I'm Martin, owner of Pineapple Cove Painting Company, based just across the river in Palm City. Stuart is a short drive and a big part of my weekly routes, and it's a town where the houses actually differ street to street: older wood-sided homes near downtown that need patient prep, riverfront places catching salt air off the St. Lucie, and newer block neighborhoods further out. I quote each one for what it actually is, and I'm on site for the work.
Stuart keeps a painter honest. The older homes around downtown and the neighborhoods off East Ocean have real wood on them: siding, fascia, soffits, window trim. Wood down here swells in the humidity, bakes in the sun, and sheds paint wherever the last coat was rushed. There's no spray-and-pray shortcut for that. Those homes need scraping, sanding, priming bare wood, fresh caulk at every joint, and sometimes a fascia board swapped before paint even enters the conversation. That's slower work, and it's the work that decides whether the repaint lasts three years or ten.
Then there's the water. Homes along the St. Lucie River, out toward Sewall's Point, and anywhere near the inlet live in salt air year round. Salt speeds up chalking and fading and corrodes anything metal, so I wash those exteriors down completely and use Sherwin-Williams Emerald or Duration, coatings actually rated for coastal exposure, instead of whatever's cheapest that week.
And the newer CBS neighborhoods in 34997 paint more like the rest of the Treasure Coast: pressure wash, mildew treatment, caulk, spot-prime, and two clean coats. Same standards on every house. The prep just moves to where the house needs it.
The prep is the job, especially on older homes. Here's what comes standard on every project.
Salt, chalk, and grime come off first so paint bonds to a clean surface.
Peeling paint comes back to sound surface and bare wood gets primed. Non-negotiable on older homes.
Keeps rain and humidity out of wood siding and stucco walls alike.
Emerald or Duration, rated for salt air and Florida sun. Never a coat and a touch-up.
Plants, docks, decks, and walkways covered and masked before any paint moves.
The job isn't done until we walk the whole thing 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: size and wall area, how much prep the surface needs, and the number of accent colors. On Stuart's older wood-sided homes, prep hours are the honest variable, and I'll show you exactly where they're going before you sign anything.
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.
Our projects, not stock photos. This is what the work actually looks like while it's happening.
Yes, and honestly, that's the work I enjoy. Older homes around downtown Stuart need real prep: scraping and sanding failing paint back to sound surface, priming bare wood, fresh caulk everywhere, and minor repairs to fascia and trim boards along the way. If I find rot that's beyond a painter's repair, I tell you straight and you bring in a carpenter before we paint. I'd rather slow the job down than paint over a problem.
Salt carried in off the St. Lucie River and the ocean speeds up chalking, fading, and corrosion on anything cheap. Homes near the water need coatings rated for coastal exposure, which is why I use Sherwin-Williams Emerald and Duration, and the prep matters even more: salt residue has to be washed off completely before paint goes on, or the new coat fails early no matter what's in the can.
Yes. Stuart has both, and I work on both: older wood-sided and frame homes around downtown that need prep-heavy craftsmanship, and newer CBS and stucco neighborhoods where the job is more about washing, caulking, and clean two-coat coverage. The process flexes to the house. The standards don't.
Every home is different, so I price each project exactly at a free in-home walk-through. Older wood-sided homes need more scraping, priming, and trim repair than newer CBS neighborhoods, and those prep hours are the honest variable in the number. Full prep and two coats of Sherwin-Williams are included on every job, and the written estimate holds for 30 days.
I'm based in Palm City, right across the river, and these towns are all on my normal weekly routes.
Wondering about budget first? Read the full guide to what it costs to paint a house on the Treasure Coast.
The walk-through is free. We look over the whole project together, I answer every question, and you get a written estimate that holds for 30 days.
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