27 problems painters and decorators bring us, each with the cause, what it costs and what we build to fix it.
Painters and decorators price rooms by feel and quote slowly. We build a survey and pricing tool that turns walls, ceilings and woodwork into a clear quote.
Painters run short of paint mid-job or stack up spare tins. We build a paint takeoff that works out litres per colour and sends clear merchant orders.
Decorators end up painting the wrong colour when choices live in texts and notes. We build a colour schedule per room that painters see on site.
Painters stand idle waiting for filler and coats to dry, or rush the next coat. We build a scheduler that plans rooms, coats and drying across jobs.
Decorators get snag lists by text after leaving site, then drive back for touch-ups. We build a handover walkround that finds and closes snags first.
Painting contractors undervalue decoration packages because progress by floor and coat is on a marked-up drawing. We build valuations from that progress.
Painting contractors forget the money held back on finished decoration packages. We build a ledger per package that tracks completion, defects and the chase.
Painters rewrite RAMS from old Word files for each commercial job and miss site details. We build a document builder that reuses your approved content.
Decorators run a roll short or get mismatched batch numbers on wallpaper jobs. We build a roll calculator and order check that keeps batches matched.
Painters lose track of towers, podiums and ladders across jobs and hire stays on. We build an access kit register with inspections and hire tracking.
Painters lose exterior days to rain and damp surfaces and scramble to rebook. We build a planner that checks forecasts per site and swaps in interior work.
Decorators have accepted jobs stuck waiting on plasterers and kitchen fitters. We build a waiting list that checks in with customers and books the gap.
Decorators get blamed for cracks, stains and chipped woodwork that were there before. We build a condition record with photos taken at the start of each job.
Painters take more days than priced and nobody knows which rooms or tasks overran. We build time tracking per room and task that feeds your quoting rates.
Decorators juggle customer keys, key safe codes and alarm codes on scraps of paper. We build a key log that records who holds what, securely.
Painters doing void repaints for letting agents drown in work order emails and approvals. We build a work order portal with pricing, photos and invoicing.
Painting contractors on cyclical redecoration lose track of blocks, resident letters and sign-offs. We build a programme tracker for each block and home.
Decorators lose days when customer-bought paint arrives late, short or wrong. We build a materials check that confirms quantities and delivery before the start.
Decorating firms piece together subcontract painters' days, invoices and CIS deductions every month. We build a system for days, statements and returns.
Painters run out of caulk, filler and masking tape mid-job and drive to the merchant. We build van stock lists with top-ups linked to the week's jobs.
Painting contractors spend days measuring drawings and filling priced schedules for commercial tenders. We build a takeoff and pricing tool for bids.
Painters get trade counter invoices full of tins and tape with no job reference. We build invoice matching that reads each line and allocates it to jobs.
Decorators arrive to full rooms, no parking and pets loose, and lose the first morning. We build pre-start messages that get each room ready in time.
Industrial painting contractors lose coating records like film thickness readings and batch numbers. We build digital inspection records per area.
Decorators drive out to price small jobs they could have priced from photos. We build an enquiry flow that gathers photos and sizes and sorts each lead.
Decorators find stain bleed or poor coverage mid-job and absorb the extra coats. We build a mid-job change record that prices, photographs and confirms them.
Kitchen respray painters lose track of doors and drawer fronts between house and spray shop. We build tagged tracking for each door, coat and return.