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Painting · Charlotte, NC

We paint it.
All of it.

Booking 2–3 weeks out Interiors Exteriors Residential

Four categories, one crew, one standard. Full prep, premium coatings, drop cloths wall to wall and a site that gets swept every single evening — whether it’s a nursery or a 40-unit turn.

What we paint

Interiors. Exteriors.
Residential.

Most painters pick a lane. We run all four because the same crew that can cut a straight line on your baseboard is the crew you want rolling a corridor at 11pm in an office building — the standard doesn’t change, only the schedule does.

Pick a category below to see exactly what’s covered.

01 · We paint interiors

Interiors

Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, cabinets and closets — done with the furniture protected and the floors covered.

Interiors painting work by True Foundations Construction in Charlotte Interiors
  • Living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and stairwells
  • Ceilings — flat white, prepped and repaired
  • Trim, baseboard, crown, casing and interior doors
  • Kitchen cabinet refinishing — sprayed, not brushed
  • Accent walls, two-tone and colour blocking
  • Bathrooms with moisture-rated, scrubbable coatings
  • Basements, garages and laundry rooms
  • Wallpaper removal and wall skim before paint

02 · We paint exteriors

Exteriors

Siding, brick, stucco, soffit, fascia and shutters — washed, scraped, primed and sealed against Carolina summers.

Exteriors painting work by True Foundations Construction in Charlotte Exteriors
  • Hardie, vinyl, wood and fiber-cement siding
  • Brick and masonry — painted or limewashed
  • Stucco patch, seal and elastomeric coating
  • Soffit, fascia, eaves and porch ceilings
  • Front doors, shutters and garage doors
  • Decks, railings, pergolas — stain or solid
  • Metal railing, downspouts and gutter faces
  • Full surface prep and rot repair before a drop of paint

03 · We paint residential

Residential

Single homes, townhomes, rentals and new builds — treated like it’s the only job on the calendar, because that week it is.

Residential painting work by True Foundations Construction in Charlotte Residential
  • Whole-home interior repaints
  • Single rooms and weekend refreshes
  • New construction — primer through final coat
  • Pre-listing paint for realtors and sellers
  • Landlord turns between tenants
  • HOA-compliant exterior colour matching
  • Nursery and bedroom low-VOC options
  • Touch-up visit included after you move back in
Living room used to preview paint colours
Harbor Blue #8FA9C9

Indicative only — screens lie. We roll a real sample on your wall before we commit.

Choosing colour

The part everyone
gets stuck on.

Tap a swatch. It’s a toy, but it makes the point: the same room reads completely differently depending on what’s on the walls, and a 2″ chip in a shop under fluorescent light tells you almost nothing.

  • Large samples rolled on your wall — seen in morning and evening light
  • Colour matched from a chip, a switch plate or an old tin
  • HOA palettes pulled and submitted on your behalf
  • Written spec — product, sheen and colour code, so you can buy the same tin in 2031

Prep is the job

Anyone can roll paint.
The difference is underneath.

Drag the handle across the wall. The paint is the last four hours of a five-day job — the other four and a half days are washing, scraping, filling, caulking, sanding and priming. That’s the part that decides whether it still looks like this in six years.

Wall before preparation: movement cracks, nail pops, coating failure and an open gap at the trim The same wall after preparation: cracks filled, fasteners reset, patch feathered, trim caulked and two coats applied BeforeAfter
Step 01WashPressure or hand wash. Paint will not stick to chalk, pollen or mildew — and Charlotte grows all three.
Step 02Scrape & sandLoose and failing coating comes off. Edges feathered so you can’t read the old line through the new paint.
Step 03Fill & caulkNail holes, dings, cracks and every gap at the trim. This is the single biggest tell of a cheap job.
Step 04PrimeBare wood, patches, stains, tannin and any big colour change. Spot or full, we’ll tell you which and why.

On every job

What’s included
without asking.

These aren’t upsells and they aren’t line items on your estimate. They’re the reason we can put our name on the finished room.

The daily rule: you get your house back every evening. Tools packed, floors swept, cloths folded, bathroom you can use. A painted room you can’t walk through for a week is a job that’s being run badly.
  • Furniture moved to the centre and fully covered
  • Floor protection wall to wall — not a torn sheet by the door
  • Switch plates and hardware removed, not taped around
  • Nail holes, dings and dents filled and sanded flat
  • Caulked at every trim gap, corner and joint
  • Glossy surfaces scuff-sanded so the new coat bites
  • Stains, water marks and knots spot-primed
  • Two full coats as standard — not “one and a touch-up”
  • Cut lines by hand at ceilings and trim
  • Daily clean-up and a final walk-through with you
  • Leftover paint labelled by room and left with you
  • Touch-up visit after you’ve moved everything back

How it runs

Six steps, and you
know all six upfront.

01

The walk-through

We come out, look at every room or every elevation, and write down what’s actually there — the stained ceiling, the rotten sill, the wallpaper somebody painted over in 2004. Free, and arranged in a timely manner.

02

A written estimate you can read

Room by room or elevation by elevation. Product names, sheens, number of coats, what’s included, what isn’t, and the price. One page, plain English, no one-line “paint house” quotes.

03

Colour and schedule locked

Samples rolled, colours signed off, dates in the calendar, deposit taken. You know which day we arrive, which day we finish and who’s in your house.

04

Protect and prep

Usually the longest phase and the one nobody photographs. Cover, mask, wash, scrape, fill, caulk, sand, prime. We’ll show you the prepped surface before a single finish coat goes on.

05

Paint

Two full coats, cut by hand, sprayed where spraying is right and rolled where rolling is right. Ceilings first, then walls, then trim — in that order, every time.

06

Walk it with us

We hand you a light and we walk every room together. Anything you point at gets fixed before we pack up — not on a “we’ll come back”. Final payment is due after that, not before.

Finishes

Sheen matters more
than people think.

The wrong sheen in the wrong room is the reason a hallway looks scuffed after four months. Here’s the short version of what we spec and where.

Ceilings, low-traffic walls

Flat / Matte

Hides every imperfection. Doesn’t clean well — keep it off the hallway.

Living rooms, bedrooms, dining

Eggshell

The default for most walls. Soft glow, wipes down without burnishing.

Kitchens, baths, kids’ rooms, hallways

Satin

Where hands and steam happen. Scrubbable and forgiving.

Trim, doors, cabinets, laundry

Semi-gloss

Crisp line against an eggshell wall. Takes a scrub brush.

Front doors, feature millwork, metal

Gloss

Shows every flaw underneath — so the prep has to be right.

Stucco and masonry exteriors

Elastomeric

Stretches over hairline cracks and sheds Carolina rain.

Products we specify

Sherwin-Williams DurationSW Emerald SW SuperPaintBenjamin Moore Aura BM Regal SelectBM Advance (cabinets & trim) Behr MarqueePPG Manor Hall Kilz & Zinsser primersLow-VOC & zero-VOC options

How we price

A real number,
before we start.

Nobody can price a paint job over the internet, and anybody who says they can is guessing. So we come out, look at the actual walls, and put a fixed price on paper — itemised by surface, prep, number of coats and what’s included, for a properly prepped, two-coat job in quality paint.

Single roomQuotedWalls, ceiling and trim in a standard bedroom or office. One day, one to two painters.
Whole-home interiorQuoted1,800–2,600 sq ft, walls, ceilings and all trim. Four to six days.
Exterior repaintQuotedWash, scrape, prime and two coats. Rot repair and carpentry quoted separately.
Kitchen cabinetsQuotedDoors removed, sprayed and rehung. Depends on door count and whether we’re going over stain.

Larger multi-room jobs are priced after a walk-through — volume moves the number a long way. Every estimate we write is fixed price, not “time and materials”, so the number you sign is the number you pay unless you change the scope.

Interior wall being rolledInterior · roll
Painter working from a ladder on an exteriorExterior · ladder work
Hallway repaintHallway · repaint
Colour swatches and paint samplesColour · consult

They covered everything, including the stair runner I’d have forgotten about. On the last day the foreman handed me a torch and told me to go looking for problems. Nobody has ever done that.

Homeowner · Whole-home interior · South Charlotte
Rather just talk it through? You get Todd, the owner — not a call centre, not a salesman. Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm, and 24/7 if water is moving. Call (704) 506-4076 or request an estimate

Painting questions

Asked and answered.

How long does a whole-home interior repaint take?

A typical 3-bedroom Charlotte home with walls, ceilings and trim runs 4 to 6 working days with a two- to three-person crew. A single room is usually one day. Cabinets add 3–5 days on their own because of the dry time between coats.

We give you a written day-by-day schedule before we start, and if we’re running behind you hear it from us the same day — not when you notice.

What prep is actually included — and what do you charge extra for?

Included on every job, no line item: moving and covering furniture, floor protection wall to wall, taping and masking, filling nail holes and dings, caulking gaps at trim, sanding glossy surfaces, spot-priming stains, and a full clean-up at the end of each day.

Charged separately, and always quoted before we touch it: wallpaper removal, extensive drywall repair, rot and carpentry repair, lead-safe work in pre-1978 homes, and mould remediation.

Whose paint do you use?

Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore as standard, with Behr Marquee and PPG where the budget calls for it. We do not use contractor-grade ‘builder white’ unless you specifically ask for it to save money on a rental turn — and we’ll tell you what you’re giving up.

You get the exact product name, sheen and colour code in writing, so in five years you can buy the same tin without guessing.

Can you match a colour I already have?

Yes. Bring us a chip off the wall, a switch-plate cover, or a leftover tin and we’ll have it scanned and matched. For HOA neighbourhoods we’ll pull the approved palette and submit for you if that’s required.

Do you paint in winter?

Interiors, year-round. Exteriors we watch the thermometer — most coatings need surface temps above 50°F and falling for four hours after. Charlotte gives us most of the year; we’ll tell you honestly if a January exterior is a bad idea rather than take the deposit and rush it.

What happens if I don’t like the colour once it’s up?

We roll a large sample on your actual wall and let you look at it in morning and evening light before we commit. It costs us an hour and saves everybody a week. If the colour still isn’t right after that, a repaint is quoted at material plus labour — we’re not going to pretend it’s free, but we’ll be fair about it.

Are you insured, and can I see it?

Fully insured, and the certificate goes out with the estimate without you having to ask. For commercial work we’ll name your entity as additional insured before the first day on site.

Free estimates · Fully insured

Get your painting
estimate this week.

Tell us what needs painting. We’ll walk it, write it down, and give you one honest number — in a timely manner.

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