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What should you quote for a painting job?

Works out the paint you actually need, what the prep is really costing you, and the deposit to take before you open a tin.

The job

Pre-filled with a typical three-bed interior. Change what’s different.

Surface to paintWalls and ceilings, not floor area
sq ft
Coats
What state are the walls in?This is where painting jobs are won or lost
Painters on the job
Days you think it’ll takeBefore prep is factored in

Your costs

Rough is fine. You can sharpen it later.

Day rate per painter
$
Paint, per gallon
$
Margin you wantWhat’s left after everything
%
 

 

OverheadsVan, fuel, insurance, phone, office rent, admin — everything you pay whether or not you work  
Everything you pay monthlyNot wages or materials
$
Jobs you do in a month
Winning the workMoney spent to win a job — ads, leads, quotes you didn’t get  
Spent a month getting work
$
Quotes you send in a month
How many you winOut of every hundred
%

DepositWhat to take before you start  
Deposit you ask for
%

Painting job — quote breakdown

What it costs
The job

Painting is quoted work

The quote is the job. Get it wrong and you carry it for a fortnight.

A cleaner sees the same customer every week and can fix a bad price next visit. You can’t. You price it once, off a walkthrough, and then you live inside that number until the job is finished.

  • Quote from a template, so the prep line never gets left off again
  • Take the deposit as part of accepting the quote — no separate chase
  • Photograph the walls before you start, attached to the job
  • Extra work becomes a priced change on the same job, not a favour
  • Quote becomes job becomes invoice — nothing retyped, nothing forgotten
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