Painter in Marietta, GA
Pro Araiza Remodeling & Painting serves Marietta, Georgia, roughly 45 minutes from the company's Cumming shop. Marietta work spans historic homes near the square, 1960s and 1970s ranch repaints, subdivision exteriors, interior painting, and cabinet refinishing. Fully insured, free written estimates.
About 45 minutes from our Cumming shop
Painting Marietta homes
Marietta has the deepest housing history of anywhere we work. Around the square there are antebellum and Victorian homes with original wood siding and profile trim that cannot be bought off a shelf. Move out a few miles and you are in 1960s and 1970s brick ranches, then 1980s and 1990s subdivisions, then newer infill. Each era has its own failure mode, and pricing Marietta work means knowing which one you are standing in front of. The ranches in particular are an underrated project: painted brick has become the most requested exterior change we get in Cobb County.
The homes in Marietta
Historic homes near the square
Antebellum and Victorian stock with original wood siding, milled trim profiles, and layered paint going back a century. Anything pre-1978 may carry lead in the lower layers. The work is restoration: scrape to a sound edge, stabilize, spot-prime, and match profiles where a piece has to be replaced.
1960s and 1970s brick ranches
Cobb County is full of solid brick ranches. The most common request now is painting the brick, which permanently changes the wall and has to be done correctly: a proper masonry cleaning, a bonding primer made for brick, and a breathable acrylic so trapped moisture can still escape. Done wrong it blisters within two years and cannot be undone.
1980s to 2000s subdivisions
Standard metro repaint work. Brick or siding bodies with wood or composite trim, where the caulk joints and the fascia carry the prep time.
What the weather here does to paint
Marietta sits slightly lower and warmer than the Forsyth side, and the older neighborhoods have very mature canopy. On historic homes the recurring issue is water sitting in failed trim joints and window glazing. On painted brick, the recurring issue is moisture that cannot escape because someone used a non-breathable coating.
What painting costs in Marietta
Real ranges, not a lead-capture teaser. Every estimate we give is written and itemized so you can see what the prep is costing you separately from the paint.
| Service | Typical range | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Full home interior | $3,000 to $8,500 | Historic homes with heavy trim run toward the top. |
| Exterior, subdivision home | $3,500 to $11,000 | Standard prep and coating. |
| Exterior, historic home | $8,000 to $25,000 | Restoration prep and lead-safe handling where it applies. |
| Painting brick | $4,000 to $12,000 | Masonry clean, bonding primer, breathable acrylic. Permanent. |
What we do in Marietta
Marietta neighborhoods
- Marietta Square
- Historic homes with original siding and milled trim.
- Whitlock Avenue
- Historic corridor, restoration-grade exterior work.
- East Cobb
- 1980s and 1990s subdivisions in the repaint window.
- Kennesaw Mountain area
- Mature canopy, heavy shade on north elevations.
- Indian Hills
- Established golf community with 1970s and 1980s homes.
- Sprayberry
- Brick ranches, many now candidates for painted brick.
- Sope Creek
- Wooded lots with recurring shade-side mildew.
- Chestnut Hill
- Traditional subdivisions with wood trim detail.
Painting in Marietta, answered
Can you paint the brick on my Marietta ranch?
Yes, and it is our most requested exterior change in Cobb County. It has to be done correctly because it is permanent: the brick gets a proper masonry cleaning, then a bonding primer made for masonry, then a breathable acrylic that lets trapped moisture escape. A standard exterior latex over unprepared brick blisters within about two years, and once brick is painted you cannot go back.
How much does it cost to paint a house in Marietta, GA?
A subdivision exterior runs $3,500 to $11,000. A historic home near the square runs $8,000 to $25,000 because the prep is restoration work. Painting brick runs $4,000 to $12,000. Interiors run $3,000 to $8,500. The spread is wide here because Marietta's housing spans a century.
Do you work on historic Marietta homes?
Yes. Around the square the work is restoration rather than repaint: scraping back to sound paint, feathering, spot-priming bare wood, and matching milled trim profiles when a piece is too far gone to save. Homes built before 1978 may have lead in the lower layers, which changes containment and disposal, and we handle that properly.
Is painted brick a mistake?
It is permanent, which is the honest thing to say about it first. If you like the look and the work is done with the right primer and a breathable topcoat, it holds up well and it transforms a dated ranch. If it is done with the wrong products it traps moisture, blisters, and leaves you with a far worse problem than the brick you started with. Decide slowly, then have it done properly.
How far do you travel for Marietta jobs?
We are based in Cumming, about 45 minutes out. We work across Cobb regularly and the distance does not change our pricing. For larger jobs we stage the crew to minimize the back and forth, which keeps the schedule tight.
Are you licensed and insured?
We carry general liability insurance and will send the certificate to you before work starts. Georgia does not license residential painters at the state level, so the insurance certificate is the document that actually matters. Ask every contractor you talk to for it.
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