In one of New Jersey's fastest-growing towns, we turn interiors around quickly with low-odor paints, drywall repair, and cabinet refinishing, and every Lakewood estimate is free.
NJ Painting Co. is a family-owned house painting company from Morganville that works in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, where Census estimates date 42 percent of homes to 2000 or later. Most Lakewood jobs are first full repaints over builder paint, drywall repair and cabinet refinishing, while the older third of the housing needs more exterior prep. Every Lakewood estimate is free and written.
Lakewood is an Ocean County township with one ZIP code, 08701, covering about 25 square miles. Its story starts with iron: Joseph W. Brick revived an ironworks here in 1833 and called it Bergen Iron Works. The settlement was named Bricksburg in 1865 and renamed Lakewood in 1880, and the township was incorporated in 1892 from part of Brick Township. In the decades after 1880 it was a fashionable winter resort. The Laurel House hotel opened that year, and John D. Rockefeller bought a property in 1902 that later became Ocean County Park.
The best-known survivor of that era is Georgian Court. Architect Bruce Price designed the estate for George Jay Gould between 1899 and 1902, with a 152-acre landscape plan, and since 1924 it has been home to a university. It was listed on the National Register in 1978, and the Strand Theatre on Clifton Avenue followed in 1982. We did not find a township historic preservation commission or local district, so on a private house the exterior color is up to the owner, or to the association where there is one.
Lakewood today is defined by growth. Its population went from 92,843 in 2010 to 135,158 in 2020, a rise of about 46 percent. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024 counts about 33,800 homes in the township and dates 42 percent of them to 2000 or later, with the 2010s the single busiest decade at 22 percent. Another 14 percent are from the 1990s, and 35 percent were built before 1980.
So painting here runs on two tracks. Newer homes usually need their first full repaint after builder paint, which means filling nail pops and drywall seams, cutting crisp lines on new trim, and replacing flat builder finishes with scrubbable premium Benjamin Moore or Sherwin-Williams paint in halls, kitchens and children's rooms. Older houses need more prep: scraping and spot-priming exterior wood, and a bonding primer where old oil-based trim enamel sits under later coats. We also repair drywall, paint ceilings and interior doors, and refinish kitchen cabinets with a sprayed enamel.
On the older third of the housing, the EPA's lead rule applies. A firm paid to disturb paint on a home built before 1978 must be certified once the work passes six square feet in any room or twenty square feet outside. NJ Painting Co. is not EPA Lead-Safe Certified; where a Lakewood job goes past those limits, we will tell you a certified contractor is needed. NJ Painting Co. is family-owned and based in Morganville, and every Lakewood estimate is free and written.
We also have dedicated pages on kitchen cabinet refinishing in Ocean County, exterior painting in Ocean County and interior painting in Ocean County.
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“Matt and his team of professional painters did a wonderful job painting the entire interior and the front of my home. They arrived as scheduled and completed the work as promised. After completing the work, Matt returned to make sure we were completely satisfied and had the men touch up any missed spots. Since they did a great job, we decided to have them paint the remaining exterior, Highly recommended!”
Ron Raguso
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“Exceptional service! Matt was so personable and easy to communicate with about my job. He was reachable for any questions and follow up. I’m so pleased that I decided to use NJ Painting Co.. His crew did a very good job in painting my entire home. They were very neat and clean. I would highly recommend NJ Painting Co and use them again for any future paint projects.”
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Filling nail pops and drywall seams, cutting crisp lines on new trim, and replacing flat builder paint with a scrubbable premium Benjamin Moore or Sherwin-Williams finish in halls, kitchens and children's rooms. That is most of the work in Lakewood, where the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey dates 42 percent of homes to 2000 or later.
Much of it is very new. The 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey dates 42 percent of Lakewood's roughly 33,800 homes to 2000 or later, with 22 percent from the 2010s alone, as the population rose from 92,843 in 2010 to 135,158 in 2020. Newer homes usually need a first full repaint over builder paint, while the 35 percent built before 1980 need more prep and fall under the EPA's pre-1978 lead rule.
Georgian Court, the estate Bruce Price designed for George Jay Gould between 1899 and 1902, has been home to a university since 1924 and was listed on the National Register in 1978. The Strand Theatre on Clifton Avenue was listed in 1982. Lakewood was a fashionable winter resort after it took its name in 1880. We did not find a township historic preservation commission, so private exterior colors are the owner's or the association's call.
Because we are locally based in Morganville, we can usually schedule your free estimate within a few days and lock in a start date that works for you. Reach out and we'll find the soonest available slot for Lakewood.
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