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Cabinetry and countertops project brief and scope comparison worksheet
Cabinetry and countertop proposals are easier to compare when every provider sees the same rooms, existing conditions, keep-remove-replace decisions, access constraints, available plans, appliance and fixture information, and open questions. This helpful preparation resource from PickYourPro.ai helps you request a clearly written measurement, material, fabrication, delivery, installation, coordination, and handoff scope without designing or measuring the project for you.
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This is a project-preparation worksheet, not design, measurement, product selection, fabrication, construction, structural, plumbing, electrical, ventilation, lead, code, permit, contract, or legal advice. It does not determine suitability, safe methods, required credentials, permits, inspections, or local rules. Qualified professionals and relevant authorities must verify what applies at the property.
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How to use this resource
Walk through each project area and record only what you can observe safely. Note elements that may stay, move, be removed, or be replaced; available drawings and product information; access and protection needs; and decisions that remain open. Ask each provider to document who verifies measurements, prepares or approves drawings and templates, names proposed materials and details, coordinates adjacent trades, handles delivery and installation, and closes out the work. Give every provider the same brief and compare written inclusions, exclusions, assumptions, responsibilities, timing, and terms.
Open the PDF in a form-capable viewer, save a copy, then fill it in. Reopen your saved copy to check your answers. You can also print the blank pages and write by hand. Your answers are not submitted to PickYourPro.ai.
ORGANIZE DETAILS AND INPUTS
Record what is known and mark the rest for professional verification.
PREPARE THE SITE AND HANDOFF
Clarify access, responsibilities, and verification before proposals are compared.
QUESTIONS FOR THE PROVIDER
Record how this provider would verify, specify, coordinate, and document the work.
COMPARE THE SAME PROJECT SCOPE
Use A and B in every box. Clarify differences before choosing.
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Cabinetry & Countertops preparation checklist
- List every room or area in scope and describe the existing cabinets, countertops, backsplash, fixtures, appliances, walls, floors, and nearby finishes.
- Use keep, remove, replace, move, add, or undecided for each major element without assuming feasibility.
- Gather any plans, cabinet schedules, appliance and fixture information, inspiration images, finish samples, and prior estimates that providers should review.
- Record access, delivery route, stairs, elevators, parking, work hours, occupied areas, protection, storage, and cleanup constraints.
- Ask who performs and verifies field measurements, drawings, appliance and fixture coordination, templates, cutouts, seam planning, and final approvals.
- Request named cabinet, door, finish, hardware, surface, thickness, edge, backsplash, sink, cutout, seam, and support assumptions where applicable.
- Clarify removal, repair, delivery, fabrication, installation, plumbing or electrical coordination, disposal, punch-list, care, and warranty responsibilities.
- Compare every proposal against the same rooms, requested elements, verification steps, materials, responsibilities, exclusions, timing, and written terms.
Questions to ask a cabinetry and countertops provider
- How will you inspect the existing areas and verify measurements, substrate or support conditions, appliance and fixture information, access, and feasibility before finalizing the scope?
- What drawings, layouts, cabinet details, material samples, templates, seam plans, cutout information, and approvals will be prepared, reviewed, or signed off?
- Which exact cabinet, door, finish, hardware, countertop, edge, backsplash, sink, support, and accessory assumptions are included or excluded?
- Who handles removal, protection, repairs, fabrication, delivery, installation, plumbing or electrical coordination, cleanup, disposal, and final adjustments?
- What site, product, lead-time, sequencing, access, owner-selection, and changed-condition assumptions affect timing or the complete fee structure?
- How will substitutions, damage, discoveries, changes, approvals, warranties, care information, punch-list items, and closeout records be documented?
Write down the answers and any exclusions. If two proposals describe different work, clarify the difference before comparing their totals. Leave unanswered points blank until the professional confirms them.
A CLEARER NEXT STEP
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Create an account on PickYourPro.ai and start a Cabinetry & Countertops request. Share the project areas, existing conditions, requested elements, access, available plans or product information, desired timing, and items needing professional verification so participating pros can compete with proposals. Compare the same written scope, named materials, fabrication and installation responsibilities, exclusions, timing, complete fee structure, terms, and fit.
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Official references and scope
These are original planning prompts, with AI assistance, prepared by PickYourPro.ai. Official links checked October 11, 2026. This pack has not been independently reviewed by a licensed specialist.
- Federal Trade Commission: How To Avoid a Home Improvement Scam ↗
FTC consumer guidance recommends comparing written estimates that describe the work, materials, timing, and price and reviewing written terms. This worksheet applies those neutral comparison principles without interpreting state contract or licensing rules.
- US EPA: Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program ↗
EPA explains federal lead-safe responsibilities for certain paid work that disturbs painted surfaces in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. Ask the responsible provider to determine what applies to the actual property; this worksheet does not interpret the rule or authorized state programs.
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