Protect and Refresh Your St. Petersburg Home
Professional painting services designed for St. Petersburg homes, coastal weather, historic properties, and Florida's demanding climate.
Paint Orange has spent years painting in the streets and waterfront blocks that make St. Petersburg unlike anywhere else in Tampa Bay — the bungalows of Historic Kenwood, the 1920s Mediterranean Revivals lining Old Northeast, the seawall homes along Snell Isle, and the mid-century ranches tucked into Jungle Terrace and Pasadena. No two of those homes age the same way, and no two of them should be painted the same way.
Salt air is the variable nobody warns new St. Pete homeowners about. Within a few blocks of Tampa Bay or Boca Ciega Bay, chloride-heavy air settles on every exterior surface, breaks down paint resins from the outside in, and quietly corrodes the nails, brackets, and metal flashing your trim hangs on. Combine that with 75%+ humidity and an unfiltered subtropical UV load, and the painting playbook used inland simply doesn't last here.
Our St. Pete projects start with a building-specific assessment — wood condition, glazing putty, stucco hairlines, lead-paint era (pre-1978), corrosion at fasteners, and prevailing wind exposure — and finish with marine-grade primers, 100% acrylic top coats, and detailed caulk and flashing work designed to keep moisture out for the next decade.
St. Petersburg sits on a narrow peninsula with water on three sides. That coastal geography drives nearly every painting decision we make here. Airborne salt (sodium chloride aerosol) lands on exterior surfaces every day, draws moisture out of the air, and creates a microscopically wet, electrolyte-rich film that accelerates paint chalking, oxidizes metal, and feeds mildew colonies on shaded elevations.
Layer on the rest of the Florida envelope — UV index pushing 11 through summer, daily afternoon thunderstorms, wind-driven rain off the bay, and the constant expansion-and-contraction cycle of stucco, lap siding, and 100-year-old shiplap — and you get the failure patterns we see most weeks in St. Pete: peeling on west-facing seawall homes, fascia rot under blocked gutters, glazing putty dropping out of original double-hung windows, hairline stucco cracks at window returns, and mildew creeping up the north walls of homes shaded by live oaks.
The homes also vary enormously. A 1922 Craftsman bungalow in Historic Kenwood with original cypress siding needs careful hand-scraping, lead-safe (RRP-certified) prep, oil-bonding primer on weathered wood, and a breathable acrylic top coat. A 2005 stucco waterfront home on Isla del Sol needs elastomeric crack repair, mildewcide wash, and a high-build coastal-rated finish. We don't run the same spec across both — we match the system to the building.
From the historic streets of Old Northeast and Kenwood to waterfront homes on Snell Isle, Shore Acres, and Isla del Sol — we paint across every St. Pete ZIP code (33701–33716).
Stucco, lap siding, trim, soffits, fascia — coastal-rated systems built for salt and UV.
Walls, ceilings, trim, accent walls — low-VOC paints, careful containment, room-by-room.
Sprayed factory-grade cabinet finishes designed to outlast a full replacement.
Downtown offices, retail, multi-family, and warehouses — scheduled around your hours.
Lead-safe (EPA RRP) prep, glazing putty work, and period-appropriate color guidance.
Marine-grade primers, corrosion-resistant repair, and high-build coastal finish systems.
On-site drawdowns and palette guidance from Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore decks.
Historic districts and bay-front blocks each have their own playbook — preservation review, lead-safe prep, marine-grade primers, and corrosion control. Here's how we approach the neighborhoods we know best.
Within the city's local historic district, exterior color changes on contributing structures typically require Certificate of Appropriateness review. We assemble the photo packet, color drawdowns, and historically appropriate palette options before submitting.
Bay-front homes get the harshest salt exposure in St. Pete. We use marine-grade alkyd primers on metal trim, stainless or hot-dip galvanized fasteners during repairs, and high-build elastomeric top coats on stucco facing the open water.
Most Kenwood bungalows predate 1978, which triggers federal RRP (Renovation, Repair, and Painting) rules. Our crews are EPA Lead-Safe certified — full containment, HEPA cleanup, and documented disposal on every pre-1978 home.
After flood events we frequently rebuild fascia, soffit, and exterior trim before painting. We coordinate carpentry and coatings in one project so storm-damaged exteriors come back stronger than they were.
Isla del Sol's HOA enforces an approved palette and requires submission of body, trim, and accent selections. We provide drawdowns on actual stucco and handle the ARC packet end-to-end.
Bungalow and ranch exteriors in St. Pete typically run $4,500–$8,500, while historic two-story and waterfront homes range from $7,500–$15,000+. The biggest cost drivers here are wood repair, lead-safe prep on pre-1978 homes, the amount of glazing and trim work, salt-corrosion remediation on metal, and whether the home needs a single coat refresh or full strip-and-rebuild on weathered surfaces.
Marine-grade primers, corrosion-resistant repair, and finish systems built for salt-air homes.
Lead-safe (EPA RRP) certified, glazing-putty work, and period-appropriate color guidance.
Soft-wash, wood repair, caulking, priming — documented and signed off before finish coats.
Sherwin-Williams Emerald, Duration, and Benjamin Moore Aura — never builder-grade.
Project manager, written daily updates, and a fixed-price quote with no surprise change orders.
Line-item quote on the spot, with color drawdowns on your actual siding or stucco.
Homeowners across St. Petersburg, Gulfport, and South Pasadena consistently mention our coastal prep, lead-safe practices, and detailed daily communication.
Read reviews on Google“They repainted our 1920s bungalow in Kenwood with full lead-safe containment. The crew respected the original details and the color came out perfect.”
“Bay-front home on Snell Isle, brutal salt exposure. Paint Orange replaced corroded fasteners, used marine-grade primer, and the finish still looks brand new two years later.”
1924 Mediterranean Revival with original stucco and wood trim. Lead-safe scrape, glazing putty replacement on 22 windows, elastomeric crack repair, Sherwin-Williams Emerald in a warm sand body with Iron Ore shutters.
Two-story bay-front home with heavy salt corrosion at trim and fasteners. Stainless screw replacement, rust-converting primer on metal, Duration top coat in Alabaster with Naval accent. 9 working days.
1922 Craftsman bungalow, original cypress siding. EPA RRP containment, hand-scrape and feather-sand, oil bonding primer, two coats Aura Exterior in Sage Green with cream trim and a deep red front door.
Schedule your free estimate and discover why St. Petersburg homeowners trust Paint Orange.
