Exterior Painting in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County

The outside of a Broward house takes a beating. The paint job should be built for it.

Salt air off the Atlantic, ten months of hard sun, afternoon rain that hits stucco like a hose, and humidity that never quits. That is what an exterior in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise or Weston deals with every single day. A paint job that would last twelve years in Ohio can start chalking here in four if the prep is skipped or the product is wrong.

Eagle Painting has been painting exteriors from the same shop in Sunrise for over 35 years. We know which stucco cracks come back, which fascia boards hide rot, and why the north side of a house looks fine while the south side is fading. We bring our own lifts, our own crews, and a process that does not change whether the job is a three-bedroom in Plantation or a fire station in Fort Lauderdale.

One of our customers put it better than we can: "Several of our neighbors painted their houses at the same time we did and they all have to paint again and ours looks incredible still." That is the whole point.

Stucco, block, wood, and the products that actually hold up here

Most of Broward is concrete block with a stucco skin. Stucco moves a little every day as it heats and cools, so a rigid paint film cracks with it. An elastomeric coating stretches; it bridges hairline cracks and sheds rain instead of drinking it. On a house that has never had a moisture problem, a premium 100 percent acrylic like Sherwin-Williams Duration or Loxon XP does the job and breathes better.

Wood fascia and soffits are where houses here rot first, because they take the water off the roof. We check them from the ladder, not the driveway. Metal railings and gutters get a rust-inhibiting primer before topcoat. Front doors and garage doors get a satin or semi-gloss enamel that can be wiped down.

Color matters more than people think. Dark colors on a south wall run hotter and fade faster, and many HOAs in Weston, Plantation and Coral Springs have an approved palette. We have painted enough association homes to know which colors clear the committee and which ones get you a letter. Ask us before you fall in love with a swatch.

If you want the technical side, the Sherwin-Williams exterior product line explains the difference between elastomeric and acrylic finishes.

How long it takes, what changes the price, and how long it lasts

Time. A typical single-story house in Sunrise or Davie is two to three days with one crew: day one is washing and prep, day two and three are paint. A two-story is three to five. We do not start a job we cannot staff, so when we give you a start date, that is the date.

Price. Square footage of wall is the base. What moves the number: how much stucco repair the house needs, how many stories (ladder work versus lift work), the number of colors, whether fascia or soffit boards need replacing, and whether you want the roof soft washed and the driveway sealed at the same time. We put it all on one estimate so you can pick what you want.

Life. Done our way, with two full coats of a premium product on a properly prepped wall, a Broward exterior should look good for eight to ten years, with the south and west faces needing attention first. A cheap job with one thin coat over unwashed stucco is the one that peels in two summers and gets painted twice.

Insurance and licensing are the boring part that matters. We are licensed and insured, and we can provide certificates for any HOA or property manager who asks. Broward County publishes contractor license lookups at broward.org if you want to check anyone you hire, including us.