Job Costing & Quoting Software for Painters & Decorators
Quote room-by-room with accurate paint quantities, labour days, and prep work included — then send a professional PDF your domestic clients will trust over hand-written estimates.
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The problem
Decorating jobs are easy to underprice when materials aren’t itemised
Quoting a whole-house repaint from a walk-round with nothing written down. Prep time on old walls that takes twice as long as expected. Wallpaper pattern repeat waste that never makes it onto the quote. Materials absorbed into a day rate that should be charged separately. And clients comparing your professional quote against a scribbled number from a cheaper competitor. CostForge fixes this.
The solution
Built for the way decorators actually price work
Room-by-Room Line Items
Quote each room separately — hallway, living room, master bedroom — with its own prep, primer, paint, and labour. Roll everything up into a clean project total.
Materials as Separate Lines
Itemise paint, primer, filler, sandpaper, masking tape, and wallpaper rolls. Stop absorbing materials into your day rate and protect your margin on every job.
Staff Hours & Labour Costing
Set your own day rate or hourly rate. Add estimated days per room and CostForge calculates labour cost instantly — including helpers at their own rate.
Quick Quote Revisions
Client adds two more rooms or upgrades to a specialist finish? Update the relevant lines and re-export the PDF in minutes — no starting from scratch.
Professional PDF Quotes
Branded PDFs with your logo and contact details. Win domestic jobs before the other decorator even arrives — clients decide on the quality of the quote.
Before & after
What changes when decorators use CostForge
Whole-house repaint quoted as a lump sum on a notepad — client picks the cheapest quote with no way to compare scope
Room-by-room PDF with prep hours, paint coats, materials, and labour each listed separately. Client sees the quality of the scope, not just the price.
Materials absorbed into the day rate — a big 5-bed job burns through twice the paint you allowed for, margin gone
Paint, primer, filler, and masking all costed as separate line items. Margin is built on top, not guessed.
Client asks for the utility room after work starts — awkward negotiation on the doorstep with nothing in writing
Open the quote, add the room, recalculate, send a revised PDF. Client approves the variation before work continues.
Reusable quote templates
Reuse room-by-room decorating scopes without guessing materials.
Save common repaint, wallpapering or specialist finish structures with preparation, materials and labour included. Import the package into a new quote and update rooms, finishes and quantities.
Explore quote templatesExample template for painters and decorators
Whole-room decorating package: protection, prep, filler, primer, walls, ceiling, woodwork, materials and labour
Save the structure once, import it into a new quote, then adjust items, hours and pricing for the job in front of you.
Frequently asked questions
Questions from painters and decorators evaluating quoting software
- Can I quote decorating work room by room?
- Yes. Build a quote around each room or area, with preparation, materials and labour shown clearly.
- Can I include prep work and materials separately?
- Yes. Filler, primer, paint, wallpaper, masking materials and prep labour can all be added as separate items.
- Can I revise a quote when a client adds more rooms?
- Yes. Update the relevant lines or add a new room section, then export an updated professional PDF.
- Can I save a standard decorating quote template?
- Yes. Save a repeat room or whole-house structure and edit it for the next property.
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Pricing
Start free, scale as you grow
All features on every plan. You only pay for scale.
Free
- Up to 3 clients
- 5 jobs
- 10 quotes
- 1 user
Perfect for sole-trader decorators.
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Stop undercharging on materials.
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