Gaffer for
painters and decorators.
Decorating is quoted by the room and lost in the prep. The argument is always about what was included — two coats or three, filling or making good — and whether the colour on the wall is the colour that was agreed. Gaffer keeps the colour scheme and paint spec on the job with the surface preparation record, and settles the snagging list on site with photos. Quote, schedule, record the work, invoice and get paid — with the 19 trade documents painters and decorators actually use already in the account.
Where two names look alike they are different documents — a notification is not the certificate that follows it, and two schemes covering the same work each want their own form. If you think one is missing, or that one of these is redundant, say so and we will change the pack.
Priced quote templates for painters and decorators, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.
19 trade documents ready for painters and decorators — 6 written for this trade, 13 shared with others — filled in on the phone, signed on site and emailed as a PDF before you leave.
One tap raises the invoice from the accepted quote, nets off the deposit and sends a Pay Now link. Reminders chase for you.
Finished jobs surface follow-up work automatically — the room you did not do, the quote they never answered, the customer who has gone quiet.
A full house repaint, end to end
This is the shape of the work in Gaffer — the same job you already do, with the hand-offs taken off your plate.
See the same job in detail- Day 0Site survey room by room, measurements and photos taken on the phone.
- Day 1Quote priced by room from your own rates. Accepted online with a deposit.
- Day 3Lead paint assessment and COSHH assessment completed before the sanding starts.
- Day 6Exterior work: working at height permit and scaffold inspection signed on the phone.
- Day 9Snagging list walked with the customer, photo against each item, project handover sent.
- +2 yrsFollow-up asks about the outside again, timed to the repaint cycle.
19 trade documents, ready for painters and decorators.
6 of them are written for this trade and 13 are shared with others — an EICR is an EICR whoever issues it. Every one is a real digital form, not a blank template.
Each one is a proper digital form: the fields that document actually needs, signature capture, photo attachments, a PDF the customer can keep, and — where it has one — an expiry date Gaffer tracks. Completed on the phone, offline if it has to be.
- Colour scheme / paint spec
- Exterior decoration record
- Lead paint assessment
- Painter & Decorator — Credentials & Accreditation Record
- Surface preparation record
- Wallpaper / paper hanging
- COSHH assessment (bitumen / adhesives)
- Working at height
- Project handover
- CDM F10 notification (HSE)
- Scaffold inspection
- Working at height assessment
- Working at height permit
- Snagging list
- Method statement
- COSHH assessment
- Waste transfer note
- Site survey
- Risk assessment
Certificates are the start. The whole operation runs here.
Leads, quotes, scheduling, the field app, invoicing, payments, reminders, reports and your accounts sync — all in the same login as the paperwork.
Run your next painter and decorator job on Gaffer.
Free for 14 days, no card. Pick “Painter & Decorator” at sign-up and the 19 trade documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.
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