Decorating software for
quotes, jobs & invoices
Quote by room, schedule phases, get paid on time
Traddie is job management software for UK painters and decorators. Quote interior and exterior work by room or phase, schedule prep and finishing, and invoice cleanly on completion.
Keep materials and labour clear on every quote, take card payments, and let snags and retouches be billed without confusion.
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- Margin checked before you send
- Repeat work comes back on its own
- One invoice a month for agents
Everything a painter and decorator needs in one app
From the first quote to the final payment, Traddie keeps your whole job in one place.
Quote by room or phase
Break work into rooms or stages with notes on prep and materials, and send a tidy quote the customer accepts online.
Plan prep and finishing
Schedule preparation, first and second coats, and finishing across days and properties.
Invoice on completion
Convert the finished job into an invoice with materials and labour carried across automatically.
Repeat and contract work
Save quote templates for common jobs and set up recurring invoicing for commercial maintenance.
Get paid faster
Send card payment links with invoices and chase overdue amounts automatically.
Repeat decorating
Decorating is repeat work, if anybody remembers to ask
A house you painted three years ago is a job you have already won. Almost nobody goes back and asks, because there is nothing in a diary telling them to. That is a marketing problem solved with a database, not a leaflet.
The work comes back round, not just a certificate
Most trade software only chases things with an expiry date on them. Traddie chases the work itself, so a repaint eighteen months on comes back to you with a drafted message, even though no document was ever issued. It is the automation you would miss most if it were taken away.
The quote gets checked before it goes out
Decorating is priced on area and coats and a feel for how long a room takes. Traddie runs the quote against your own cost rates and flags the estimated cost being over the quote value, the margin sitting under your target, labour eating most of it, or no materials being entered at all. Advisory, so you can send it anyway, but not by accident.
Agents and landlords, one invoice a month
Put a managing agent on monthly consolidated billing and every completed job for them gets pulled into one draft invoice on their billing day, a section per job. You review it and send it, instead of raising eleven invoices for eleven flats and reconciling them one at a time.
Customer-supplied paint, off the bill and out of CIS
Plenty of jobs are somebody else’s Farrow and Ball. Leave it off the invoice and it comes out of any CIS calculation as well, because materials are excluded per HMRC rules rather than by you remembering.
Photographs on the job, not on your camera roll
Before and after, attached to the job. Useful for the argument you would rather not have, and better still for the next quote you want to win.
The small things that fill next spring
Decorating is won on relationships and lost on admin. These keep the relationship going without you having to be the one who remembers.
The repaint asks for itself
Traddie chases the work as well as any certificate, so a job from eighteen months ago comes back with a message drafted and ready to send.
The quote check runs before you send
Cost above value, margin under target, labour eating the job, no materials entered, a labour rate still at zero.
One invoice a month per agent
Completed jobs roll into a single draft on their billing day, a section per job, ready for you to review and send.
Photograph the receipt
Snap it at the counter and it lands on the job as an expense rather than fading in the van.
The property keeps its history
Which rooms, which colours, what you charged. It is what turns a one-off into a customer.
A review request, once
A day after an invoice is paid the customer gets one message asking for a Google review, with your link in it. Once, not a campaign.
Why UK painters & decorators choose Traddie
Tidy admin for decorating work
Decorating is about clear scope and clean finishes, and quotes that the customer understands. Traddie keeps quoting and billing simple so you look professional and get paid on time.
- Quote by room or phase with prep and materials spelled out, so there are no arguments over scope.
- Save reusable templates for common jobs to quote in minutes.
- Bill snagging and retouch visits cleanly against the original job.
- Apply CIS deductions automatically when you subcontract on commercial or new-build sites.
- Track turnover against the £90k VAT threshold as you grow.
How it runs for a painter and decorator
From quote to paid in four steps
- 1
Quote
Measure up, quote room by room with prep noted, and send a link the customer accepts online.
- 2
Schedule
Book prep and coats across the week, with the materials list to hand.
- 3
Complete
Finish the work, note any snags, and mark the job complete.
- 4
Invoice & get paid
Invoice on completion with a card link; reminders chase anything overdue.
Quote Q-0464
DraftEmma Clarke · Hall, stairs and landing
Prep, fill and sand
£280.00
Walls and ceilings, 2 coats
£620.00
Woodwork, undercoat and gloss
£340.00
Total inc. VAT
£1,488.00
Quiet admin between coats
Decorating runs on word of mouth and repeat customers. These keep the reviews, follow-ups and invoices ticking over.
Invoice INV-0544
SentEmma Clarke
Hall, stairs and landing
£1,488.00
Due 14 days from today. Chasing is on.
Review requests
A day after an invoice is paid the customer gets one message asking for a Google review, with your link in it.
Quote follow-ups
An unanswered quote gets a polite nudge on day 3 and day 7 without you remembering to send it.
Invoice chasing
A reminder before the due date, then nudge, firm and final letters on a ladder you set. Late-payment interest and the statutory fee can be added for business customers.
Appointment reminders
Customers get a text or email the day before so you stop turning up to empty houses.
Repeat-work reminders
Set a job to come round again in six or twelve months and Traddie reminds you and the customer when it is due.
Accounting sync
Invoices, payments and expenses land in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or FreeAgent as they happen, VAT and CIS included.
Every automation is off until you switch it on, and each one has a test-send so you can see exactly what the customer gets. See how chasing works
FAQ for UK painters & decorators
Can I quote by room or area?+
Can customers approve quotes online?+
How do I bill snags and retouches?+
Can I reuse quotes for similar jobs?+
Do I need to handle CIS?+
Can I take card payments?+
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