Painting is hands-on work, and your hands are covered in paint all day. The phone rings just as you reach the ceiling, a customer sends a Messenger message, and another enquiry lands by email with a single line: "How much to paint a three-bedroom flat?" In the evening you piece it all together at the kitchen table: who you promised a site visit, how much primer is left from the last job, and whether the invoice for Monday's window frames has been paid.
Homeearly keeps all of that in one place: enquiries, quotes, calendar, materials and invoices. You don't need to be a computer person. Most things work from your phone, and when your hands are dirty, you can simply dictate.
No website yet? You can have one in minutes
Many painters live on word of mouth and never got round to a website. In Homeearly you build one in the admin from details that are already in the system. It runs free of charge at homeearly.eu/firma/your-business, with a design suited to your trade, your services with prices and photos, a gallery of finished work, a map and contact details. Terms and conditions and a GDPR notice are generated for you. Your price list starts with ready-made items such as flat painting, office painting, window and door painting or facade coating, and you adjust them to suit.
The key element is the "Enquire" button. Customers describe what they need, attach a photo of the room or the peeling facade, and can see straight away which days you are booked. Find out more under business website.
Already have a website? Keep it
If you have your own site, nothing needs rebuilding. You embed the enquiry form with a single snippet of code, or share the link with customers and put it on Facebook, Instagram or your Google business profile. The real benefit comes afterwards: every enquiry ends up in one overview instead of being scattered across email, texts and missed calls.
Connecting your business mailbox helps too. Customer emails are offered to you as enquiries to approve, newsletters and auto-replies are filtered out, and a customer's reply is attached to the original enquiry. Your mailbox itself stays exactly as it was.
What makes an ordinary week easier
- Enquiry to quote, quote to job. After the site visit you prepare a quote, the customer approves it online, and one click turns it into a job.
- Price agreed by scope. Every home is different, so you don't have to squeeze the work into an hourly rate.
- Materials and stock. Log paint, primer, tape and sheeting against each job and always know what's left in the workshop.
- Travel costs as a flat fee or per kilometre, including parking, which adds up quickly in town.
- Field mode on your phone: navigation to the address, before and after photos, notes and the customer's signature on screen. It works even in a basement with no signal.
- Signed handover protocol, so it is clear what was handed over and in what condition.
- Invoices with QR payment in a few clicks. Bank payments are matched automatically and overdue reminders go out on their own.
What it might look like in practice
Take an illustrative week. On Monday morning you open the Today overview: two new enquiries from the website and one from email. On the drive to a job you dictate another one that came in by phone, and the system picks out the name, number, address and preferred date. In the afternoon, after a site visit, you put a quote together and send it before you leave. On Wednesday the customer approves it and the job appears in your calendar.
On site you photograph the walls before you start, and on Friday the finished room. The customer signs the handover protocol on your phone and receives an invoice with a QR code by email the same day. Once the job is closed, the system can send a request for a Google review.
What you get out of it
Less time on paperwork and more time painting. No forgotten site visits, faster payment thanks to QR codes and automatic payment matching, and a professional impression from the first reply to the final invoice. See how Homeearly works for painters and decorators.
Try Homeearly for free
Signing up takes a minute: 30 days free with every feature, no credit card and no commitment. We set it up for Painter / Decorator right away — services, menu and wording — and you can create your website straight after signing up.