For homeowners
Residential Painting
The same preparation standard we bring to commercial buildings, applied to a house — with the scope and the price agreed in writing before anyone opens a can.
Most disappointing paint jobs are not painting failures. They are preparation failures: filler that was not sanded, trim that was not caulked, glossy surfaces that were never de-glossed, and a second coat that got skipped because the light was going.
We work to a written scope on a house exactly as we do in a commercial building — surfaces listed, preparation specified, number of coats stated. You know what is being done before it starts, and there is nothing to argue about afterwards.
Built for
- Homeowners repainting interiors room by room or whole-house
- Exterior repaints, trim, soffits, and porches
- Owners preparing a house for sale or for new tenants
- Short-term rental owners turning a property between seasons
- Anyone who has had a paint job fail early and wants the prep done properly
What’s included
- Written scope listing every surface, the preparation, and the number of coats
- Surface preparation — washing, scraping, patching, sanding, caulking, and spot priming
- Interior walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and closets
- Exterior siding, trim, soffits, fascia, porches, and railings
- Furniture moved and covered, floors and fixtures protected
- Low-odor, low-VOC products where the house stays occupied
- Daily cleanup, and a final walkthrough before we call it done
How it runs
A walkthrough and a written scope
We look at the actual surfaces, note what needs repair before paint, and put the scope and a flat price in writing. Preparation is listed as work, not assumed.
Preparation before colour
Washing, scraping, filling, sanding, caulking, and priming happen before a finish coat goes anywhere. This is the part that decides whether the job still looks right in five years.
Your house stays livable
We work room by room where you are living in it, protect floors and furniture, and clean up at the end of each day rather than at the end of the job.
A walkthrough before we invoice
We go through it with you in daylight. Anything that needs another pass gets one before we call the job finished.
Common questions
Do you paint occupied homes?
Yes, and most of our residential work is occupied. We work in sections, protect and move furniture rather than asking you to, and use low-odor products so rooms are usable the same evening. If you would rather we work while you are away, that is easier for everyone and usually faster.
Can you paint the exterior in the Poconos climate?
Within limits that matter. Exterior coatings need surface temperatures and humidity inside the manufacturer’s range to cure properly, which in practice means roughly late spring through early autumn here. We will not put an exterior coat on in conditions that guarantee it fails, even if the calendar says we could.
How is this different from a handyman with a roller?
The written scope. You get the surfaces, the preparation, and the coat count in writing before it starts, which is what makes the price meaningful and the result checkable. That is the same way we run commercial contracts.
Do you do repairs before painting?
Minor repairs, yes — filling, patching, drywall damage, failed caulk, and small rot in exterior trim. Structural work, roofing, and anything requiring a licensed trade is outside what we do, and we will say so at the walkthrough rather than paint over it.
Ready for a facility that stays clean?
A walkthrough takes about thirty minutes and costs nothing. You’ll get a written scope and a flat price.
No cost No contract Insured to $1,000,000 Written scope is yours either way