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Interior and exterior work in Metairie, with the washing, repairs, and priming written into the scope. Every job starts with a free written estimate at the property.
Metairie · Jefferson ParishWhat you get
The same four things on every job, whether it is one room off Metairie Road or the whole outside of a house near the lakefront.
We walk the property, then put scope, preparation, product and price in one document.
Washing, scraping, filling and priming are line items, not favors done if there is time.
Covered in Louisiana, on homes and on commercial property, and we will show you the paper.
Beds and floors covered, paths swept, and the drop sheets leave with us.
Why people call
Six reasons our phone rings here, and most of them start with something a drained, low-lying suburb does to a painted surface.
Draining the old backswamp left parts of Metairie 6 to 8 feet below sea level, and water that stands after a storm reaches the bottom of siding and trim first.
Suburban growth came after World War II, so many houses carry layers of old paint, and the oldest coat underneath decides the preparation.
Hurricane Katrina flooded much of Metairie in August 2005, and patched walls and replaced trim still turn up on a walk-through.
The 1991 to 2020 normals at New Orleans International Airport, the nearest long-term station, list 63.35 inches of precipitation a year, which shortens the life of an exterior coat here.
Cabinet doors are usually the oldest painted surface in a post-war kitchen, and they are the cheapest surface to change.
A repaint is the least disruptive change you can make to a house before it goes on the market.
What we paint
Six residential services and five commercial ones, all of them available anywhere in Metairie.
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors, painted room by room.
Siding, trim and porches, washed and primed before the finish.
Doors off, degreased and primed, then refitted where they came from.
The painting side of a remodel, sequenced around the other trades.
Siding, driveways and patios, at a pressure the surface can take.
Commercial work runs on the same footprint, phased around your opening hours.
Color and finish chosen around your brand, applied after hours so desks stay in use.
Hard-wearing coatings for high-traffic walls, floors and locker areas.
Low-odor systems and calm palettes for clinical and patient-facing spaces.
Scheduled into term breaks so classrooms come back ready to use.
Facades, walkways and parking lots washed down before any coating goes on.
On the job
Post-war houses, interiors and kitchens, which is most of what the phone rings about here.
On the ground
Three things about this part of Jefferson Parish that change how we quote and how we prepare.
With parts of the community below sea level, exterior wood near the ground stays damp longer, so we look at the bottom boards before we price anything.
The Old Metairie Commission reviews certain land development inside the Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District, including new construction. Tell us early if the project goes past a repaint.
Homes built before 1978 may contain lead paint, and the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule sets how those surfaces are disturbed.
When to book
Four signs worth a free walk-through, all of them visible from the ground.
Run a palm down a sun-facing wall. A powdery residue means the coat has given up.
Open joints at trim and window edges let water behind the paint, which is where the next failure starts.
A stain that keeps coming back through fresh paint needs sealing, not another coat.
The finish goes first where hands land, and refinishing beats replacing the boxes.
Local
Four reasons a nearby contractor matters more here than it does in a drier climate.
Crews working these parishes year round know what humidity and wind-driven rain do to a coat.
The people who walk the property are the people on the ladder, not a call center.
We are close enough that snagging something after the job is a short drive, not a claim.
504-380-9862 reaches the people doing the work, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
How it runs
Four steps, and the order is agreed in writing before anyone opens a can.
Call or send the form. We agree a time and confirm it before we come.
We look at the actual surfaces, inside or out, and note what needs repair.
Scope, preparation, product and price, in writing. No verbal numbers.
Washing, repairs and priming first, then the finish coats.
Planning
Three decisions that make the estimate accurate rather than approximate.
Trim sets the limit for how light or dark the walls can go, so it is the first choice, not the last.
If it went up before 1978, we plan the preparation around the lead paint rule from the start.
With this much annual rainfall, exterior work is scheduled to a forecast and confirmed the day before.
About the area
What the place actually is, before anyone talks about paint.
Metairie is an unincorporated area in Jefferson Parish that the U.S. Census Bureau treats as a census designated place. It sits on the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, about 8 miles from central New Orleans.
The 2020 Census counted 143,507 people in Metairie CDP across a land area of 23.26 square miles. That is about 6,170 people per square mile.
The Mississippi River splits Jefferson Parish into an East Bank and a West Bank. Metairie is one of the two main unincorporated areas on the East Bank, the part of the parish north of the river.
Around town
Four places in Metairie worth the trip, parish parks included.
Lafreniere Park is a 155 acre parish park at 3000 Downs Boulevard in Metairie. It holds landscaped gardens, paths and trails, a man made marsh environment, a carousel, a disc golf course and a dog park.
Lakeside Shopping Center sits at 3301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard and has been open for more than 65 years. It holds over 100 stores and restaurants, with Macy's, Dillard's and JCPenney among the anchors.
The Jefferson Performing Arts Center at 6400 Airline Drive opened in 2015 and holds a 1,000 seat theater. It also takes bookings for conferences, meetings and private events.
The Bonnabel Boat Launch is at 1600 Bonnabel Boulevard on the Lake Pontchartrain shore. It has four back down launch ramps, a fishing pier, three shelters, a tot lot, a dog park and a walking trail along the lake.
Next door
The communities next door, and where they sit relative to Metairie.
Kenner and Harahan are the two incorporated cities on the East Bank of Jefferson Parish, sharing that side of the river with the unincorporated areas of Metairie and Jefferson.
River Ridge is a smaller unincorporated area on the East Bank of Jefferson Parish, the same side of the Mississippi River as Metairie.
New Orleans lies immediately east of Metairie. Central New Orleans is about 8 miles from Metairie.
We drive New Orleans and nine parish cities for a free walk-through. Tell us the address and we will say plainly whether yours is inside it.
Worth knowing
Four things about Metairie that even long-time residents get asked about.
In French, a metairie is a small farm worked by a sharecropper or tenant farmer. French farmers were the first Europeans to live on Metairie Ridge, arriving around 1720.
Metairie Ridge was drained by Metairie Bayou, a slow moving watercourse. The bayou is now enclosed.
A streetcar line finished in 1916 made it easier to reach New Orleans from Metairie. Rapid suburban growth followed after World War II.
Migration from New Orleans into Jefferson Parish shifted the metropolitan area's main retail shopping axis from Canal Street in downtown New Orleans to Veterans Highway in Metairie.
Getting around
How people move around Metairie without a car, and what crosses the lake.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway crosses the lake from Metairie to Mandeville. It is a pair of parallel road bridges, each close to 24 miles long.
The E1 Veterans route runs from Williams Boulevard and 25th Street in Kenner along Veterans Boulevard and the Pontchartrain Expressway to Metairie Road and City Park Avenue in New Orleans. It connects there with RTA bus routes and the Canal Cemeteries streetcar.
The E2 route carries riders from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner down Airline Drive into New Orleans. On weekdays it continues into the New Orleans central business district.
The airport sits in Kenner, in Jefferson Parish, about 11 miles west of downtown New Orleans. It is owned by the city of New Orleans.
Service areas
The eight other parish cities on our list, and New Orleans itself.
Inside New Orleans itself we work across the Garden District, Uptown, Carrollton, Mid-City, Lakeview, Gentilly, Bywater, Marigny, Treme, the Irish Channel and Algiers, on everything from Creole cottages and shotgun doubles to new-build and commercial property.
Questions
What Metairie homeowners ask before they book the walk-through.
Yes, across the whole community, inside and out. Metairie is unincorporated rather than a city, and it is one of the nine communities we cover alongside New Orleans itself.
Go by the condition of the paint rather than a fixed number of years. With 63.35 inches of precipitation a year at New Orleans International Airport, the nearest long-term station, the signs to watch are chalking on the sun-facing walls and paint lifting at the trim.
Yes. The Old Metairie Commission reviews certain land development in the conservation district, so tell us at the walk-through if your plans go beyond repainting and we will plan the work around that review.
Yes, once the surface is dry and sound. Patched plaster and replaced trim need sealing and priming before a finish coat, and that goes in the written scope.
Yes. Kenner, Harahan, and River Ridge are all on the same side of the river and all inside the area we drive for a free estimate.
Yes. We walk the property, look at the actual surfaces, and put scope, preparation, product and price in writing, with no obligation to book.
Yes, in Louisiana, and the cover applies to commercial jobs as well as homes. Ask us for proof before you sign anything.
9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Calling on 504-380-9862 is the quickest way to get a walk-through booked, and the form reaches us outside those hours.
Free estimate
Send the form and we will call to arrange a walk-through. If you would rather talk it through now, the phone is quicker.
We call to agree a time that suits you, and confirm it before the visit.
We walk the property, look at the actual surfaces and talk through color.
You get scope, preparation, product and price in writing, with no obligation.
Serving New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, Abita Springs, Hammond, LaPlace and St Rose.
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