[LouGraf]

We are considering buying a new block and concrete finish home in the villages. How often should I expect to have the exterior repainted? I would also like to know if you need ARC approval if you would like to change the color?

[dewilson58]

The original paint...............7 to 10 years.


2nd paint job...................10 to 15 years.


Florida Paint on 466 knows "Villages colors."


ARC has approved colors.

[Chatbrat]

Repainted ours 8 years +, used Oscar's great job in & out in one day

[Carla B]

The paint used on original construction of these stucco houses is only fair. When repainting, some of the contractors use a top paint sold by Sherwin Wms. that carries a 25-year guarantee.

[Chatbrat]

forget warranty-you're in Fl anything more than 10 yrs is a gift

[JohnN]

original paint lasted 8 years. We used Oscar's and are very pleased. Some villa neighborhoods have color restrictions but if it's anything unusual, I'd contacted ARC

[John_W]

Our CYV community is 9 years old this summer and has 80 villas. About 40 including mine have had them repainted the past year or so. The other 40 have not, but I would guess will have to have it done in a year or two. I went ahead and did mine because it needed it and I hated the original pale yellow and we were allowed to change to one of 20 colors. Essentially it was green, gray or 18 shades of brown. I chose the green because it was the most drastic difference. I would of like white, but that wasn't an option.

We used Oscar who power-washed the whole exterior, that really made a difference to the soffits and rain gutters, they looked like new. Then 3 days later 3 or 4 guys came and removed all the downspouts, sealed all the cracks, and rolled on two coats of Sherwin Williams best exterior paint.

Before taken in 2013



After, taken last October

[Chatbrat]

A word about Oscar's all of his personnel are professional, they don't have to waste time masking everything, they know how to"cut" in paint-Oscar before he went into his own business worked for a "Villages" contractor--his personnel who are mostly relatives, do not need on the job training--highly recommended

[J1ceasar]

Very nice.

[gregcharlesnelson@gmail]

our villa is 17 years old. original paint..not too bad yet

[jrm4081@juno.com]

Your villa looks very pretty now--much better so you chose well.

[JanetMM]

Originally Posted by John_W

Our CYV community is 9 years old this summer and has 80 villas. About 40 including mine have had them repainted the past year or so. The other 40 have not, but I would guess will have to have it done in a year or two. I went ahead and did mine because it needed it and I hated the original pale yellow and we were allowed to change to one of 20 colors. Essentially it was green, gray or 18 shades of brown. I chose the green because it was the most drastic difference. I would of like white, but that wasn't an option.

We used Oscar who power-washed the whole exterior, that really made a difference to the soffits and rain gutters, they looked like new. Then 3 days later 3 or 4 guys came and removed all the downspouts, sealed all the cracks, and rolled on two coats of Sherwin Williams best exterior paint.

Before taken in 2013



After, taken last October

How did you know you could change colors? Who would I need to call to find out? Thank you and I like your new color a lot!

[ldj1938]

Arc approval is required. Submit pictures of neighboring homes and then paint samples of your requested colors. Our changes were very different from the original bland colors. Took three days for approval. Several neighbors in the area have adopted variations of our new paint scheme.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by JanetMM

How did you know you could change colors? Who would I need to call to find out? Thank you and I like your new color a lot!

Three years ago one of the homeowners in our villas took around a petition, when a majority of the 80 villa owners had signed it, they took it to the ARC. After it was approved, the same person then circulated a list of 20 colors with matching trim colors and front door colors using the Sherwin Williams numbers and names that the ARC had approved using.

I then went on the Sherwin Williams website and looked up the numbers and they had demo homes you could flip the colors onto. After I decided on the green, I went to the CDD website, clicked on ARC application, printed the form, filled in the info, and mailed it. About two weeks later I received a letter stating I had permission to change the color to the one I selected. I guess we weren't the only one, I recently looked at Amberjack Villas on St. Charles, they're in our vicinity, and they already started using the new colors.

https://www.districtgov.org/departme...pplication.pdf

[Ross]

Originally Posted by LouGraf

We are considering buying a new block and concrete finish home in the villages. How often should I expect to have the exterior repainted? I would also like to know if you need ARC approval if you would like to change the color?

We used Central FL Professional Painting 352-267-1510.. power washed, sealer, and 2 coats of S-W paint. Great job, and $600.
less than than every other "villages" painter.