The CRM for painters & decorators
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Project quoting with colour specs, staged payment scheduling, customer photo records and campaign attribution — built for UK painting and decorating businesses.
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Built for how painting and decorating businesses work
Colour spec quoting, staged payments and commercial contracts in one system.
Build professional decoration quotes with room-by-room breakdowns, colour specifications (paint brand, code, number of coats), surface prep and labour. Customers see a professional PDF with every detail.
Split large decoration projects into deposit, mid-project and completion payments. Trade2Base schedules and sends each invoice automatically — no more chasing payment mid-job.
Capture before and after photos on every project. Build a visual portfolio attached to the customer record and shareable as a gallery link — the best marketing material you have.
Manage painting and decorating contracts for landlords, property managers, schools, offices and facilities managers. Schedule cyclical redecoration programmes with annual invoicing.
Track leads from Houzz, Instagram, Facebook, Checkatrade and referrals. Know exactly which channel generates your best-value contracts and stop spending on what doesn't convert.
Plan multi-room or multi-unit decoration projects across days and weeks. Assign tasks to decorators, track phase completion and notify customers when each stage is done.
Calculate paint quantities by room dimensions, surface type and number of coats. Add materials to the quote automatically and track actual usage against the estimate on each job.
Describe the project — property type, number of rooms, surface conditions, finish specification — and Trade2Base drafts a decoration quote with prep, primer, paint, coats, labour and materials breakdown.
Quote fast with colour specs — win the jobs worth winning
Most decorating quotes are a price on a page. Trade2Base quotes include paint brand, colour code, number of coats and surface prep per room — giving clients the professional detail that justifies your rate and builds confidence before you start.
- Include paint brand, code and number of coats in every quote
- Room-by-room breakdown with surface prep costs
- Professional PDF output customers trust immediately
- Digital sign-off without printing or posting
- One-click conversion to staged payment invoices
What painters and decorators say
“The colour specification quotes changed everything for us at the high end. Clients see the exact paint brand, colour code and number of coats for every surface before they sign. We've won three Kensington refurbishments this year purely because our quotes looked more professional than any other decorator they invited to tender.”
“Staged payments stopped the cash flow gaps that used to kill us on big jobs. A six-bedroom house repaint used to mean six weeks of materials and labour before we saw a penny. Now the deposit covers materials, the mid-job payment covers labour, and we're never financing the client's job with our own cash.”
“I send before and after gallery links to every letting agent after each job. Three agents now send us all their void property redecorations because they can see the quality instantly. The before and after records in Trade2Base are the best business development tool I've ever had.”
Common questions from painting and decorating businesses
Yes. When building a quote, add colour specifications for each room and surface — paint brand, colour name, colour code and number of coats. These appear on the customer-facing PDF quote so clients see exactly what they're getting. The specifications carry through to the job record so decorators know exactly what to order and apply.
Yes. Set up a payment schedule when you create the quote — deposit percentage, mid-project milestone and completion payment. Trade2Base schedules each invoice automatically and sends it to the customer when the stage is reached. You can trigger stage invoices manually or link them to job progress milestones.
Yes. Add landlords and property managers as commercial clients and link multiple properties to each account. Schedule cyclical redecoration programmes — for example, every three years per property — and Trade2Base reminds you and the client when the next programme is due. Invoice annually or per project across the whole portfolio.
Yes. Enter room dimensions, surface type and number of coats and Trade2Base calculates the paint coverage required per surface. Materials are added to the quote automatically at your set prices. During the job, track actual material usage against the estimate to understand waste and improve future quotes.
Quote faster, get paid sooner, win bigger contracts
Join UK painting and decorating businesses using Trade2Base to win commercial contracts, manage staged payments and grow their client base.
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