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Painters, stop writing quotes from scratch.

Turn room-by-room notes, prep work, coatings, repairs and finishes into a clean Scope of Works in minutes.

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A BuildScope painter Scope of Works on an iPhone
Scope ready to review5 line items, Full interior repaint now
Voice note processed2 min site walk captured now
Missing detail flaggedSite access to confirm 1m
Client email draftedReady to send 2m

Sound familiar, painter?

Your painters quoting is costing more than time.

Missing prep work.

Easy to miss. Expensive to fix.

Forgotten line items.

Easy to miss. Expensive to fix.

Inconsistent pricing.

Easy to miss. Expensive to fix.

Time wasted writing quotes.

Easy to miss. Expensive to fix.

Nothing slips through

What BuildScope checks on every painter job.

Industry-specific inclusions, prompted before you send the scope, not discovered after you win it.

Preparation
  • Protect flooring
  • Remove fittings
  • Fill cracks
  • Sand surfaces
  • Prime walls
Application
  • Apply 2 coats premium acrylic
  • Cut in edges & trims
  • Clean site

The scope itself

What goes into a painter scope of works.

Painting quotes live or die on prep. The coats are the easy part to price, and the prep is where the hours quietly go.

Line items that belong on it

  • Protect flooring, fittings and adjoining surfaces for the duration of works
  • Remove and refit fittings, hardware and window furnishings
  • Fill, sand and make good cracks, nail holes and minor damage
  • Prime bare, patched and previously unpainted surfaces
  • Apply two coats premium acrylic to walls, ceilings, trims and doors

What gets left off

  • Prep hours on tired surfaces. Filling and sanding an old wall can take longer than painting it.
  • Cutting in and second coats on trims. Doors, frames and skirtings are slow work that rarely gets its own line.
  • Access equipment for high ceilings and stairwells. Trestles, planks or a tower are a real cost and an easy omission.

Worth excluding in writing

  • Repairs to substrate beyond minor filling
  • Lead paint testing or removal
  • Colour changes after works commence

Where BuildScope fits

You run the job. BuildScope does the paperwork in the middle.

Painters know how to walk a job and price it. BuildScope takes the paperwork between the site meeting and the quote going out.

BuildScope does this You do this
  1. 01 Enquiry lands Client rings or emails. You book a time to look at the job.
  2. 02 Site meeting You walk the job, measure up and take your photos.
  3. 03 Brain dump Talk or type the job into BuildScope, on site or in the ute.
  4. 04 The questions BuildScope asks what a tired estimator forgets: access, protection, rubbish, patching.
  5. 05 Scope of Works A full scope, trade by trade, preliminaries first, PC and PS kept separate.
  6. 06 Price and export Check quantities and pricing, apply your margin and GST, export the client-ready PDF.
  7. 07 Send and sign You send the PDF. The acceptance page is already in there for the client to sign.
  8. 08 Job runs Book the trades and get moving. The scope is your checklist and your variation defence.

BuildScope covers steps 03 to 06. You do the trade work, it does the paperwork.

Painters already running accounting software? No worries.

Build the scope in BuildScope the way you always do, then move the job into your accounting or job management software as a draft, with the PDF attached. Nothing reaches your client until you send it.

How it works

Three steps from site visit to client-ready scope.

01

Describe the job

Walk the job room by room and talk through what needs prep, what needs coats, and what you are leaving alone.

02

Answer the questions that matter

BuildScope asks the painting questions: surface condition, ceiling heights, number of coats, trims and doors, and who is moving the furniture.

03

Review and send

Check the room-by-room breakdown, set your rates per square metre, and send it while the client still remembers meeting you.

Pricing

Get those hours back for $99 a month.

Per user, everything included. Try it free for 7 days, your first 10 scopes are on us. No credit card.

Everything included

BuildScope

Everything included, priced per user.

$99per user / month

Or pay $990 a year and get 2 months free.

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Prices in AUD, excluding GST. Unlimited scopes after trial. No feature gates. Cancel anytime.

Everything included

  • Unlimited scopes after your trial
  • Voice notes and photo capture
  • Professional scopes and quotes
  • Branded PDF exports
  • Shared job history across your team
  • iPhone, iPad, Android and desktop
  • No feature gates
  • One-click handoff to the software you already use

FAQ

Questions painters ask before signing up.

Is BuildScope built for painters?
Yes. BuildScope is built around real painter scopes of works, with painters-specific line items, inclusions and wording. It is not a generic template you have to bend to fit.
Can BuildScope help painters avoid missed items?
That is the point. It prompts for the things painters commonly leave off a quote, like protect flooring and remove fittings, so fewer items slip through before you send the scope.
What should a painting scope of works include?
Preparation and coating split out separately, room by room or area by area: protection and masking, removal and refit of fittings, filling and sanding, priming, then the number of coats and the product on each surface type. Walls, ceilings, trims and doors are different rates and different hours, so they belong on their own lines rather than lumped into one figure.
How do painters stop underquoting prep work?
Price prep as its own section instead of folding it into a per square metre rate. Filling, sanding, priming and protection are the items that blow out on older houses, and if they are not visible as line items the client assumes the price is all about the coats and you have nowhere to point when the wall needs two hours of filling.
Can I edit the scope after the AI builds it?
Always. Every line item, quantity, rate and section is editable. Reorder, add, remove or reword anything before you export.
Does BuildScope work from voice notes and photos?
Yes. Talk through the painter job, or drop in site notes and a PDF, and BuildScope turns it into a structured Scope of Works you review and tidy.
How does the free trial work?
7 days free with 10 scopes on us, no credit card. Build and export them however you like. After that it is $99 per user a month, everything included.
Does BuildScope work with the software I already use?
Yes. Connect it once from your account settings and any saved scope can be pushed across as a draft, carrying your line items, section headings and exclusions, with the BuildScope PDF attached. BuildScope never sends it to your client and never raises an invoice: that stays your call.

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