The office for painters.
Quote by room or by the square foot, with prep, coats and touch-ups on their own lines.
The full product is free for 30 days when your spot opens.
What painting jobs really look like
Customers see a day of rollering. You see surface prep, primer, two coats and a walkthrough.
Painting looks simpler than it is. A proper interior repaint is surface assessment, filling and sanding, primer, cut-in, two coats and a final walkthrough. Every stage has labour and materials, and every stage can run over when the surface is worse than it looked at the quote.
The customer also sees every inch of the result. Colour, finish and quality are visible and personal, so disagreements come up more often than in most trades. They almost always come back to two things: what was written in the quote, and what was agreed about colours before work started.
The problems painters know too well.
None of them is about the work itself. All of them cost you money on jobs you did well.
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Underquoting on surface prep
On the site visit the wall looks fine. Then prep starts: hairline cracks, old filler that has to come out, patches from earlier repairs. An hour of prep becomes three, and the margin is gone before a tin is opened.
In Duuabl
Prep is its own line on every quote, with labour and materials kept apart. You note the surface condition on the visit, so the customer sees what prep costs before the work starts.
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Colours that change after the quote
"A light grey" at the quote becomes a specific shade, brand and finish once the primer is on. If it changes then, the extra work is on you unless you have a record of what was agreed.
In Duuabl
The colour, brand and finish are confirmed by the customer on their job page before prep begins. A change after that is an extra with its own approval link, not an argument at the end.
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Materials bought on a maybe
Paint, primer and prep materials are a real cost on a full repaint. If the customer cancels or pushes the start, you carry it.
In Duuabl
The customer pays a deposit when they accept the quote online. You buy materials for a confirmed job, not for a quote that might move.
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The walkthrough dispute
The customer says a wall looks patchy. You disagree. Nobody has a record of how the surface looked before or what finish was agreed.
In Duuabl
Finish photos go on the job room by room, and the customer signs off on their page. The record stays with the job long after it is paid.
How the job runs
Painting, from first visit to paid.
Your steps, ready on day one. The customer follows the same job on one page.
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1
Site visit
Surface condition, rooms and prep risk noted on the job, with photos.
Surface notesPhotosRooms and areas
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Quote
Talk through the rooms or snap photos. AI drafts prep, primer, coats and materials as separate lines. You check it, send it, it is accepted online.
Line by lineOnline acceptanceDeposit asked
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Colours confirmed
Colour, brand and finish confirmed in writing by the customer before prep starts.
Colour recordCustomer approval
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Prep and coats
Work under way. Changes become extras the customer approves before you do them.
Extras with approvalProgress on the job page
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Walkthrough
Finish photos, customer sign-off, invoice sent. Reminders until it is paid.
Sign-offInvoiceAutomatic reminders
Set up for painters from day one.
No blank screens to fill in. Change anything, keep what fits.
- Painter steps readySite visit, quote, colours, prep, coats and walkthrough set up from day one.
- Prep and coats as linesEvery quote starts with prep, primer and coats, labour and materials kept apart.
- Colours on the jobColour, brand and finish recorded and approved before prep.
- Deposit before you buy paintAsked automatically when the customer accepts.
- Touch-ups as extrasExtra rooms and touch-ups get an approval link before you go back.
- Sign-off, then the invoiceWalkthrough photos and customer sign-off, then the invoice goes out.
Priced room by room. Agreed before the first coat.
