At Hughes Painting, we understand that our Virginia Beach VA neighbors rely on the exteriors of their homes to reflect their personalities and tastes, core values and even social and career obligations. A home’s exterior impacts the monetary value of the property, which affects insurance rates and neighborhood home prices.

As warmer weather sets in this spring and people start to spend more time outdoors, it’s time to consider whether your home looks its best. Homeowners invest in exterior painting in springtime for a variety of reasons.

Read on to learn if it’s the right time for you to reach out to residential exterior painters for help:

You Found Seasonal Weather Damage

Physical changes to paint occur from season to season. In winter, colder weather makes old paint freeze up and crack or peel. Harsh winds cause objects to strike and damage surfaces. Water seeps into preexisting cracks and holes, freezes at night and further stretches, blisters and cracks the paint. Moisture causes mold, algae, lichen and moss to spread and break up the paint from beneath the surface.

When a professional repaints a home’s exterior, they do more than restore the surface appearance. They protect underlying wooden structures that can experience deterioration when exposed to the elements through damaged paint. Springtime is also the perfect time for exterior painting because the temperatures are moderate during the day. Paint needs a nice temperature that’s not too hot or cold to cure properly. Otherwise, it cures too quickly or slowly, its composition weakens, and it fails to last as long as estimated by the manufacturer.

Your Home Looks Dirty or Old

When a home’s exterior paint looks bad after you clean it, it’s definitely time to call a painter to restore its appearance. Paint can experience a lot of damage from natural and human sources even without seasonal changes.

Daily exposure to partial sunlight discolors and fades even the best paint formulated for outdoor use over time. Intense direct sunlight and heat makes paint bubble. Moisture causes discoloration and stains. Particles in the air from dirt, pollutants and other sources become embedded in the surface and any preexisting damaged substructures. Additionally, the passage of time breaks down chemicals in paint, which causes it to become thin on surfaces in spots and crack and flake away.

You Notice Damage in Underlying Materials

If the overall painted exterior looks great, you still need to reach out to a professional to inspect the surface if you find damage in any painted materials, especially wood, composite wood, ceramic tiles and stucco. For example, you might discover a crack at the corner of a painted window frame, a small amount of deterioration on a wood deck or a hole in stucco.

Any small amount of damage can indicate a bigger, expensive problem with structural materials behind undamaged areas of paint. The noticeable damage also leaves an opening for air and water to spread into the material. Air and water can create pressure, plant growth and other types of expansion that eventually damages the surface paint by cracking it from behind.

You Want to Update the Color

When you’re unhappy with your home’s exterior color, you don’t need to spend a weekend or longer repainting it on your own. Painting professionals can help you pick the best color to match your personal preferences, neighborhood, national trends or the home’s design, and then complete the job skillfully in a quick and efficient manner that takes into account your budget and time.

The exterior paint colors trending in 2023 are fresh, light, neutral or warm shades of:

– Brown

– Cream

– Gray

– Off-White

– White

– Yellow

The majority of homeowners also prefer red, blue, brown, green and black accent colors for window and door frames, doors, shutters, decks and roofs. The sharp contrast between colors can make a home look strikingly new. That said, there are also rustic trends happening with homeowners pairing brown and yellow and brown and gray shades.

Our Residential Exterior Painters Can Help!

For more than 45 years, our fully licensed and insured Hughes Painting team has been helping people in Virginia Beach VA select the best colors for their homes and save time with fast, friendly and affordable painting services. We’re proud of our track record of excellent customer service in the region. Call us today to discuss your unique painting needs and schedule a professional inspection of your home’s exterior.