- Working out paint quantities by eye in the customer's lounge, then ringing round to check tins and prices back at the van.
- Quoting the ceiling, the walls and the woodwork off one rough figure, and swallowing the difference when you've under-measured.
- Doing the sums on a notepad after work — prep time, filler, sanding, masking, access equipment — and hoping you've remembered the lot.
Quote painting and decorating jobs before you leave the door
Describe the job by voice note or photo on site, and FirstPrice builds you an itemised quote with real merchant prices for the paint, filler and materials — in under a minute.
Three free quotes, no card, no signup.
Quoting painters & decorators, before and after
The same job, priced two ways. Only one of them lands the work.
- Measure the room, and FirstPrice works out the paint coverage from the actual square metres of wall and ceiling.
- Ceiling, walls, woodwork and prep priced as separate lines, so nothing gets forgotten and the customer sees what they're paying for.
- The quote's built and sent as a PDF before you've packed your kit away for the day.
How it works
From pulling up outside the job to a sent quote, without opening a laptop.
01
Talk through the job standing in the room
Voice-note or photo the room while you're on site. Say the room size, what needs doing — two coats on the walls, mist coat on fresh plaster, woodwork, an exterior wall — and move on to the next job.
02
FirstPrice builds the quote with real merchant prices
The app pulls live prices for Dulux, Crown and Leyland trade paints, plus fillers, sandpaper, masking tape and brushes, from the merchant catalogues your local branch actually stocks. Paint quantities are worked out from the room dimensions, not guessed.
03
Send the PDF, get the yes, invoice
A clean PDF lands in front of the customer with your company name at the top and a VAT split. They accept, you do the work, and the same numbers carry straight into your invoice.
What a FirstPrice quote looks like
Itemised materials at live merchant prices, your day rate for labour, VAT split done — the exact document the app produces.
Quote
FP-2481
Paint lounge — walls, ceiling and woodwork
FromThomas & Co. DecoratingTom Rees, sole traderVAT registered · GB123456789
Schedule of works — all figures exclude VAT unless stated
| Description | Qty | Unit | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt, Natural Calico, 10LScrewfix · checked 18 Aug | 1 | £48.50 | £48.50 |
| Leyland Trade Brilliant White emulsion, 10LToolstation · checked 18 Aug | 1 | £22.00 | £22.00 |
| Dulux Trade Satinwood, Pure Brilliant White, 2.5LScrewfix · checked 18 Aug | 1 | £29.50 | £29.50 |
| Easi-fill joint filler, 5kgScrewfix · checked 18 Aug | 1 | £18.00 | £18.00 |
| Masking tape, 25mm × 50m, and dust sheetsToolstation · checked 18 Aug | 1 | £19.00 | £19.00 |
| Materials subtotal | £137.00 | ||
| Prepare, paint and make good — lounge2 days · your day rate | 2 days | £180.00 | £360.00 |
| Labour subtotal | £360.00 | ||
- Prices checked from merchant catalogues on the day of quoting.
- Furniture moved and covered; carpets left to the customer where heavy.
- Excludes items marked price on application.
Materials£137.00
Labour£360.00
Subtotal excl. VAT£497.00
VAT at 20%£99.40
Total inc. VAT£596.40
Deposit to book (30%)£178.92
Why FirstPrice for painters & decorators
Built for the way the work is actually priced on site.
- Every tin of Dulux Trade, roll of masking tape and bag of easi-fill is priced from the merchant's live catalogue, not a three-month-old price list.
- Your day rate, your margin — FirstPrice doesn't tell you what to charge for labour.
- Paint quantities calculated from room dimensions, so you're not guessing how many tins to quote.
- Ceiling, walls and woodwork itemised separately, so the customer sees exactly what they're paying for.
- Exterior work priced by the square metre with real masonry paint costs, not a finger-in-the-air figure.
- Send a proper PDF from your phone before you've even packed up for the day — no evening paperwork.
- 'Prepared with FirstPrice' on every quote, so your customer sees a professional operation.
- Stop undercutting yourself — price every job from real data and your real day rate.
Stop pricing from memory
Price every job from real merchant data and your real day rate. Three free quotes, no card, no signup.