[thelegges]

Originally Posted by John_W

I live in a masonry CYV's that were new in 2011. We have 80 units and 32 have had theirs repainted in the past year. They had a petition and we're allowed to change from the original tan color to one of 20 selected colors. So a lot of people repainted just so they could get a new color. Green, gray, cream and dark brown and light brown are the ones I've seen so far. Some have even left it the original color, three people on my block repainted the original color. I'm thinking of going with the green with cream trim. I wanted white, but that's not avaible.

Of the 28, two did it themselves, 25 chose Oscar and the last one used Steve Kline. I believe Oscar charges about $1500 for the CYV, which includes coming out in advance and power-washing the home. My next door neighbor did it himself and used Sherwin Williams, which was the original brand. He said it was $80 a gallon but he waited until they had a sale for $40 a gallon. He took 8 gallons, he brushed it on and took about two weeks. I believe all the professionals will use a sprayer and they're done in one day.

Steve Kling painted our 10 year old Lilly, it was way over due. Three guys, One day to power wash and remove all fixtures to refinish. 2 .5 days to paint using only brushes and rollers. Door was refinished on day 4.