What each line must name, the vague wording it replaces, and the failure that vagueness causes — from the back panel and shutter substrate to the sliding track, depth, loft and bed lift mechanism.
Questions grouped by when to ask them: before the drawing is final, when material arrives, during installation, at handover, and about money. Printable, with tick boxes.
Two wardrobes of the same width and finish can be quoted far apart and both be fair, or close together and describe different wardrobes. Five things account for most of it, and the template has a line or a column for each.
The unit hides the height. A rate per square foot of shutter elevation — width multiplied by height — and a rate per running foot of width can be the same price. The running-foot rate only means something once the height it assumes is written down. Converting between the two shows the arithmetic.
The loft is in, out, or unstated. On a 9 to 10 ft ceiling a full-height wardrobe needs a loft, and it is the commonest gap between two quotes. The template gives it its own line.
Depth is in neither unit. A hinged wardrobe is usually around 24 inches deep. A sliding one needs 26 to 28 inches outside to keep 24 inches clear inside, because the track takes the difference. A sliding quote at hinged depth has either lost hanging space or not been drawn.
The inside is where the money is. Drawer count, rails, pull-outs and the hardware series behind them are where two wardrobes of identical size differ. The template lists internals by count, wardrobe by wardrobe — see planning the inside of a wardrobe.
Furniture: built or bought. A storage bed, bedside tables, a study table and a shoe rack are carpentry and belong on the BOQ with full specification. A sofa, dining set or mattresses are usually outside a turnkey interior quote. The template lists bought furniture on its own line so the quote says excluded, or prices each item.
| Element | What the line must name | The vague version to refuse |
|---|---|---|
| Wardrobe carcass | BWP to IS 710 at the base, BWR to IS 303 above, thickness and brand | "Branded ply" |
| Sliding system | Top-hung or bottom-rolling, brand and series, roller rating, dampers on both shutters | "Sliding wardrobe" |
| Depth | External depth per wardrobe; internal clearance for sliding | Not stated |
| Loft | Own line, or explicitly included; what it is built to carry | Absorbed or omitted |
| Internals | Drawers, rails, pull-outs by count, with hardware series | "Standard internals" |
| Measurement basis | Sq ft of elevation, or running foot with the height stated | Basis unstated |
The full sheet carries fifteen elements, including back panel, shutter substrate and finish, edge banding, hinges, sliding shutter frame, mirror, bed lift mechanism and GST.
A direct link. No form, no email, no phone number — a download is not an enquiry, and nobody will call you for taking the file.
Quoting the kitchen too? The kitchen BOQ uses the same columns, and the whole-home pack covers TV unit, false ceiling, pooja unit, painting and electrical.
Put every quote on one basis. Convert running-foot rates to square feet of elevation using the height each quote assumes — and ask for the height if it is missing. Then check the loft is treated the same way in every quote.
Copy each quote into the format. A line a firm cannot fill in — the depth, the drawer count, the sliding kit series — is not a detail they forgot. It is a decision left open, and open decisions get closed on site.
Add the exclusions back. Loft, internals, mirror, handles, lighting and any bought furniture: put every excluded line back into the cheaper quote before calling it cheaper, and put every quote on the same side of GST.
For what a wardrobe costs once it is specified, see wardrobe cost bands per sq ft, which carry their basis and date. Choosing between door types? What the sliding premium actually buys covers the track, the depth and the handover checks.
Either works if the basis is written down. Per square foot here means shutter elevation — width multiplied by height. A per-running-foot rate is width only, so it means nothing until the height it assumes is stated. Whichever is used, the BOQ should also say whether the loft is in the figure and give the depth, which neither unit contains.
Only if the quote says so. On a 9 to 10 ft ceiling a full-height wardrobe needs a loft, and leaving it unstated is the commonest gap between two wardrobe quotes. The template gives the loft its own line so it is either priced or visibly excluded.
Top-hung or bottom-rolling, the track brand and series, the roller load rating, soft-close dampers on both shutters, the shutter frame, and the depth. A sliding wardrobe needs 26 to 28 inches outside to keep 24 inches clear inside, and every internal unit has to fit within one bay. The template gives the sliding system its own line.
Built furniture — a storage bed, bedside tables, a study table, a shoe rack — is carpentry and belongs on the BOQ with full specification. Bought furniture such as sofas, dining sets and mattresses is usually outside a turnkey interior quote. The template lists it on its own line so the quote says excluded, or prices each item, rather than leaving it to assumption.
So the sheet can compare two or three contractors against one fixed specification without our numbers anchoring it. Wardrobe cost bands are published on the site with their basis and date attached, which a spreadsheet passed around on its own cannot carry.
No. The download link on this page is direct and asks for nothing. A download is not treated as an enquiry, and nobody will call you for taking the file.