Professional exterior painting for siding, stucco, brick, trim, and doors, from a family owned painting contractor serving Austin and Central Texas.
Three hundred days of sun a year sounds great until you look at the south and west sides of your house. UV fades color, heat dries out caulk until the joints split, and the first hard rain after that finds every gap.
Cornerstone is a family owned painting company in Austin, and our exterior painters handle siding, stucco, brick, trim, doors, and everything else on the outside of your house.
Exterior painting here is not the same job it is in a milder climate. Surface temperature matters, timing matters, and the coating has to be built for our UV and heat or it chalks out early. Prep matters most of all, because paint applied over chalking, peeling, or unsealed surfaces will fail no matter how good the product is.
We work on everything from limestone and stucco homes in Barton Hills and Tarrytown to Hardie and wood sided houses out in Cedar Park, Georgetown, and Dripping Springs. Different surfaces need different coatings, and treating them the same is how a paint job ends up needing redoing in four years.
Our exterior painting services cover washing, repair, prep, and two coat applications. As house painters, most of our projects pull from these:
The whole envelope. Siding, trim, fascia, soffit, doors, and accents, prepped properly and finished in two coats.
Wood, fiber cement, Hardie, engineered wood, and vinyl. Each takes a different prep approach and coating, and we adjust rather than treating everything the same.
Stucco is common across Austin and it is its own animal. Hairline cracks need attention first, and many stucco exteriors call for elastomeric coatings, a flexible rubberized product that bridges small cracks and moves with the surface instead of splitting over it. Masonry primers matter here too.
Painting brick is permanent, so it is a decision worth talking through before you commit. When it is the right call, masonry needs specific primers and breathable coatings so trapped moisture does not push the paint off later.
The detail work that frames everything. Trim takes the most weather exposure and typically shows wear first, which is why some homeowners repaint trim between full exterior cycles.
A front door refinished properly changes the whole entry. We paint or strip and stain doors, and garage doors are one of the highest impact small projects on any exterior.
Shutters, columns, railings, and the details that carry your color scheme.
Pressure washing followed by premium stain to protect the wood and bring the color back.
Every exterior job starts here. Paint does not bond to dirt, chalk, mildew, or pollen, and skipping this step is one of the most common reasons exterior paint fails early.
Rotted fascia, trim, and siding replaced before painting. Painting over rot just gives you better looking rot. We handle this as part of our exterior work.
Every joint, seam, and penetration is sealed. In Austin heat, caulk dries out and splits, and open joints are how water gets behind your siding.
Julie helps with color selection and how it reads against your roof, stone, and trim. If you are in an HOA community, we can help prepare what your architectural review committee needs.
Exterior painting is priced on paintable surface area, which is not the same as your home’s square footage. What yours costs comes down to:
Timeline depends on size, surface, and weather. Most homes are a matter of days rather than weeks, though summer heat shortens working days and rain moves schedules. We build that into the plan rather than promising dates the weather will not allow.
We would rather walk the actual house than guess. As an exterior painting company, we will look at the real condition of your surfaces, tell you what prep is required and why, and give you a scoped quote before anything starts. No hidden fees.
We are Joe and Julie Davila, and Cornerstone is our family business. Joe was born and raised in Austin and runs the construction side, on site and hands on. Julie handles color, and on exterior work that includes how the scheme reads against your roof, stone, and landscaping.
Every project is managed by our in-house team from planning through completion. Whether it is a front door or the entire house, you will always have one point of contact.
Doing more than painting? We handle exterior painting inside whole home remodeling and alongside siding, roofing, and window replacement, and we do interior painting too. Painting right after siding or window work is the efficient way to do it, since the repairs and the finish happen in one pass.
We keep the process simple on purpose. No runaround, no mystery.
Tell us about your house and what shape the paint is in. Free, takes a few minutes.
We check surfaces, caulk joints, trim condition, and flag any wood repair needed first.
Samples on the actual house, and help with your architectural review submission if you need it.
Caulking, priming, and masking everything that is not getting painted. Applied with attention to surface temperature and timed around the weather and the sun.
Exterior painting barely affects your daily life, with a few practical notes.
Crews will be working around the outside of the house with ladders or scaffolding. Windows and doors get masked on the day their side is being painted, so you will want to use another entrance for a few hours. We protect landscaping, cover walkways, and clean up debris daily.
A few things that help before we start: trim back shrubs against the house, move patio furniture and grills away from the walls, unlock gates so crews can reach the back, and point out any irrigation heads or problem areas we should know about.
Take a look at exteriors we have painted for homeowners around Austin and Central Texas.
As a local painting company, our house painters take on projects across a wide stretch of Central Texas, in Travis County and Williamson County alike. If you are a little outside the Austin city limits, chances are we have still got you covered.
Get answers to common questions about remodeling costs, timelines, estimates, our process, and the services we provide for homeowners throughout Austin and Central Texas.
It is based on paintable surface area rather than home square footage, and the total depends on stories and access, surface type, the condition of the existing paint, how much trim detail the house has, any wood repair needed, and the coating required. Stucco and masonry cost more than smooth siding. We walk the house and give you a scoped quote.
Spring and fall, roughly March through May and October through November. Temperatures are moderate and paint cures properly instead of drying too fast. Summer work is possible with early starts and shade strategy, but days are shorter and the schedule stretches. If your paint is already failing, do not wait for a perfect window.
Yes, with the right approach. Crews start early, follow the shade around the house, and stop when surface temperatures get too high. Painting in direct sun above roughly 85 degrees hurts adhesion and can leave lap marks. Expect a longer overall schedule for a summer project.
Most Austin homes need it every five to seven years, though sun exposure drives that more than the calendar. West and south facing walls typically fail first, and some homeowners repaint those elevations between full cycles. Quality coatings and proper prep extend the interval meaningfully.
Yes, and it is the bulk of the labor. Pressure washing, scraping, sanding, wood repair, caulking, priming, and masking all happen before the first finish coat. If a quote you are comparing is dramatically lower, this is almost always where the difference is.
We do. Stucco needs its own approach, including addressing hairline cracks first and often using elastomeric coatings that flex with the surface and bridge small cracks rather than splitting over them. Masonry primers matter too. It is not the same job as painting siding.
Yes, though it is worth thinking about carefully because it is effectively permanent. Getting paint off brick later is difficult and expensive. When it is the right call, brick needs proper masonry primer and a breathable coating so moisture inside the wall can escape rather than pushing the paint off.
Usually, provided the current paint is sound and not peeling, bubbling, or heavily chalking. Everything still needs washing, cleaning, and light sanding first. If the existing finish is failing, it has to be stripped or fully primed before new paint will hold. We assess this during the walkthrough.
In most master planned and HOA governed Austin communities, yes. Architectural review committees typically need to approve your color scheme before work begins, and approval can take weeks in some neighborhoods. Submit the application before signing a painting contract, and we will help prepare samples and documentation.
Most homes are a matter of days depending on size, surface type, how much prep and repair is needed, and access. Summer heat shortens working days and rain moves schedules. We give you a realistic timeline and update you if the weather changes.
Yes. Rotted trim, fascia, and siding get repaired or replaced before any paint goes on. Painting over rot hides it briefly and costs you more later when it spreads.
Yes. Julie handles color selection, including how the scheme works with your roof, stone, and trim. We recommend putting samples on the actual house, since exterior color reads much lighter outside than on a chip.
We do. Every estimate is free with no obligation, and if we do not need to walk the exterior first, you can often expect one within 24 hours.
Yes. Cornerstone Home Renovations is a licensed and insured painting contractor, which is worth confirming with anyone you hire, since Texas does not require painters to hold a state license.
Tell us what shape your paint is in and what you are picturing. We will walk the house, explain what the surfaces need, and give you a straight number.
