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Painting requests tell you where the work is (interior, exterior, both, kitchen cabinets, or drywall and plaster repair) and how much of the home is involved, from one room to the whole house. The property type is asked too, so a condo repaint and a detached exterior are easy to tell apart.

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Page reviewed 11 September 2026

What a painting lead shows you

Every {lower} request answers these questions before it reaches you. Follow-up questions appear only when an earlier answer calls for them.

Painting jobs are often planned rather than urgent, so the timing answer matters: homeowners choose within days, within weeks or flexible, and you decide which timings you accept. If you only paint exteriors in the warmer months, update your services when the season ends.

  1. Interior, exterior or both?

    • Interior
    • Exterior
    • Both
    • Cabinets
    • Drywall or plaster repair

  2. How much needs doing?

    Optional
    • One room or area
    • A few rooms
    • Whole home

  3. What type of property is it?

    • Detached house
    • Semi-detached or townhouse
    • Condo or apartment
    • Cottage or cabin
    • Duplex or multi-unit
    • Commercial property

Every request also includes

When the work is needed
  • Emergency / as soon as possible
  • Within a few days
  • Within a few weeks
  • Flexible / still planning
Budget range, if the homeowner picks one
  • Up to £250
  • £250–£500
  • £500–£1,000
  • £1,000–£2,500
  • £2,500 and up

Amounts in GBP.

Project summary
A short description of the job in the homeowner’s own words.
General location
The city or postal area. The exact address is shared only after you connect.
Photos
Up to 6 optional photos. Before you connect, you see how many were added.

Services you can choose

When you set up your profile, pick the ones you do and mark the rest as not for you.

The guide homeowners get on this site

We publish a painting guide for homeowners. It is written for them, not for us, and its headings are a fair list of what someone who has read it will ask you about.

Read the painting guide

What the guide covers

  • Preparation: what a decorator should do before any paint is opened
  • Lead paint and asbestos textured coatings in older British homes
  • No licence to paint, but these rules still apply to the job
  • Reading a paint tin: VOC labelling, water-based and solvent-based finishes
  • Signs the exterior decoration is due, and what should be fixed first
  • Weather, drying times and when to book exterior decorating in Britain
  • Making a decorated finish last, and how to brief the job on LokalMatch

Questions it answers

  • Do painters and decorators have to be registered in the UK?
  • How do I know if the old paint in my house contains lead?
  • Can a decorator sand down my textured ceiling?
  • What do the VOC numbers on a paint tin actually mean?
  • Is it worth painting the outside of the house in winter?

Guide last checked 14 September 2026.

What painting leads cost

LokalMatch sets lead prices by service and location. You see the price of each lead before you decide, and you pay only when you choose to connect.

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Current lead price

Pricing is set per request.

  • We haven’t published a standard price for painting leads yet. You see the price of each lead before you decide, and you pay only when you choose to connect.

Licensing notes by province

These notes come from our provincial permit guides, which homeowners read before they hire. They summarize official sources and aren’t legal advice.

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  • England

    Getting approval matters when you come to sell. GOV.UK warns that without building regulations approval you will not have the certificates of compliance you may need when you want to sell your home, so keep the completion paperwork or the installer's self-certification with your deeds.

    Sources: GOV.UK – Building regulations approval

  • Northern Ireland

    Ask for the Certificate of Completion at the end of the job. Building Control issues it once it is satisfied that all necessary Building Regulations have been adhered to, and it is the document that shows the work was signed off.

    Sources: Building Control NI – What we do

How matching works

Requests are matched by published rules that are the same for every pro.

How we rank and match pros
  • You receive a request only for services you offer and haven’t excluded, in the areas you serve.
  • Your account must be active, with your email address and phone number verified, and you must be accepting new requests within the daily or weekly limits you set.
  • Requests reach you only with timings you accept, such as emergencies, and budgets that aren’t clearly outside the range you work in.
  • When more pros fit than a lead allows, we give more weight to an exact service match, how directly you cover the area, verification, how quickly you reply and, once you have at least three published reviews, your rating. Never to who pays more.
  • Each lead goes to a limited number of pros, and you see that number before you decide.

Invalid leads and refunds

If a lead turns out to be invalid, you can ask for a refund review from your dashboard. We look at each request and let you know the outcome. A lead may qualify when:

  • The contact details are wrong or don't work.
  • It duplicates a lead you already received.
  • It isn't a real request for work.
  • It's outside the services or areas you listed.
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Verification you’ll need

Before you receive leads, you confirm your business email and phone number with one-time codes. Business registration, licence and insurance details are optional during sign-up; once our team checks them, your profile shows what was verified and when.

  • Contact details verified

    You confirm your business email and phone number with one-time codes. This is required before you receive leads.

  • Business registration checked

    Our team reviews the registration details you provide.

  • Licence and insurance checked

    Where your trade calls for a licence or insurance, we review what you provide.

Verification shows which details were checked and when. It isn’t a guarantee of workmanship, and it can’t be bought.

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Getting set up for painting work

  • Cabinet painting and drywall repair are separate choices. Turn them on only if you do them well.
  • Photos of cut lines, cabinet finishes and exteriors say more than a long description.
  • Set the project sizes you take on, so one-room touch-ups don’t crowd out whole-home jobs.

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