Professional Painting Quotes in 2 Minutes
Create professional painting quotes that account for surface area, coats, and paint type. QuoteMate calculates litres needed and pulls current supplier paint pricing automatically.
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Stop manually calculating paint volumes and prep materials for every room.
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“Full interior repaint of 3-bedroom house — walls and ceilings, 2 coats Dulux Wash & Wear”
A complete, itemised quote with materials, quantities, real-time supplier pricing, labour costs, GST, and a professional PDF — ready to send to your client. Typical painting quotes range from $500 – $25,000.
Quoting a painting job right comes down to two things: accurate measurements and accounting for prep time. Aussie painters, from sole operators to small crews, often lose margin by guessing paint volumes or under-billing the hours spent sanding and masking. A good quote isn't just a price; it's a plan that covers every litre of paint, every roll of tape, and every hour of labour before you even pick up a brush. This guide is for professional painters who want to stop guesstimating and start quoting with confidence, ensuring every interior, exterior, and feature wall job is profitable.
How to price surface preparation for a repaint
Surface prep is where the profit is made or lost. It's not just about slapping on a coat of paint. A proper quote includes line items for sugar soap washing, filling cracks and holes, sanding surfaces smooth, and masking off windows, floors, and fittings. For a standard 3x4 metre room, you should be allocating at least 3-4 hours just for prep. Forgetting to quote for a 4L tub of Selleys Spakfilla Rapid Filler can cost you $45, and a multi-pack of 3M masking tape adds another $25 from Bunnings before you've even opened a can of paint.
Calculating paint volume and coats for different surfaces
Stop guessing how much paint you need. The standard coverage is about 14 square metres per litre, but new, unsealed plasterboard will drink almost double that on the first coat. Darker colours often require a third coat over a light base, which adds 33% to your paint cost and labour time. QuoteMate’s paint calculator automatically works this out based on room dimensions and surface type, pulling live prices. A 15L drum of Taubmans Endure Interior Low Sheen is currently around $220 at Bristow's, a cost you need to get right every time.
Common mistakes on exterior house painting quotes
The biggest mistake on exterior quotes is forgetting the cost of access. For a two-storey home, you can't rely on a ladder. You need to factor in the weekly hire of scaffolding or a cherry picker, which can add thousands to the job cost. Another common issue is not allowing for weather delays and the extra labour for prep on weathered timber. If the phone rings while you're up a scaffold, you miss the lead. An AI receptionist like https://callkatie.ai can qualify new callers so you can keep working. Always check the daily hire rate for a 4m mobile scaffold from Kennards Hire, which is about $120.
Manage Every Painter Job From Inquiry to Paid
Quoting is only half the work. QuoteMate tracks every painting job through a 9-stage pipeline — inquiry, quoted, accepted, scheduled, in progress, completed, paid, closed, or cancelled — with timestamps stamped automatically so you can see where every dollar is sitting and where the bottleneck is. Schedule jobs in two taps with Google Calendar sync, snap and annotate on-site photos against the job (not lost in your camera roll), keep a brain-dump checklist of materials and to-dos for the day, and chase quotes automatically if a customer goes quiet.
Common Painting Jobs
Full interior repaint
Walls and ceilings across all rooms — prep, prime, and two coats.
Exterior house painting
Wash, scrape, prime, and repaint weatherboards, render, or brick.
Feature wall
Single accent wall with colour consultation and clean edges.
Ceiling painting
Flat white ceiling coat with crack filling and spot priming.
Deck and fence staining
Sand, clean, and apply two coats of decking oil or stain.
Commercial painting
Office, retail, or warehouse — includes after-hours scheduling.
Frequently Asked Questions
QuoteMate is an AI-powered quoting app that helps painters create professional quotes in under 2 minutes. Describe any painting job, and the AI suggests materials with real-time pricing from major Australian suppliers. Send branded PDF quotes via email, SMS, or WhatsApp.
QuoteMate covers all types of painting jobs including Full interior repaint, Exterior house painting, Feature wall, Ceiling painting, Deck and fence staining, Commercial painting. You can also describe any custom job and the AI will suggest appropriate materials and quantities.
Painters typically quote between $500 – $25,000 depending on the scope of work. QuoteMate ensures every quote is accurate with real-time material pricing and proper GST calculations.
QuoteMate offers a free 7-day trial so you can create quotes immediately — no credit card required. Pro plans start at $49/month or $328/year (save 44%) for unlimited quotes, invoicing, and all premium features.