Painting contractor software
Painting is won on the estimate and lost on the takeoff. Quote too high and the job goes elsewhere; miss a surface or a coat and you paint it for free. WorksiteBase puts the takeoff on the phone in the room, applies your coverage rates and coats automatically, and turns the accepted estimate into a scheduled job without anything being retyped.
- Takeoffs done on paper and re-entered at night
- Coats and prep underestimated, eating the margin
- Crew scheduling around drying times done from memory
- Color and product choices lost between quote and job
- Change requests mid-job never priced
Takeoff in the room
Walls, ceilings and trim measured on the phone, with coats and coverage applied from your own rates.
// Takeoff app
Takeoff · Interior repaint
Living room walls265 sq ft
Hallway walls132 sq ft
Ceiling156 sq ft
Total area553 sq ft
553 sq ft × $1.85/sq ft = $1,023.05
Two coats · low-VOC white
Estimate created
Schedule around the work, not the calendar
Prep, coats and drying sequenced so a crew is not standing in front of a wet wall.
// Job board · week of Jul 13
MonTueWedThuFri
North crewAlvarez · 3 techs
Reroof — 1420 Linden St. · 42 squares
South crewGarcia · 2 techs
Paver patio — Garcia residence
Deck build — Nguyen
East crewCramer · 2 techs
Roof replacement, Maple Way
1 job unassigned Thu/FriUtilization 84%
Product and color on the record
What went where stays on the job, which matters when the customer calls two years later for a touch-up.
Common questions
- Can I quote by square foot or by room?
- Both, mixed on the same estimate.
- Does it handle commercial work?
- Yes, including progress billing on larger contracts.
- Can I attach photos to the estimate?
- Yes — before photos on the estimate, after photos on the invoice.