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Write down the date you painted it and the year it comes round again.

A CRM for a painting contractor is the job record: the address, the area measured, the brand and product used, what was charged, and the date the work finished. That last date is when the next job is due. GullySales sets up the record and the reminders that come out of it.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 8 Nov 2026.

For painting contractors

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The finish date is the most valuable field you have”

    Interior and exterior repaints come round on a cycle counted in years. A contractor who wrote down the date and the product can ring first. One who did not waits to be searched for.

  • “A society is a record with a committee attached”

    The secretary who signed your contract will be replaced. Record the society, the wing, the areas painted and the office bearers, so a change at the annual meeting does not cost you the building.

  • “The quotes you lost are a list worth keeping”

    Most contractors record the jobs they won and throw away the rest. Those addresses still need painting, and the contractor who beat you may well have finished late.

What we do

What we deliver for painting contractors.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A job record with area, product and finish date

    One row per job holding the address, the measured area, the brand and product line, the coats, the amount charged and the date it finished.

    Result: You know what was painted, with what, and when.

  2. A quote register that keeps the losses

    Every quote logged with the address, the value, the decision and the reason, including the ones that went to somebody else.

    Result: A lost quote becomes a call next season instead of a dead end.

  3. Society and builder records with the committee in them

    The building, the blocks, the areas covered, the contract dates and the names of the current office bearers.

    Result: A change of secretary does not cost you the building.

  4. Repaint dates set from the finish date

    A reminder placed against each completed job for when that surface is due again, separately for interior, exterior and waterproofing.

    Result: You call before the homeowner starts searching.

  5. Photographs filed against the address

    Before and after shots stored with the job record instead of sitting in a supervisor's camera roll until the phone is changed.

    Result: You can show a homeowner a job on their own street.

  6. Enquiry source recorded on every job

    Whether it came from search, a dealer, a society, a builder or a past customer, entered when the enquiry first arrives.

    Result: You can tell which source is actually worth the effort.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

What to record, and when

What a painting contractor should record about every site visit and quote, and whether software is needed yet.

Area measured, and how
Write down whether you quoted on carpet area or wall area, and the figure. Many arguments at the final bill come from two people measuring differently.
Surface condition at the visit
Note damp patches, cracks, peeling old paint and whether waterproofing was advised and accepted. If damp returns later, the record shows what you saw and what you said.
Shade codes and tin brands
Hold the brand, product line and shade code for each room. When the customer asks for the same wall colour for a touch-up, nobody has to remember which tin it was.
Payment stages with dates
Log advance, mid-job and final payments with dates and mode. A job that is finished but not fully paid is easy to forget when the next site starts.
Visits with no quote sent
List every site visit where no quote went out. It is the easiest job to lose, and the list can be cleared on a Saturday afternoon by phone.
Do you need software yet?
A sheet is enough for a contractor with one or two crews and a short job list. Software begins to pay when you handle several societies or builders at once, or when a supervisor must update jobs from the site.

Who it is for

This is written for these painting contractors.

  • Independent house painting contractors
  • Interior and exterior painting specialists
  • Commercial and office painting contractors
  • Waterproofing and painting combined services
  • Painting contractors working with builders
  • Texture and decorative painting specialists
  • Industrial and factory painting contractors
  • Painting franchises and branded dealer networks

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You paint a few homes and remember each date, so a record would hold what you already know.
  • Nobody will enter the finish date at handover, which is the one field the record exists for.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need software for this?
Not at the start. A shared sheet on a phone, one row per job, does the work. Move to proper software when several crews are running and nobody can say which supervisor owns which quote.
Who fills it in when everybody is on site?
The person who writes the quote, while they are writing it. Filled in later from memory, the area and the product come out wrong, and a repaint reminder built on wrong data is worse than none.
Can photos of the walls go into the record?
Yes, and they help. Photograph each wall before and after, name the file with the address and date, and link the folder in the job record. Keep customers' photos off public pages unless they agree to it.
How do we record a customer who calls again after a few years?
Search by phone number first so the old job opens. Add the new visit under the same customer, not as a new person. That keeps the finish date, the product and the earlier quote in one history, and the old shade code on hand.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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