For concreters
Quoting for concreters
Concrete is quoted by the square metre or the cubic metre, with the finish, the thickness, the mesh and the excavation moving the price. Quote Desk keeps the rate for each finish on your list, so a driveway quote is a measurement and a few picks, sent from the kerb.
Quote from Harbourline Plumbing
Hot water unit replacement
| Remove old unit and dispose | $180.00 |
| 250L electric unit, supplied | $1,290.00 |
| Install, valves and compliance | $420.00 |
| Total | $1,890.00 |
Sent from the ute. Follow-up goes out Thursday if there is no answer.
What gets in the way for concreters
Driveway quotes on a Saturday
Driveways get measured on weekends because that is when the owner is home. A quote sent before you drive off beats one promised for Monday.
Exposed, coloured, plain
The finish changes the price more than the size does. Separate lines for each finish on the list show the customer what they are choosing.
Pump and access
A pump for a backyard slab with no truck access is a real cost. A line for it, named, is not padding.
Weather and the pour
Pours move with the forecast. Say so in the note, so the yes is a yes to that too.
A worked example
Concreter work, with Quote Desk
A fictional business, Setline Concreting, four on the crew. Price list: plain concrete per square metre 100 millimetre $95, exposed aggregate per square metre $165, coloured concrete per square metre $130, excavation and removal per square metre $35, concrete pump per pour $650, mesh and bar per square metre $12, saw cuts per metre $8, formwork per metre $22.
A homeowner forwards a request for a new double driveway in exposed aggregate. Measured on site: 58 square metres, 24 metres of edge. Quote this: excavation x58, exposed aggregate x58, mesh x58, formwork x24, saw cuts x12. Note: price includes GST, existing driveway removal included, pour date weather dependent, council crossover permit by the owner, no vehicles for seven days after the pour. Sent from the kerb. The owner accepts on Sunday after the first reminder.
A backyard shed slab with no truck access adds the pump line and a sentence in the note explaining why.
Talk of the Trade
Concreters on Talk of the Trade
Talk of the Trade ranks concreters by how many Google reviews they have. Figures as of October 2026.
See the lists on Talk of the Trade. Being listed there has nothing to do with using Quote Desk: no listing is sold and no rank changes.
Questions from concreters
Can I quote per cubic metre instead?
Yes. Put the item on your list with cubic metre as the unit. Quantities are whole numbers, so round up.
What about the crossover and permits?
Say in the note whose job the permit is. Quote Desk puts your words in front of the customer before they press Accept.
How many concreters are on Talk of the Trade?
As of October 2026 the directory has 118 ranked lists of concreters, with 924 businesses listed in New South Wales, 792 in Victoria and 724 in Queensland. Quote Desk is separate from those listings.
Also for
Other trades and shops
Send the next one from the ute.
Free is five quotes a month with no card. If you send more than that, Starter is $39 a month. Either way the set-up is typing in your price list.