Development Roadmap

Building DecorMatePro in clear, realistic stages.

The aim is to create a reliable trade platform in stages—starting with the product foundation and survey workflow, then developing camera-led capture, estimating, quotations and wider business tools as technical feasibility is proven.

This roadmap shows the intended direction, not fixed release dates. Priorities may change after technical research, cost review, development work and feedback from painters and decorators.
1 Build the foundation
2 Speed up site surveys
3 Support the full job
4 Help businesses improve

How development decisions will be made

Useful first. Clever second.

DecorMatePro should never add technology simply because it looks impressive. Each stage should solve a genuine problem for painters and decorators and keep the app simple enough to use on site.

Save time
Reduce missed work
Improve pricing clarity
Stay simple to use

Planned stages

From estimating foundation to complete trade app.

Each stage builds on the one before it, with real-world testing guiding what comes next.

1 Foundation

Product foundation and trade workflow

Build the core architecture, job structure, manual survey workflow and estimating logic that future camera-led features can sit on safely.

Planned capabilities

  • Customer and property records
  • Manual room and area measurements
  • Walls, ceilings, openings and woodwork
  • Preparation and repair checklist
  • Paint and material calculations
  • Daily-rate and fixed-price options
  • Labour, overhead and profit review
  • Professional saved quotations and PDFs
  • Job notes and site photographs

Why this stage matters

The foundation needs to work even when camera assistance is unavailable. Manual entry, trade logic and user review provide the dependable base that smarter capture can build on.

2 Smart capture

Camera-led surveying and smarter site capture

Explore how the phone camera can reduce repetitive measuring and note-taking while keeping the decorator in control.

Planned capabilities

  • Guided room and work-area capture
  • Suggested wall, ceiling and opening measurements
  • Photographs linked to rooms and surfaces
  • Voice notes and faster site comments
  • Suggested preparation prompts
  • Possible surface-condition warnings
  • Weak-signal and offline working support
  • Sync when a connection becomes available

Why this stage matters

Measuring and writing notes take time. This stage is intended to reduce repetitive input while ensuring every suggestion can be checked, corrected or ignored by the painter and decorator.

3 Job workflow

Take accepted quotes through the full job

Move beyond estimating so the app can help organise the work after the customer accepts.

Planned capabilities

  • Customer approval and digital acceptance
  • Job diary and scheduling
  • Team and operative allocation
  • Before, progress and after photographs
  • Task and completion checklists
  • Customer sign-off and snagging
  • Invoice generation and payment status
  • Review requests and job history

Why this stage matters

The quotation should not become a dead document. This stage is intended to turn an accepted quote into an organised job record from start to finish.

4 Business tools

Help painting and decorating businesses improve

Use completed work and company settings to make future pricing more consistent and informed.

Planned capabilities

  • Company pricing templates and saved rates
  • Team permissions and shared standards
  • Estimated versus actual labour comparisons
  • Material usage and profitability insights
  • Quote conversion and job performance
  • Commercial and multi-site estimating tools
  • Desktop or web management portal
  • Reports for sole traders and larger companies

Why this stage matters

DecorMatePro should eventually help businesses understand how they really price and complete work—not simply store old quotations.

5 Long-term vision

A connected app for the wider decorating trade

Explore integrations that make pricing, purchasing and running jobs even easier.

Areas to investigate

  • Trade supplier and merchant links
  • Paint-product and coverage libraries
  • Current or account-based material pricing
  • Supplier ordering and collection options
  • Connections to accounting platforms
  • Company and contractor integrations
  • Tools that learn each business's preferred pricing
  • Further camera and smart-recognition improvements

Important limitation

These ideas depend on technical feasibility, supplier cooperation, commercial agreements, security review and user demand. They are part of the vision, not confirmed launch features.

Shaped by the trade

The roadmap should improve through real feedback.

Painters and decorators may value some features more than expected and reject others completely. Early testing should guide priorities so development time is spent on the tools that genuinely help.

A controlled build

Security, reliability and trust must grow with the product.

As customer details, quotations, photographs, payments and company data are introduced, each stage will require suitable privacy, security, backup and access controls.

Get involved

Follow the build and help shape what comes first.

Early-access interest and feedback will help DecorMatePro understand which tools matter most to the trade.

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