ExteriorBoost curb appeal and protect your home with a durable exterior repaint.
Georgia heat, humidity, and pollen are hard on exterior paint. Our exterior service combines thorough prep, power washing, scraping, carpentry repair, caulking, and priming, with weather-resistant coatings that keep your home looking sharp for years.
Dunwoody Painters repaints house exteriors across Dunwoody and the nearby metro Atlanta suburbs. Every job starts with a free on-site estimate, is backed by a written 2-year workmanship warranty, and is not invoiced until the work is complete and you have walked it with us.
Our crews are in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, and Brookhaven every working day, and Chamblee, Doraville, and the rest of the north side are a short drive, so a walkthrough is usually possible within 24 hours.
Lap siding, fiber cement, trim, and shutters are the everyday work. Brick, stucco, and limewash get breathable masonry coatings, and damaged siding is repaired or replaced before paint goes on. What the job costs depends on size, stories, substrate, and how much prep the house needs; our exterior painting cost guide walks through the ranges, and the written estimate puts a number on your house.
Walkthrough and written estimate
A project manager walks the outside of the house with you, free and on site, and sends a line-item estimate covering prep, carpentry, caulking, coats, and colors, with carpentry and caulking itemised rather than buried in a lump sum.
Wash
We power wash before any scraping, so dirt, mildew, pollen, and chalk are gone and the new paint bonds to sound film rather than to what was sitting on it.
Repair & Prep
We replace rotted wood, scrape loose paint, sand, caulk, and spot-prime.
Coat
We apply premium exterior coatings engineered for the Southeast climate, scheduled around temperature and humidity and paused for rain so every coat cures properly.
Inspect
We walk the full exterior with you and address any final details before anything is invoiced.
What an exterior repaint includes
Every exterior quote covers the prep and the paint below, from the foundation line to the fascia.
Power washing
A soft wash strips pollen, dirt, mildew, and chalk so the new coat bonds to sound paint.
Wood rot and carpentry
Soft fascia, trim, and siding boards replaced before paint, not painted over.
Scraping, caulking, and priming
Loose paint taken back to a sound edge, every joint caulked, bare wood spot-primed.
Weather-resistant coatings
100% acrylic exterior paint with mildewcide, from Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore.
Siding, trim, doors, and shutters
Fascia, soffits, and porches included, with two finish coats back-brushed where needed.
HOA color approval
HOA color compliance assistance, so your new colors fit the community’s approved palette.
Doing the inside too?
Plenty of exterior jobs grow to include interior painting or cabinet refinishing, and we also handle commercial exteriors. Tell us the scope and we will fold it into one estimate.
Exterior colors that hold up outside
A body color, a trim color, and one accent for the door is the plan behind most good exteriors. These are popular choices for Atlanta homes.
Start with what is not being painted: the roof, the brick or stone, the driveway, the windows. A warm brown roof leans toward cream, taupe, or olive. A gray roof suits soft white, charcoal, or a muted blue. We brush large samples on more than one side of the house and check them in direct sun and in shade.
Outdoor light pushes undertones further than indoor light does. A gray that reads neutral on the chip can turn blue on the front elevation, and darker body colors absorb more heat and show every flaw in the siding. Save the strong color for the door, where it does the most with the least surface.
The right sheen for each surface
- Lap siding and fiber cement
- Low-lustre satin
- Stucco and painted brick
- Flat
- Trim and fascia
- Satin
- Soffits and porch ceilings
- Flat or satin
- Front door and shutters
- Semi-gloss
Exterior repaint
Dunwoody, Georgia
Signs the outside needs paint
Waiting too long turns a paint job into a carpentry job. Walk the house each spring and look for these.
Chalk on your hand
Rub the siding with a dark cloth. A powdery residue means sun has broken down the binder and the coating is spent.
Peeling, cracking, or blistering
Any lifting film means water is getting behind the paint. Catch it before it reaches the wood.
Mildew that keeps coming back
Dark streaks on shaded walls that return within weeks of washing mean the mildewcide in the paint is used up.
Soft or spongy wood
Press a screwdriver into fascia, sills, and trim corners. Any give is rot that needs carpentry before paint.
Open caulk joints
Gaps around windows, doors, and trim are direct water entry points, and peeling follows fast.
A professional exterior repaint lasts 7 to 10 years on most metro Atlanta homes, less on wood siding and the sunny south and west sides. The best painting windows are April through early June and September through early November. Two years late adds scraping and trim replacement. Four years late adds rot repair and new siding. Call (678) 737-6776 if you are seeing any of the above.
What homeowners say about our exterior work
Three exterior jobs in their owners’ words, from our Google listing. Read all our Google reviews.
Adam Auerbach
October 2026
Stephen and team did a great job restoring the outside our of home. We had tons of wood rot, window sill rot, etc. His team replaced everything and caulked all gaps. Then painted the entire house. I'm very pleased with the work that they did.
Ray F
October 2026
Stephen and his crew were great to work with. They showed up when expected and did an excellent job with siding and trim repairs and painting the exterior of my home. They completed the job when promised and cleaned up after the project was completed. I strongly recommend Dunwoody Painters.
Danna DiNapoli
December 2025
Dunwoody Painters did an exceptional job on the exterior of our house. There was a lot of wood repair and they did a very thorough job of replacing , caulking and painting those areas. In addition , they painted metal roofing, cedar shingles , trim , and stained a pergola. The painters showed up every morning on time, were very neat and were easy to work with. I will definitely use Dunwoody Painters again for my future painting needs.
Questions we hear most
Straight answers on timing, paint, payment, and the warranty. Anything else, ask us on the estimate visit or call (678) 737-6776.
Spring through fall is ideal, but we monitor temperature and humidity and schedule around weather for the best cure.
Yes. We replace rotted fascia, trim, and siding so the new paint has a sound, lasting surface.
We use only premium products from Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore, selected for durability, color retention, and a smooth finish. We’ll recommend the right product and sheen for each surface and room.
Every project is backed by a written 2-year workmanship warranty. If anything isn’t right, we come back and make it right.
You pay nothing until the job is finished and you’re 100% satisfied. Our no-payment-until-complete promise keeps the entire process risk-free.
7 to 10 years on most metro Atlanta homes. Wood siding and the sunny south and west elevations wear sooner, and a yearly wash plus re-caulking every two to three years gets you to the long end of that range.
Yes, and each gets its own coating and sheen. Brick takes a breathable masonry coating or limewash in a flat finish, stucco a flat elastomeric-type finish that bridges hairline cracks, and fiber cement and lap siding a low-lustre acrylic. Trim and fascia go satin so they shed water and wash clean.
Dunwoody and the communities around it: Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, Buckhead, Roswell, Alpharetta, and Marietta, plus the rest of metro Atlanta. Our crews are in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, and Brookhaven every working day, so a free walkthrough is usually possible within 24 hours.
Related services
Exterior work often pairs with one of these.
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Residential Painting
Full-service interior and exterior painting for homes of every size and style.
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Interior Painting
Walls, trim, ceilings, and doors finished with premium, low-VOC paints.
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Commercial Painting
Offices, retail, warehouses, and multi-unit properties on your schedule.
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