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Painting & Decorating

Quote the rooms. Get the deposit. Keep the spec.

Price labour and paint properly, send a pack the client can accept, and invoice the stages instead of hoping they remember the colour.

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  • Room-by-room quotes
  • Deposits
  • Client portal

Painting & Decorating

Everything a decorator needs, in one login

The job is won on trust and lost on a fuzzy spec. TruTrade puts the rooms, the price, the paint and the payment schedule in a pack the client accepts, then keeps that agreement on the job while you are up a ladder.

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Painting & Decorating

One login. The whole job.

01

Price it room by room

Prep, paint, woodwork, paper. Your day rate and your margin, in a quote that shows the stages instead of one round figure.

  • Live pricing so the sell price is deliberate.
  • A pack with VAT and when you get paid.
  • Revisions when they add the hall.

The quote is the spec.

Sales invoices in TruTrade, showing paid, outstanding and overdue amounts

02

Paint and materials on the job

The list comes off the estimate. You can see spend against what you allowed before the job eats the margin in finish coats.

  • Stage lists for the wholesaler.
  • Spend on the job ledger.
  • Merchant prices on connected jobs.

Materials are a line, not a shrug.

A TruTrade project with profit, invoices, spend, materials and wages on one screen

03

Deposit before you cover the floors

The schedule is in the quote. Invoice the deposit, then the stages, and see what is still outstanding.

  • Agreed amounts and dates.
  • Invoices from that schedule.
  • The client can see what they have paid.

You are not the last to be paid.

The TruTrade estimates list, with jobs in progress, ready and sent to the client

04

They can see the spec without texting you

Colours, photos and messages live on the job. A change of finish is a variation, priced, not a voice note.

  • Portal for the quote and the messages.
  • Photos with the job.
  • Variations kept separate.

The finish matches what they accepted.

A decorator cutting in paint around a sash window

Pricing

One login. The whole app.

Same price for every trade. No tiers and no feature gates. A month free, then £4.99 + VAT per seat.

Everything included

Builder software

£4.99

+ VAT per seat / month after one month free

  • Dashboard with profit, cash & KPIs
  • Estimating workspace & live pricing
  • Professional quote packs
  • Projects with a P&L per job
  • Client portal for every project
  • Sales invoices & payment schedules
  • Materials lists, spend & print sheets
  • TruChat
  • Payroll, CIS, PAYE & HMRC reports
  • Business settings, rates & overheads
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  • No contract. Cancel anytime.
  • Estimator takeoffs are optional: £90, £180 or £255 + VAT.

From the trade

Builders running the same app

“The quote pack alone wins me work. Clients think I’ve got a QS on the payroll — and the margin sliders mean the number that goes out is the number I meant.”
Matthew RenshawBuilder, Warwickshire
“I used to price on the hop and hope for the best. Now I set my margin before the client’s even called back, and I know where every job stands on a Sunday night instead of finding out at the end.”
DommoSelf-employed builder
“Invoices, CIS and the client portal in one place. My admin night has basically disappeared, and clients stopped ringing me for updates because they can see it all.”
Matthew AtkinsonAtkinson Building

FAQ

Straight answers

01926 352236 — Mon–Fri, 8–5.

Can I send a quote that looks professional if I am a one-person firm?

Yes. The quote pack is included. Clients see stages, VAT and a payment schedule, not a paragraph in a text.

Does it track paint costs?

The materials list comes off the estimate, and spend lands on the job. You can print the list for the wholesaler.

Can they accept online?

Yes. They accept in the client portal, which is included on every project.

What is included?

The whole app: estimating and live pricing, quote packs, a P&L on every job, the client portal, invoices, materials, TruChat, and payroll with CIS and PAYE.

Run the next decorating job on TruTrade.

One login. One month free. Then £4.99 + VAT per seat.

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