Bid every room before you leave the walkthrough.
Staxen is the AI office assistant for painting contractors. Dictate the bid room by room on the walkthrough and hand the homeowner a finished estimate to e-sign before you reach the truck. Extras become change orders in writing, invoices go out on schedule, and reminders bring in the final check. You cut the lines. It cuts the office work.
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The office problems every painter knows
The bid goes out two days late
You measure on the walkthrough, price it at home, and email a PDF two days later. On repaints, the fastest professional quote wins the job most of the time.
And can you also do the trim
Mid job the homeowner adds the trim, then the ceilings, then the hallway. None of it is written down, so at the end you send an awkward invoice or you paint it free.
The last check drags after touch-ups
The walls are done, the punch list is done, and the final twenty percent still takes three weeks and four reminder texts you have to write yourself.
What Staxen does for painters
Interior repaint at 7 Maple, three bedrooms and the hallway, walls and ceilings, two coats, forty two hundred.
Staxen turns that into a room-by-room estimate: three bedrooms and a hallway, walls and ceilings at two coats, priced at $4,200. You review it, the homeowner gets the text, and they e-sign on the spot. When they add the trim next week, that becomes a change order in the same thread.
Room-by-room bids by voice
Walk the house and say each room as you go: walls, ceilings, trim, coats, price. Staxen builds the estimate room by room while you walk.
E-sign at the door
The finished estimate goes to the homeowner by text before you leave, and they sign it from their phone. No PDF, no printer, no two-day gap.
Extras priced before the tape goes up
The added trim or the extra bedroom becomes a change order the homeowner approves by text, so every brush stroke is on paper.
Milestone billing on the big jobs
Deposit up front, a progress payment mid job, balance at the final walk. Staxen invoices each stage and takes card or ACH online.
Reminders that get the final check
Overdue invoices get escalating reminders automatically, and the homeowner pays from the link. You never write the awkward follow-up text again.
Runs in English and Spanish
The whole app runs in English or Spanish. Switch the account language in settings and everything follows, from the assistant to the invoices.
Line items that sound like your trade
Estimates read like a painter priced them. A few line items the way they come out on a Staxen estimate:
- Interior walls, 2 coats, per sq ft: Example: $1.80 to $3.50 per sq ft depending on prep and ceiling height.
- Ceilings, flat white, 2 coats, per sq ft: Kept separate from walls, so adding ceilings mid job is a one-line change order.
- Trim and doors, enamel, per door: Example: $90 to $150 per door, casings included.
- Cabinet refinishing, spray finish, per door and drawer front: Example: $100 to $175 per opening depending on prep and finish.
- Exterior body and trim, prep and 2 coats, per sq ft: Prep called out on the estimate, so scraping and priming are never free surprises.
- Drywall patch and texture match, per patch: Small repair lines keep repaint bids honest and easy to adjust.
Things painters ask us
Can Staxen bid a repaint during the walkthrough?
Yes. Dictate each room as you walk it and Staxen builds the estimate live. You review it at the door, and the homeowner e-signs from their phone before you drive off.
What if the client adds rooms mid job?
Say the added rooms and the price and Staxen writes a change order. The client approves it by text or email, so the extra work is agreed in writing before you open another can.
Does Staxen work in Spanish?
Yes. The entire app runs in English or Spanish, and you can switch the account language any time in settings. The assistant, estimates, and invoices all follow.
How do deposits and final payments work?
The estimate can carry a deposit paid at e-signature, big jobs can bill in milestones, and every invoice takes card or ACH online. Overdue balances get escalating reminders until they are paid.