Exterior Painting in Paso Robles, CA: 5-Day Stucco Refresh

Project Description

Wally Rich did not find Trombley Painting Company through an ad. He watched the crew work next door. This exterior painting in Paso Robles, CA covered the stucco body, trim, shutters, front door, and a separate shed, and the crew finished it all in five working days for $11,000.

Wally already had another bid in hand when he called. His problem was not finding a painter. It was deciding which quote he could trust. He had a higher number from one company and no clear picture of what either crew would actually do to his house. So he did what a lot of homeowners do when the paperwork looks the same. He watched his neighbor’s project run start to finish, then hired the crew he had already seen work.

Project Overview

Location
Paso Robles, CA
Project Type
Residential Exterior Repaint
Project Duration
5 Days
Project Budget
$11,000
Special Features
Stucco Body, Trim, Shutters, Front Door, Detached Shed

Project Scope: Exterior Painting in Paso Robles, CA

Stucco Body

This house is stucco, the most common exterior surface in Paso Robles. Stucco painting is not the same job as siding work. The surface is porous and textured, so coverage has to reach every ridge and valley evenly. We repainted the entire body as part of this project.

Trim

All exterior trim was repainted alongside the body. Exterior trim painting is where a repaint either looks finished or looks rushed. The line where the trim meets the stucco is the detail a homeowner sees every day from the driveway.

Shutters and Front Door

The shutters and the front door were both included in the scope. Painting the shutters and the front door covers very little square footage. They carry the accent color, which is what sets the tone for the entire front elevation.

Detached Shed

One shed on the property was painted as part of the same job. Outbuildings are often left off a quote and then stand out afterward, sitting in an older color a few feet from a freshly painted house. Including the shed kept the property consistent.

Fixed Scope, Fixed Price

Wally paid $11,000, the amount listed on his quote. Trombley Painting Company provides fixed quotes, so the exterior painting cost doesn’t change after signing. The same process applies to every exterior house painting project in Paso Robles, CA.

Paints & Products Used

Every surface on this project was coated in Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint Exterior. SuperPaint is an exterior acrylic latex, which matters in Paso Robles. Summer highs here push past 100 degrees, and west-facing walls take direct sun for hours. A coating that stays flexible through that heat cycling is doing the real work.

The palette used four colors:

Distance, mixed at 50 percent strength
Ultra White
Tricorn Black
Poinsettia

Mixing a color at 50 percent produces a lighter version of the stock formula, which is a standard way to soften a color across a large stucco field. Those four colors carried this exterior painting in Paso Robles, CA, from quote to final walkthrough.

Why Choose Trombley Painting Company

Every point below exists to take a risk off the homeowner’s side of the table.

A fixed written quote. The contract price is the final price. Wally’s project came in at the quoted $11,000.
Nearly 50 years in this county. Our company was founded in 1976 and is run today by the founder’s daughter.
A local crew. The shop sits on Paso Robles Street, and most of the painters live within 10 miles of it.
A 3-year workmanship warranty. Every signed project carries one.
Work you can go stand in front of. Wally hired us after watching a neighbor’s house get painted.

Those are the same terms on every project we run, including this one, which went from first day to last in five days. See more work across the city on our Paso Robles painting page.

Result of Exterior Painting in Paso Robles, CA

Five surfaces, four colors, five days. The stucco body, trim, shutters, front door, and shed are all finished in Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint, and the shed now carries the same palette as the house rather than a separate one.

The larger result is harder to photograph. Wally started with two bids and no reliable way to tell them apart. He ended with a finished house at the price he was quoted, on the schedule he was given. Exterior house painting, stucco painting, exterior trim painting, and the accent work all came from one crew on one timeline.