Serving Ballantyne, NC

Ballantyne is an area rather than a town: a master-planned stretch of far south Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, most of it built between the late 1990s and the mid 2000s inside the 28277 ZIP. Thornhill, Bridgehampton, Ballantyne Country Club and the Blakeney side of Rea Road share one build spec. Fiber cement or vinyl siding, stucco and stone accents, painted wood fascia and shutters, and drywall that runs two stories up a great room. Most calls here are repaints of the original builder paint: interior painting on those tall walls and stairwells, and cabinet painting in kitchens with honey oak or dated builder white.

Prep here looks different from older Charlotte neighborhoods. Fiber cement and vinyl hold their factory finish, so exterior painting in Ballantyne is mostly caulk joints, nail holes and failed sealant at trim returns rather than heavy scraping, with crack repair first on the synthetic stucco chimneys and accent walls common on the larger Providence-area homes. West-facing elevations along Community House and Rea Road bake in July, so we follow the shade around the house instead of coating hot siding that skins over and shows lap marks. Shaded north sides under mature canopy grow mildew first. We soft wash and kill it, then let the substrate dry down before primer, because a coat over live growth comes back through.

Almost every Ballantyne neighborhood runs exterior color through an architectural review committee, and the approved palettes are short. The submittal usually asks for the color name, the sheen and every elevation the change touches, so we write that up with you before any work is scheduled, and a color consultation gets your submittal onto a color that passes the first time. Inside, these houses are usually occupied with kids and dogs, so we work room by room, mask floors and stair treads, and reset the space each evening. Ask for a free written estimate and you will see the scope, the sheens and the coat count before anyone opens a can.