Hobe Sound homes earn their looks, and the coast makes them work for it. Salt rides in on the sea breeze, the sun is relentless, and the trim detail that gives these houses their character is exactly where cheap paintwork shows first. I'm Martin, the owner of Pineapple Cove Painting Company. I'm on site for every project, the prep is patient, and the paint is rated for exactly this exposure.
Hobe Sound sits close enough to the water that every exterior here is a coastal job whether it has an ocean view or not. Salt carried in on the breeze chalks cheap coatings and works into unsealed joints, and the UV is unforgiving on dark colors. That is why my exterior ladder for Hobe Sound leans on Sherwin-Williams Duration and Emerald, coatings engineered for salt and sun, applied in two full coats over walls that have been washed, caulked, and primed properly.
A lot of my Hobe Sound work is on homes where the details matter: deep fascia lines, banding, shutters, entry doors, and trim that frames the whole face of the house. That is finish-carpentry-level painting, and it gets treated that way. Failing paint on trim gets scraped and sanded back to a sound surface, bare wood gets primed, joints get fresh caulk, and the cut lines get done slowly, by hand, until they are straight.
The property itself gets the same respect. Landscaping, pavers, pool decks, roof lines, and outdoor fixtures are covered and masked before anything is sprayed, the site is picked up every evening, and the job ends with you and me walking every wall together. If something is not right, it gets fixed before I consider the work finished.
Most exterior paint failures on this coast are prep failures. So the prep is the job. Here's what comes standard on every home, at every price.
Every exterior starts with a full wash so paint bonds to clean walls, not chalk and grime.
Peeling and flaking paint comes off down to a sound surface. New paint is only as good as what's under it.
Keeps Florida rain out of your walls, which matters more here than almost anywhere.
Bare spots get primed first so the finish coats grip evenly and cure to one uniform color.
Emerald or Duration, rated for coastal sun and salt air. Not a coat and a touch-up. Two coats, always.
Plants, roof lines, pool decks, and walkways get covered and masked before any paint moves.
The site gets picked up every evening, and the job isn't finished until we walk the exterior together and you're happy.
Every project is priced exactly at a free walk-through. What you choose on the quote is the paint system, and that decides how long the job lasts.
Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint. A proven coating and the honest budget choice. Same full prep and same two coats as every tier.
Sherwin-Williams Duration. The one most of my customers choose, because the extra years of protection usually make it the better value.
Sherwin-Williams Emerald. The top of the line, for when you want to paint the house once and not think about it for a long time.
What moves the price: overall size and wall area, one story or two, how much prep the surface needs, and the number of accent colors on shutters, doors, and trim. Your paint choice matters too. Every tier above gets the same prep and the same two coats, and I'll tell you plainly which one your walls actually need.
Every project is priced exactly after a free in-home walk-through, and your written estimate holds for 30 days. No pressure, no expiring "today only" number.
These are our projects, not stock photos. This is what the work actually looks like while it's happening.
Everything that is not getting painted gets covered before anything that is. Landscaping, pavers, pool decks, roof lines, and fixtures are masked and protected, the site is cleaned up every evening, and I am on site to make sure the crew treats your property the way I would want mine treated.
Trim is where salt air and sun do their worst, because the joints and end grain take on moisture first. Proper prep means scraping and sanding failing paint back to a sound surface, priming bare wood, and re-caulking the joints before finish coats. Skip any of that near the coast and the trim peels while the walls still look fine.
Sherwin-Williams Duration and Emerald are the two I recommend this close to the water. They are the Better and Best tiers on my quote, rated by years of protection, and every tier gets the same full prep and two coats. At the free walk-through I'll tell you plainly which one your home actually needs.
This page covers exterior work in Hobe Sound. Here is the rest of what I do here and nearby.
Wondering about budget first? Read the full guide to what it costs to paint a house on the Treasure Coast, book your free walk-through online, or head back to the homepage.
The walk-through is free. We look over the whole exterior together, trim and all, and you get a written estimate that holds for 30 days.
Prefer to skip the phone? Book your walk-through online and pick a time that works.
