For UK decorators & painters
Quoting software built for decorators & painters
You do the work — we make you look professional. Price a full house redecoration, send a quote your customer can accept from their phone, with a suggested decorator’s rate already sat in the box. £9.99 a month + VAT.
Still sending quotes like this?
You do the work. We make you look professional.
Before a customer hires you, your quote is one of the few things they see. A text with a number in it says “bloke with a van”. A proper quote says “business that’s done this before” — and that’s what makes a £2,000 job comfortable to say yes to.
Before — what they usually get
Dave
Mobile
No breakdown, no terms, no way to say yes. “Have a think” usually means they’re getting two more numbers.
After — with Quotes4You
D. Hartley Plastering
Plasterer & decorator · Nottingham
Quotation
Q-1042
Skim & paint — living room
Labour Skim walls & ceiling, two coats emulsion | £1,200.00 |
Materials Multi-finish, PVA, primer, paint | £341.67 |
| VAT at 20% | £308.33 |
| Total | £1,850.00 |
Valid until 3 October 2026 · 30% deposit on acceptance, balance on completion
Breakdown, VAT, terms, and an Accept button they can tap on their phone. Same price — a much easier yes.
Turn the message on the left into the quote on the right in under two minutes.
£9.99 a month + VAT · first quote free, no card · cancel any time
Suggested decorating & painting rates by region
A starting point for every quote — edit any rate any time, and it’s yours for good from then on.
| Region | Hourly | Day rate | Callout |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | £40.60 | £319.00 | £79.75 |
| South East | £33.60 | £264.00 | £66.00 |
| South West | £30.80 | £242.00 | £60.50 |
| Midlands | £28.00 | £220.00 | £55.00 |
| North West | £25.20 | £198.00 | £49.50 |
| North East | £23.80 | £187.00 | £46.75 |
Midlands is the baseline; every other region is a multiplier on it. These load automatically the moment you pick Decorating & Painting as your trade — you never type them in.
How decorators & painters usually price a job
Per room, or per m² of wall and ceiling — not per hour. Prep is the job; the paint is the easy bit. Day rate is for small interiors and touching up after the builder. Exterior is m² or a price per elevation. Two coats on a prepared surface is the assumption; lining paper, stain block and filling are extra lines.
- Paint walls, two coats, labour and emulsion£12.00/m²£8.00–£18.00
- Paint ceilings, two coats£14.00/m²£10.00–£20.00
- Exterior masonry paint£20.00/m²£15.00–£28.00
- Decorate a room — walls, ceiling, woodwork£400.00£250.00–£700.00
Full decorating & painting rate card, typical jobs and the calculator
Midlands labour, then multiplied for your region. A starting point — always survey the job.
Why decorators & painters use Quotes4You
- A suggested day rate for decorators the moment you add a line — never a blank box
- Materials markup applied automatically — cost price never shows on the customer's copy
- VAT worked out per line the way HMRC expects, or left off entirely if you're not registered
- Send by WhatsApp in one tap — the message is already written
- Customer accepts on their phone, no account needed — you get emailed the moment they do
- Accepted quote becomes an invoice in one tap, full amount or a deposit
Price your next job in under 2 minutes.
First quote free, no card, then £9.99 a month + VAT — built for decorators & painters, not adapted from a job-management suite.