4 The Love of ColorPainting · Lakewood Ranch, FLExterior painting · Sarasota, FL
There is no typical Sarasota exterior. A 1950s Sarasota School house with wide eaves and exposed structure, a downtown condo, a 1970s ranch in Gulf Gate and a new build out east are four genuinely different jobs, and pricing or scoping them the same way is how exterior quotes go wrong here.
Two things cut across all of them: how close the house sits to the water, and how old the paint underneath is. Those two questions decide most of the preparation on any Sarasota exterior.
What's different here
West of the Trail and out toward the keys, exteriors do not simply fade — they chalk, and metal fixings corrode and bleed rust down the wall. That means washing down to a sound surface and treating fixings, not just applying a tougher topcoat.
Older Sarasota houses can have lead-based paint hiding under later coats. That changes how we prep and clean up, and it's worth knowing before anyone puts a sander to it rather than after.
Wide overhangs, exposed beams and original window frames are what give these houses their character. They want cutting in by hand rather than a fast spray, and that's where most of the time on one of these goes.
Narrow lots, landscaping grown up tight against the wall, and buildings with rules about lifts, work hours and parking. Getting that sorted before day one is what keeps a job from stalling halfway.
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What clients say
★★★★★The finish quality completely changed the feel of our home. Every room looked sharper, warmer, and much more intentional than we expected.
★★★★★Communication was direct, the house stayed clean every day, and the end result felt custom instead of cookie-cutter.
★★★★★They repainted our whole exterior and it still looks fresh after a brutal Florida summer. Honest crew, fair price, real craftsmanship.
Older Sarasota houses turn up surprises, and we would rather find them at the walkthrough and tell you than quote around them and come back asking for more.
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