Home & Property
the pAInters
A painting and decorating business with an AI app that shows clients paint colours and finishes in their own rooms before they commit.
Built on Trades
What was added
- Painting and decorating specialism
- the pAInters brand identity
- Room Finish Visualiser app
Price £5,295
The price includes the app listed below.
At a glance
- Type
- Ready-made business
- Business type
- Painting and decorating
- How it runs
- Solo
- Premises
- Not required
- Staff
- Optional
- Revenue
- Project
- Typical customer
- Homeowners who want a clear scheme and quote before decorating starts, not a surprise on the wall
- What you'll need to start
- £1,500–£5,000
- How easy it is to launch
- Moderate
- Room to grow
- Medium
- Location
- Local
What the business does
The operator surveys the property, shows finish options in the Room Finish Visualiser, quotes the works, and delivers the decorate. Revenue is project fees; follow-on rooms and maintenance refreshers extend the relationship.
How it makes money
- Enquiry
- Survey and room photo
- Scheme preview in the app
- Quote accepted
- Works delivered
- Follow-on rooms
primary
Decorating projects
Quoted rooms and whole-property finishes.
secondary
Follow-on rooms
Next spaces once the client trusts the finish.
additional
Refresh cycles
Maintenance and redecorate bookings years later.
The numbers
These are our estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn.
Year 3 income, base case (estimate)
£184,802
Typical sale (estimate)
£1,850
Gross margin (estimate)
45%
Break-even point (estimate)
2 mid-size room projects a month after materials
How much work it can handle
Owner-decorator with optional labour on larger jobs
Chance of repeat income
Low
Forecast at a glance
Decorating revenue is project-led and seasonal. The preview assumes steady local survey flow and scheme decisions assisted by the visualiser, not speculative commercial contracts.
Year 3 income (estimate), base case: £184,802
Light blue shows income, grey shows costs and dark blue shows profit. Each point is one month, from month 1 to month 36. Year 3 income adds up months 25 to 36. The labels at month 36 are that month's income, costs and profit. The £ amounts are estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn. Where an estimate would be below zero, we show £0.
Income by year (estimate), base case
- £57,302
Year 1
- £102,904
Year 2
- £184,802
Year 3
What you get
Commercial
- ✓ Business Model
- ✓ Service Structure
- ✓ Pricing Model
- ✓ Customer Profiles
- ✓ Market Positioning
- ✓ Competitor Framework
Planning
- ✓ Business Plan
- ✓ Financial Forecast
- ✓ Startup Cost Model
- ✓ Break-Even Model
- ✓ Launch Plan
Brand
- ✓ Business Identity
- ✓ Logo
- ✓ Colour System
- ✓ Typography
- ✓ Brand Assets
Digital
- ✓ Website
- ✓ Domain Setup
- ✓ Business Email Structure
- ✓ Analytics
Sales
- ✓ Customer system
- ✓ Enquiry Pipeline
- ✓ Quote Process
- ✓ Customer Onboarding
Operations
- ✓ Step-by-step guides
- ✓ Process Maps
- ✓ Customer Documents
- ✓ Quality Controls
Marketing
- ✓ Launch Marketing Framework
- ✓ Social media post designs
- ✓ Core Website SEO Structure
- ✓ Review Process
Optional extras
Base: the pAInters £5,295
- Marketing Pro +£750
Expanded marketing strategy and launch plan.
- Company Setup +£350
Company formation support and launch administration.
- Ongoing Support +£95/month
Ongoing technical and operational support.
- Apps See the apps
Add specialist Factory software for the business. Explore the full app catalogue first.
- Customisation
Additional work beyond the standard Factory specification.
Apps included
Room Finish Visualiser
Designed around the pAInters. Show clients how paint colours and finishes will look in their own room before they commit.
Quote Builder
Create structured customer quotations from a configurable service list and approved pricing rules.
How it works
1
Chat
Tell us what you have in mind. We'll talk through what fits, what it costs and what's included before you commit to anything.
2
Agree
We send you a written order. You pay half to get started.
3
Shape your idea
Together we decide who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll price it. We agree that before any design work starts.
4
Build
We create your brand, plan, website and systems, and check each stage with you as we go.
5
Hand over
When everything's ready, you pay the other half and we give you all your files, logins and access.
This one was built on Trades. You can start from that Base and make your own version.