Exterior House Painting in Evergreen, CO
Log, cedar and wood-sided homes painted and stained for mountain sun and snow. Owner-run by Dylan Alito, who grew up in Evergreen.
★ 5.0 from 46 Google reviews | Raised in Evergreen | Written warranty up to 6 years | 50% to start, 50% when you sign off
If the south side of your house looks five years older than the north side, it's not your imagination. Up here the sun hits harder, the nights get colder and snow sits against the bottom row of siding for weeks. The sunny walls fade first. Stain on cedar goes gray. Trim starts to crack and peel at the corners.
Van-Go Painting does exterior house painting in Evergreen, from Hiwan and Bergen Park out to Brook Forest and Kittredge. Dylan walks every house himself before he prices it. You get a written proposal, a crew that does the prep the right way, and a workmanship warranty in writing.
Why exterior paint fails faster in Evergreen
A house at 7,000 feet takes a different beating than one in Lakewood. Most of the failure we see comes down to four things:
Sun on the south and west walls. UV is stronger at altitude. The sunny sides break down years before the shady ones, so one house can need two different plans.
Big swings between day and night. Wood swells in the afternoon sun and shrinks after dark. Paint over dirty or loose wood cracks right along with it.
Snow against the siding. The lowest boards, sills and deck edges stay wet all winter. That's where rot and peeling start.
Cedar that bleeds. Sun-damaged cedar pushes brown stains up through new paint unless the bare wood gets the right primer first.
None of this means your house needs paint every other year. It means the prep has to match the house, and the walls that take the most sun get the most attention.
What we paint and stain in Evergreen
Siding: log, cedar, lap and stucco. Full repaints or just the walls that need it. Washed, scraped, sanded and primed before any finish goes on.
Trim and fascia. The cracked corner boards and peeling fascia you notice from the driveway. Caulked, primed and painted so water stays out.
Front doors and garage doors. Sun-bleached wood doors sanded back, re-stained and sealed. Painted doors brought back to one even color.
Wood repair first. Soft boards and split trim get fixed or replaced before primer. Painting over rot hides it for one season.
Foundation and masonry. Peeling foundation paint scraped, primed and recoated so the base of the house matches the rest.
Color help. Need a color that works with stone, logs and the trees around you? We'll sort it out on the walkthrough.
Pick your package. Every one comes with a written warranty.
After the walkthrough you get one proposal with three options, so you choose how far to go. Each spells out the prep, the paint and what's covered.
Monet
2-year workmanship warranty
For a house in good shape that needs a clean, solid refresh.
Rembrandt
4-year workmanship warranty
More prep and more protection for walls that take real sun.
Van-Gogh
6-year workmanship warranty
Our most thorough prep and finish for a house you plan to keep.
Warranty covers our workmanship under normal conditions, on the work in your signed scope. Full terms are in your proposal.
Recent exterior work
A front door the sun ate. This wood entry door had faced the afternoon sun for years. The finish was gone and the wood was bleached and dry. We sanded it back to clean wood, brought the color back with stain and sealed it in a deep gloss.
Foundation repaint in Golden. The painted foundation on this home was peeling in patches. We scraped off everything loose, cleaned the masonry, primed the bare spots with a masonry primer and finished with two coats of exterior masonry coating, keeping clean lines along the brick.
A small job teaches the same thing as a whole house: catch the sunny side before the finish fails and you sand and recoat. Wait too long and you're replacing wood.
How an exterior job works
Free walkthrough with Dylan. He looks at every side of the house, points out the walls close to failing and the wood that needs repair, and talks color with you.
Your proposal, three options. Monet, Rembrandt or Van-Gogh, each with the prep, the paint and the warranty in writing. Nothing starts until you sign.
Prep. Wash, scrape loose paint, sand, repair bad wood, caulk the gaps, prime bare wood and any cedar that's bleeding.
Protection. Decks, plants, windows, walkways and cars covered before a can opens.
Paint. Exterior-grade coatings, scheduled around the weather. If a storm is coming, we tell you and move the day.
Final walkthrough. You walk the house with us and point out anything to touch up. You pay the second half when you sign off.
Why Evergreen homeowners call Van-Go
Dylan is from here. He grew up in Evergreen. He knows the steep driveways, the log homes and what a winter does to a south-facing wall.
The owner is on your job. The person who prices your house is the person who answers your call. No salesman handing you off to a crew you never met.
Half up front, half when you're happy. 50% to start and 50% after the final walkthrough, not before.
You don't have to be here. Second home, or you work in Denver all week? You get updates and photos as the job moves, and a clean site when you come back.
A real estate eye. Dylan worked as a broker. If you're painting before you sell, he knows what buyers notice from the curb.
"Each job has been done right the first time, on schedule, and with great communication throughout. Dylan is honest, hardworking, and always makes sure the end result looks better than I expected."
Gary Hutchinson, Google review
"Dylan and his crew are extremely professional, and take great pride in their work. Highly recommended, A+ work."
Tony Gallina, Google review
★ 5.0 from 46 Google reviews. Read them on Google
When to paint the outside of your house in Evergreen
The exterior season up here is shorter than in Denver. Paint needs dry wood, a few dry days and nights that stay above the minimum on the can, so most exterior work runs from late spring into early fall, and summer books up first.
If your house needs paint next year, get the walkthrough now. You'll have a written price, time to pick colors and get any HOA approval, and a spot on the calendar before the good weather is gone.
Exterior painting questions from Evergreen homeowners
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It depends on the size of the house, how steep the lot is, how much wood needs repair and whether the siding is painted or stained. A small cabin and a big log home on a hillside aren't close. After the free walkthrough you get a written price with three package options, so you know the number before anything starts.
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On a house that was prepped right, years, not seasons. The sunny south and west walls wear out first, often well before the shady sides. On the walkthrough we'll show you which walls are close to failing, so you can paint those now and the rest later if that makes more sense.
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Stain lets the grain show and is easier to refresh, but it needs recoating more often. Paint lasts longer between coats and hides more, but it covers the grain, and going back to stain later means stripping. Love the look of the wood? Stay with stain. Tired of recoating? Paint is worth a conversation.
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Yes. Soft boards and split trim get repaired or replaced before any primer goes on. Paint over damaged wood fails fast, so we'd rather fix it and show you than hide it.
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If your neighborhood has covenants, usually yes. Check with your HOA before the job is scheduled. We'll give you the exact colors and finishes for your submission so the approval goes quickly.
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No. Plenty of our customers work in town or own the house as a second home. We set up access ahead of time, send updates as the job moves, and walk the finished house with you when you're back.
Your house, ready before next winter
Tell us what's going on with the south wall, the trim, the stain, all of it. Dylan will come walk it and send you three options in writing.
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