Exterior Painting
Exterior repaints on CBS stucco, front doors, and trim, matched to your HOA approved palette and timed around the wet season.
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HOA Violation Repaint in Palm Beach County
You have a letter and a date. We paint to the approved color and photograph the cure.
What we do on the visit
- Read the violation letter with you and confirm exactly what is cited
- Get the approved color palette from your association or management company
- Confirm whether an architectural review submission is needed before work starts
- Wash the surface and let it dry before any coating goes on
- Seal hairline stucco cracks, control joints, and open trim seams
- Spot prime chalked, bare, or previously patched areas
- Repaint the cited surfaces: body, trim, front door, garage door, or mailbox post
- Photograph before and after from the same angles
- Send you a dated photo set you can forward to the board or manager
Bring us the letter
A violation letter is the most useful document in this whole process, because it usually contains everything needed to quote and schedule the job. It names the surface the board is looking at, it often names the approved color, and it gives a cure date. Owners frequently apologize for handing it over. Do not. It saves a week of back and forth.
What the letter does not always make clear is whether the board also expects an architectural review submission before work begins. In many Palm Beach County communities the answer is yes even when you are painting back to an approved color. We check that before we start, because painting first and submitting after is how an owner ends up with two letters instead of one.
Approved palettes are not a suggestion
Most communities here publish a color palette and require every exterior surface to come from it. It applies to body color, trim, front doors, garage doors, and sometimes mailbox posts. In condo buildings, the catwalk facing side of a unit door is common area and its color is set by the association even though the door is yours.
We paint the approved color. If you want something different, the route is an architectural review submission before the work, not a hopeful coat and an argument afterwards. Repainting a rejected color falls on the owner, and it is the single most expensive mistake available in this category. Where you are unsure which palette applies, we contact management with you rather than guessing from a neighbor's house.
Curing a violation properly, not just covering it
Boards cite fading, chalking, mismatched patches, mildew staining, and peeling. Every one of those has a cause underneath the color, and a coat sprayed over it fails inside a year, which means another letter and another job. In this climate the causes are consistent: ultraviolet breakdown on south and west elevations, salt film holding dirt, wind driven rain entering open joints, and organic growth on shaded walls.
So the cure includes the prep. We wash and let the surface dry, seal hairline cracks and control joints with a flexible sealant, and spot prime chalked or bare stucco. That is most of the labor and it is why the finish holds through the next few storm seasons rather than through the next inspection.
Photos your board can accept
We photograph the cited surfaces before we start and again when we finish, from the same angles, with a date on the set. That is what most managers actually want in order to close a violation file, and having it in hand means you are not waiting for someone to drive by and confirm.
It also protects you. If a question comes up later about the color used or the condition of an adjacent surface, you have a record rather than a memory. Owners who are out of state through the summer find that particularly useful, since the letter often arrives while they are away.
Timing against the cure date
Exterior work in Palm Beach County is weather bound from June 1 through November 30. Afternoon storms are routine, and a coat that has not flashed off before a band arrives will run. We work morning windows through those months and we do not promise a finish date we would have to break.
That is worth knowing when your letter has a deadline in it. Tell us the date at the walkthrough. If the timeline is genuinely tight for the season, the right move is usually a short written extension request to management, which boards grant far more often than owners expect when there is a scheduled start date to point at.
The work inside this package
Pressure Washing
Driveways, walkways, patio pavers, pool cages, and stucco washed clean of mildew, algae, and salt film.
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Caulking and Sealing
Old caulk cut out and joints resealed at tubs, showers, windows, sliders, and stucco control joints.
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Cabinet and Door Painting
Kitchen cabinet and interior door refinishing. Doors come off, get degreased and sanded, and go back on with a hard, washable finish.
Learn moreQuestions about this package
My letter has a deadline. Can you meet it?
Tell us the date at the walkthrough and we will be straight about whether the season allows it. From June through November we paint in morning windows because afternoon storms are routine here. If the date is genuinely tight, a short written extension request to management, backed by a scheduled start date, is usually granted.
Can I choose my own color while I am repainting anyway?
Only from your association's approved palette, or with written architectural approval in hand first. Painting a color the board has not approved turns one violation into two, and the repaint falls on the owner. If you want a change, we help you submit it properly before any work starts.
Does the front door count if it faces a catwalk?
In most Palm Beach County buildings, yes. The outward facing side of a unit door is common area even though the door is yours, so its color is set by the association. It is one of the most commonly cited items. The inside face is yours and can be any color you like.
Why does the prep cost more than the paint?
Because the prep is what cures the violation. Boards cite fading, chalking, mildew, and peeling, and every one of those has a cause under the color. Washing, drying, sealing open joints, and spot priming are what stop the same letter arriving next year. A coat sprayed over salt film and chalk fails within a season here.
What do you give me to send to the board?
A dated photo set of the cited surfaces, shot before and after from the same angles. Most managers will close a violation file on that, so you are not waiting for someone to drive by. It also gives you a record of the color used and the condition of the surrounding surfaces.
Ask about the hoa violation repaint package
Tell us the property, where in Palm Beach County it is, and how often you want us there. We come back with a written scope and a price.