Walk the house, price the job your way - "master bedroom two coats $650, hallway and stairwell $480, exterior trim prep and paint $2,200" - and AI formats a branded, line-itemed estimate in 60 seconds. You set every price. We make it look professional and get it signed. Built for solopreneur painters and small crews running every job themselves.
Painting is one of the most-quoted trades. Homeowners get multiple bids for every job. The contractor who sends a professional, itemized estimate first - with room-by-room breakdowns - wins the trust and the job. If you're driving home to type it up, the next painter already sent theirs.
FastEstimateMaker puts the estimate in the homeowner's hands before the paint on your truck dries.
No laptop. No office. Just your phone and your voice.
Walk each room, note the surfaces, measure the trim. Check exterior siding, eaves, and prep needs.
"Master bedroom two coats $650, kitchen and living room $1,100, hallway $320, exterior trim scrape and paint $2,200." You set every price - AI formats the line items.
Review and tap send. The homeowner gets a branded client portal with room-by-room detail via text.
The homeowner reviews and accepts digitally. You get a notification instantly. Order paint and schedule the crew. Or share your booking link and let the homeowner schedule the walkthrough - it syncs to your Google Calendar automatically.
Describe the job room by room - "master bedroom 14×16 two coats Sherwin-Williams Emerald $650, hallway 40 linear feet $320, kitchen and living room combo $1,100, all trim $480" - you dictate the scope and the price. AI formats it into a clean, branded estimate in under 60 seconds. No templates to fill. Your pricing, your margins - we just make it look professional.
Rather not talk your way through fourteen rooms? Snap a photo instead. Photograph the room, the peeling elevation, or the scope you scribbled on a legal pad during the walkthrough, and photo-to-estimate reads the surfaces and fills your line items - priced from your own Price Book, not a guess. Photos, voice, and typing all land in the same editable draft, so you can start with a picture and finish with your thumb.
Whether it's a 5-room interior repaint or a full exterior with power washing, scraping, caulking, primer, and two coats - speak the scope and AI builds a professional estimate with every line item organized. Combine interior and exterior in one bid or split into separate estimates.
Most homeowners shop 3-4 painters before deciding. FastEstimateMaker generates pre-written, job-specific follow-up texts ready to send - "Hi Lisa, just checking in on the painting estimate. Ready to pick a start date?" You review it, tap send, and the lead stays warm while you're on the next job. Need a different angle? Generate a new follow-up on demand right from your dashboard.
Faded siding, peeling trim, chalky paint - you can spot a paint job from the sidewalk. Plan your route, log every door - interested, scheduled, not home - and set follow-up reminders. When one house on the block gets painted, the neighbors always call. Text them your booking link right from the canvass popup - they pick a time, and the appointment is in your pipeline.
Paint, primer, and sundries move, and a full exterior can swing hundreds of dollars on materials alone. Turn on live material pricing and your draft comes back with current local prices for the job's ZIP code, your markup already applied - so a five-gallon bucket that went up since your last exterior comes out of the homeowner's total instead of your margin.
Your own Price Book still wins wherever you have set a number - builder grade, mid-range, premium, your per-room and per-linear-foot rates - so your labor stays priced your way and only the volatile material lines get refreshed. Part of the $29.99 Solo plan.
A three-week exterior is a lot of paint to float on your own card. Set a deposit as a term of the estimate - a flat amount or a percentage - and it prints on the quote the homeowner reads before agreeing to anything. The moment they sign, they are prompted to pay it through your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, or Venmo, so the paint order is covered before you open a can. Split the rest into progress and final payments on the same schedule.
On bigger exterior and commercial repaints, attach your own contract template so what they sign is a real agreement - prep scope, coat count, color approvals, change-order terms. The signature is stored with the signer's name, timestamp, IP address, and a signing certificate, and both of you get a copy by email. Deposits, contracts, and e-signature are all part of the $29.99 Solo plan.
Before the first drop cloth goes down, run a pre-job walkaround on your phone. The painting checklist walks you through the hairline cracks, water stains, peeling layers, rotted trim, and failing caulk that were already there, plus the floors and furniture before anything moves. Add a note to each photo, and the homeowner signs off on your phone or from a link you text them, so the "that stain was not there before" conversation happens before you open a can, not after the final coat.
"I walked a 6-room interior, spoke the scope room by room, and had a professional estimate on the homeowner's phone in 2 minutes. She said the other painters told her they'd email something 'in a couple days.' I got the job on the spot."
- Brian W., ProCoat Painting, Nashville TNYes. Speak each room - "master bedroom 14×16, two coats Sherwin-Williams Emerald, $650; hallway 40 linear feet, $320" - and AI creates separate line items for each room with your pricing. Add prep work, trim, and ceilings as individual items.
Absolutely. Whether you're quoting a 5-room interior repaint or a full exterior with siding prep, power washing, and caulking, just speak the scope and your pricing. The AI formats it all into one professional estimate.
Yes. When you text the estimate link, the homeowner opens it, reviews the scope, and taps Accept. You get an instant notification so you can schedule the crew and order paint. No printing, no scanning.
Yes. Speak them separately - "power wash exterior $400, scrape and sand trim $600, caulk windows $250, 8 gallons Sherwin-Williams Duration $480" - and each becomes its own line item on the estimate.
You can save multiple price lists - builder grade, mid-range, premium - and switch between them per job. Or just speak the brand, product, and your price and the AI fills in the rest.
Yes. Add your Google review link and FastEstimateMaker texts the customer a Google review request once the invoice is paid in full - only with their texting consent, and inside texting quiet hours - or you can send one yourself in a tap from their record. A finished repaint is the moment a homeowner is happiest with you, which is exactly when you want the ask to go out. Review requests are part of the $29.99 Solo plan.
Yes - start free, no credit card required. You can create and send estimates immediately. Upgrade when you're ready for unlimited estimates, follow-ups, and invoicing.
Not sure what to charge? See our 2026 painting pricing guide for current rates, job benchmarks, and a free pricing calculator, or print the free painting price list PDF and keep it in the truck.
Exterior season over? Switch to a $5/month Off-Season plan - your customer list and booking page stay live, and you resume in one tap when the weather turns.
Every hour the homeowner waits, they call another painter. Try FastEstimateMaker free and see what happens when you quote from the walkthrough instead of the office.
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