House Painters in Asbury Park, NJ

Asbury Park was laid out in 1871 by James A. Bradley, a New York brush manufacturer, and named after Francis Asbury, the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Bradley planned the town as a grid of streets around lakes and open space. Deal Lake forms the northern edge of the city and Wesley Lake the southern edge, separating it from Ocean Grove, with Sunset Lake in between. The whole city covers only about a square and a half miles, so very little of it is more than a short walk from the boardwalk. Convention Hall and the Paramount Theatre, designed by Warren and Wetmore (the firm behind Grand Central Terminal) and opened in 1930, still anchor the beachfront. Away from the boardwalk, the streets hold Victorian houses from the town's early resort years, early-twentieth-century foursquares and multi-family houses, and a growing number of new condominium buildings.

That mix means one estimate rarely looks like the next. A restored Victorian has deep cornices, porch columns, brackets and wood windows, and the prep on those details takes most of the time on an exterior. A multi-family house needs crews who keep common areas clean and plan around tenants. Newer buildings often have fiber-cement or vinyl siding, which wants a different primer and, on vinyl, a color that won't overheat the panels. We walk the property, separate what is failing from what only looks tired, and write it down so you can see where the labor goes.

Being this close to the Atlantic is hard on paint. Onshore wind leaves salt on every surface, and paint applied over it fails at the bond, so washing and drying the walls is the first step on every Asbury Park exterior we do. The east-facing walls also get reflected glare off the water and the sand and chalk faster than the rest of the house. We treat them as their own scope, put the toughest trim finish where water sits on sills and rails, and use premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams exterior coatings rather than builder-grade. Most of the older housing here is a century old, so the scraping, sanding and priming take far longer than the finish coats do, and the site gets cleaned down daily rather than at the end of the week.

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024 counts about 8,700 homes in the city, dating 37 percent to 1939 or earlier and 70 percent to before 1980, while 10 percent are from the 2010s. A January 2017 Asbury Park Sun report said Central Business District buildings are protected by local preservation laws, including exterior paint color approval. The city's Main Street Redevelopment Plan, updated in 2021, calls for establishing a local historic preservation commission, and the city's list of boards names none today, so ask the Planning and Redevelopment office before choosing colors downtown. Federal rules require a certified firm for paid work past six square feet of paint in a room or twenty square feet outside on a pre-1978 home, and NJ Painting Co. is not EPA Lead-Safe Certified, so our estimate names any part of a job that needs one.

Kitchens are a big part of what Asbury Park homeowners ask us about. In older houses and condos alike, the cabinet boxes are often solid while the finish has given out, and painting or refinishing them gives a factory-smooth result for a fraction of what replacement costs, without tearing out the kitchen. Our guide to refinishing versus painting versus refacing explains the differences. We also repaint interiors, ceilings and trim, coat garage floors in epoxy, and paint storefronts and restaurants outside business hours. NJ Painting Co. is family-owned and based in Morganville, licensed and fully insured, with more than twenty years in the trade. Every Asbury Park estimate is free, includes a color consultation, and the work carries a two-year workmanship warranty.

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