Interior, exterior, residential, commercial — and prep that costs more than the paint. Painting is quoted by area and coats but paid for in labour, and the surface you did not see on the walk-through is where the margin goes. TradesOps prices prep as its own line, tracks crew hours by job, and shows you which work is actually worth taking.
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Interior, exterior, cabinets, commercial and repaints carry different coats, coverage and prep, and the estimate starts from the right one.
Interior Residential
Interior walls and ceilings, standard residential
Interior Commercial
Interior commercial spaces (offices, retail)
Exterior Residential
House exterior (siding, trim, doors)
Exterior Commercial
Commercial building exterior
Cabinet Refinishing
Kitchen/bathroom cabinets
Staining
Decks, fences, wood surfaces
Touch-Up & Repair
Minor touch-up and repair work
Custom / Other
Custom scope — add materials manually
Loaded on day one so you are not typing in a catalogue. Every price is yours to change, and once you change it every future quote uses your number.
Supplies
Painter's Tape (60 yd roll) · Drop Cloths (9x12) · Caulk (10.1 oz tube) · Wood Filler (16 oz) · Sandpaper (assorted pack) · +2 more
Paint
Interior Paint (gal) · Exterior Paint (gal) · Primer (gal) · Stain (gal) · Trim Paint (quart)
Tools
Paint Rollers (9") · Roller Covers (3 pack) · Brushes (assorted) · Paint Trays · Spray Tips (assorted)
Not the dramatic failures — the ordinary ones that happen on a normal week.
Sanding, filling, masking and priming are separate lines on the estimate, so the quote reflects the day's work rather than the paint on the wall.
Hours clocked against the job, next to the quote and the materials. After a few jobs it is obvious which kind of work pays and which you have been subsidising.
Raise a change order on the spot, get it signed on a phone, and the extra coat or the third colour reaches the invoice.
The estimate is the start of the job, not the end of the paperwork.
Estimate, send, get it signed, convert to an invoice and take payment online.
Who is on what, clock in and out on site, and hours that feed payroll.
Budgets, daily logs, photographs, punch lists, change orders and handoff.
Every call, form fill and referral in one pipeline, with the chasing automated.
What each job made, from the quote, the hours and the materials on it.
Tickets, toolbox talks, incidents and insurance, with reminders before they expire.
By area, with coats and coverage applied, and you can quote room by room or as one job. Paint, primer, sundries and prep all come off the same measurements.
Yes. Crews clock in and out against the job from their phones, and those hours sit next to what you quoted, so job costing is a report rather than an evening with a calculator.
Yes. Commercial jobs tend to need progress billing, certified records and a longer schedule — all of which are there — while residential work stays quick to quote and invoice.
Fourteen days, no card. Quote a real job and see whether the number comes out right.