What's included in an exterior painting quote?

Every quote covers full preparation — pressure washing, scraping failed paint, sanding, caulking, and priming bare wood — plus two coats: a spot coat on bare wood and a full finish coat, brushed and rolled. We look for rot and damaged wood before we paint, and repair it properly instead of covering it up.

Do you offer different pricing options?

Yes. We quote in three tiers — Essentials, Full Service, and Premium — so you can choose the level of preparation and product that fits your home and budget. Full Service is the standard most homeowners choose.

What's your warranty?

All exterior painting comes with a two-year workmanship warranty covering failures caused by improper application. It doesn't cover things outside our control — nail pops, wood movement, moisture drive — or paint that was already failing before we arrived. Horizontal surfaces like steps, decks, and railings are excluded, since water sits on them differently than vertical surfaces.

How long does exterior painting take?

Most detached houses take one to two weeks, weather permitting. Larger or heritage homes with more prep or carpentry can run two to four weeks. We typically start two to three weeks after you accept a quote.

What happens if it rains during my project?

Rain doesn't stop us, it reschedules us. We pre-position materials at the next job so a rained-out day becomes a preparation day instead of a lost one. Once we start your project, we stay committed to it until it's done.

What if you find rotten wood or damage during the job?

We stop, show you what we found, and price the repair separately before going ahead - usually on a time-and-materials basis, priced in writing before we proceed. Nothing extra happens without your approval first.

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Exterior Repainting, By The Numbers

You're busy. Here is what actually matters, from our own job records - not marketing copy.

On site4 crew · ~6 working daysfor the typical project below

Typical investment$19,900most land $5,700-$35,100, before GST

ProductsSW Duration / BM Auraself-priming; application down to 2°C

Warranty2 years5-year option with double coats on everything

What your crew actually does

Pressure wash; TSP-and-bleach wash with a soft brush, clean-water rinse; plants protected (MPI RSP-13).
Scrape all failed paint, scuff-sand edges; 120-grit on trim; re-set loose nails, prime, fill, sand.
Carpenters repair rot before any paint goes on - epoxy on sills and knees, board replacement where needed.
Prime all bare wood; every sprayed coat back-rolled and back-brushed for penetration.
Caulk with DAP 230 after priming - not before, where it seals nothing.
Spot coat on bare wood plus full finish coat (Full Service), brushed and rolled. Daily cleanup.

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The cost of waiting a season

Failed paint is not cosmetic - it is your siding's only raincoat. One more wet Vancouver winter turns a $500 board repair into structural rot behind the wall: we've rebuilt sills, knees, and whole staircases that started as "a bit of peeling." The gap between our typical repaint ($19,900) and a repaint with major rot repair (up to $60,000+) is usually two or three postponed years.

What we'll tell you up front

Estimates are based on what is visible. Hidden damage - rot behind siding, insect damage, old framing mistakes - is priced separately when we open things up.
Horizontal surfaces (steps, decks, railings) are excluded from the standard warranty: water sits on them and no coating manufacturer covers that.
On older homes we are minimizing blemishes, not erasing them. Some character will remain visible.
Weather moves exterior schedules. Prep continues in light rain; finish coats do not.

These lines come straight from our written estimates. Contractors who don't say them up front bill you for them later.

What Vancouver Weather Does To A House

Our exterior files since 2017 cover a few hundred houses, most of them in Kitsilano, West Point Grey, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Kerrisdale and South Cambie, with a steady share on the North Shore. The same parts fail on almost every one: fascia boards and wood windows show up in two out of three scopes, soffits and siding in about half, then railings, posts, garage doors, beams and knee braces.

Where the rot starts. South- and west-facing gables lose their paint first. Window sills, knee braces under the eaves and the bottom course of siding hold water longest. We repair those with wood epoxy or board replacement before a single coat goes on. On shingle walls that are past repair we replace with pre-primed sidewall shingles over new building paper, with a starter course and woven corners, so the wall sheds water the way it was designed to.

Stucco. One in five of our exterior scopes is a stucco house. Stucco takes paint well if it is washed and the cracks are chased and filled; the trim, windows and soffits on the same house are where the real prep is.

Washing. A soft-brush TSP-and-bleach wash and a clean rinse, not a pressure washer against old wood windows, a former chimney line or a heat pump. Plants get landscape fabric.

Season. Latex does not go on below 10°C; Sherwin-Williams Duration lets us work down to 2°C, which is how we paint from March into November.

Crisp white exterior painting on a Vancouver heritage bungalow with dark trim and vibrant garden landscaping.

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Freshly painted Craftsman-style house exterior in Vancouver, BC with dark trim and grey stucco.

Burgundy red Craftsman-style house exterior with cream trim, painted by Renaissance Painting in Vancouver, BC.

Freshly painted yellow craftsman-style home exterior with black trim and shutters, completed by Renaissance Painting in Vancouver, BC.

Completed dark charcoal gray exterior repaint with red front door on a Vancouver, BC home surrounded by landscaping.

Freshly painted mustard-yellow Victorian home exterior in Vancouver, BC framed by a red Japanese maple, showing the finished shingle siding and front entry after painting by Renaissance Painting.

Two-story house exterior in Vancouver, BC freshly painted in warm taupe with a dark brown garage door and covered entry, completed by Renaissance Painting.

Painter rolling fresh sage green paint onto cedar shingle siding on a Vancouver home exterior

Painter on an extension ladder working near dormer windows on a Vancouver, BC home exterior.

Renaissance Painting crew member sanding a wood porch railing in preparation for repainting in Vancouver, BC

From Our Job Files

Three recent exteriors, described the way they were scoped. Names and addresses stay private.

Kitsilano stucco house, 2025Full repaint with gable stripSoffit, fascia, stucco siding, knees, doors, wood windows, sunroom and railings prepared and painted. Failing paint stripped on the east gable. Corrugated plastic removed from the sunroom roof to reach the soffit, then refitted.

South-facing shingle walls, 2025Siding replaced, then paintedOld shingles removed, plywood laid to catch them, new building paper, No. 2 pre-primed sidewall shingles woven at the corners. Knees and sills repaired with epoxy, fascia and upper casings prepped hard. Two coats on new wood, spot-and-finish on the rest.

Wood-window house, 2026Hand wash, scrape, repaintHand wash instead of pressure washing near the windows and old chimney line; loose and flaking paint scraped from windows and trim; heat pump protected; repainted to the existing scheme.

What the typical job looks like4 crew, about 6 working daysFull detached house: wash, scrape, sand, rot repair, prime bare wood, spot coat plus full finish coat in Duration or Aura, brushed and rolled, sprayed areas back-brushed.

What can change the price after the quote

The quote is fixed and in writing for what we can see. Rot behind failed paint, soft framing under a sill, a window that turns out to be beyond epoxy - we stop, show you, and price the repair before doing it.
Colour change: a light colour over a dark one can need a third coat on siding. If you tell us the colours before the quote, the number does not move.
Access: a site-built scaffold over front stairs or a steep lot adds time that a ladder job does not have.
Extras added mid-job - fence or deck stain, garage interior, a gate - priced at the same rates as the quote.
Weather: we do not paint in rain or below product temperature; the schedule moves, the price does not.

Exterior Painting Pricing

Honest numbers from our own records - not industry averages.

Scope	Typical price	Most projects land between
Exterior repaint - typical detached home	$19,900	$5,700 - $35,100
Essentials tier (basics at reduced cost)	about 16% less	single coat on some elements
Premium tier (strip, prime, top-grade paint)	about 23% more	heritage-grade preparation

Based on 317 written Renaissance estimates and 794 completed projects as of 20 August 2026. Prices exclude GST. Three service tiers: Essentials / Full Service / Premium. From $900 for single elements. Popular add-ons: deck & fence staining, gutter repair, carpentry allowance for hidden rot.

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*Exterior projects have ranged from under $1,000 for a single element to over $115,000 for a large heritage home. A typical detached house lands around $20,000 before GST. Every project gets a firm, written quote after an in-home consultation.

Exterior Painting Questions We Get Every Week

Short answers from the crew.

Which paints and standards?

Sherwin-Williams Duration (matte on siding, satin on trim) or Benjamin Moore Aura, both self-priming on sound surfaces. Sansin or Woodscapes on cedar that is stained rather than painted. Prep to PDCA P14-06 Level 1 and the MPI Repainting Manual: wash, scrape, scuff-sand edges, 120-grit on trim, re-set loose nails, prime bare wood, DAP 230 caulk after priming, not before.

Do you fix rotten wood or just paint it?

We fix it. The crew is three carpenters and six painters; sills, knees, fascia, stair stringers and shingle walls get repaired or replaced before paint. Painting over rot is the one thing we will not do.

Do you spray or brush?

Both. Sprayed areas are back-brushed or back-rolled so the paint is worked into the wood rather than sitting on top of it. Trim and windows are brushed.

How long does it take and when can you start?

The typical detached house is four crew for about six working days. The season runs March to November; spring dates fill by February.

What is the warranty?

Two years on workmanship from completion, with a five-year option when every element gets two full coats. If paint peels, chips or blisters on a surface we prepared, we come back and fix it.

How do payments work?

One third on acceptance, one third at the halfway point, balance on completion. Estimates are valid for 30 days.

Who wrote this. The Renaissance crew, from our own job files. Owner Eric Goodwill is a Red Seal Painter and Decorator and has run the company since 1992. More about Eric

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