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Interior and exterior work across Mandeville, lakefront elevations included. Every job starts with a free written estimate at the property.
Mandeville · St. Tammany ParishWhat you get
Every house painting job in Mandeville, LA gets the same four things, from a lakefront elevation to a back bedroom in a newer subdivision.
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 owners call us, most of them about weather arriving off the lake or a canopy that never lets a wall dry.
The city describes its lakefront as subject to unpredictable weather, and the elevation facing the water is always the one that fails first.
The city points to a lush canopy of live oaks, magnolia, cypress and pines. Shade keeps walls damp and drops debris on fresh work.
Part of Mandeville sits in a district with rules that protect the historic and architecturally worthy buildings and streetscapes, so exterior work needs checking first.
The 30 year normals at New Orleans International Airport, across the lake, list 63.35 inches a year, and that is what an exterior coat has to hold up against.
The Works Progress Administration built the concrete seawall in 1937 as a first line of defense against storm surge. Water still gets behind paint on the properties nearest it.
A repaint between renters is the fastest way to reset a property without touching the layout.
What we paint
Six residential services and five commercial ones, available anywhere in Mandeville, lakefront and inland.
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
Lakefront elevations and outdoor wood, which are the two surfaces the weather reaches first.
On the ground
Three things about Mandeville that change how we prepare.
The Historic Preservation District's regulations exist to preserve and protect the historical, architecturally worthy buildings and streetscapes. If the property sits inside it, we ask the city what applies before anything is agreed on.
The city requires a local permit for development inside a Special Flood Hazard Area and takes part in the National Flood Insurance Program. Work around a raise or a repair follows those rules.
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 that lakefront exposure has caught up with the finish.
When the lake-facing wall looks a decade older than the others, that is exposure, not a bad coat.
Grit and wind-driven rain scour the bottom of trim near the water, and it needs filling before it needs color.
Leaf litter and sap leave stains that need washing and sealing rather than another coat.
Outdoor wood loses its coating first, and a deck is usually the earliest warning on a lakefront property.
Local
Four reasons a north shore job runs better with a contractor from the parishes.
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 on a district property the review comes before the paint.
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 things to settle before we start in Mandeville.
Two separate questions, both answered by the city, and either one can change the order of the work.
Lakefront elevations often need more repair than the sheltered sides, and it is cheaper to agree on that scope at the estimate than mid-job.
The city calls its lakefront weather unpredictable. We confirm exterior days the day before rather than promising a date weeks out.
About the area
What Mandeville is, in the words of the state encyclopedia and the Census.
The town of Mandeville was founded in 1834 on part of what had been the sugar plantation of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville. It sits on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish.
Census Bureau QuickFacts records 13,192 residents in Mandeville city at the 2020 Census and an estimated 12,918 as of July 1, 2025. The city covers 7.12 square miles of land.
As the northern terminus of the Causeway across Lake Pontchartrain, which opened in 1956, Mandeville and the unincorporated area around it became the center of western St. Tammany Parish suburban growth from the 1990s. The formerly small town has become a bedroom community for New Orleans and has expanded outward with many new subdivisions.
Around town
Four places in and around Mandeville, from the lakefront to the Trace.
The 2,800 acre state park in Mandeville sits on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain on land Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville ran as a sugar plantation until 1852. Facilities include lakefront cabins, a lodge, camping, hiking trails, sandy beach, a water playground and boat rental.
The city describes its lakefront as a passive park about one mile in length with massive oaks and open views of the lake. All that remains of the golden age of 1870 to 1930 is the gazebo, rebuilt many times, and a fountain that was once fed by a natural spring.
St. Tammany Parish has asphalted 31 miles of the Tammany Trace along a former Illinois Central Railroad corridor the parish acquired on December 20, 1992. The path runs from downtown Covington through Abita Springs, Mandeville and Lacombe and ends in Slidell, and a separate equestrian path parallels it in several places.
The nonprofit center sits along Bayou Castine on Highway 190 east of Mandeville, across from Fontainebleau State Park, on a tract that began at 52 acres in 1985 and was later expanded to 400 acres. Visitors walk hardwood forest, pine hardwood forest and pond swamp, and a beaver lodge is visible from one of the raised boardwalks.
Next door
The communities closest to Mandeville, along the lake and inland.
Madisonville sits beside the Tchefuncte River, just two miles above its entrance into Lake Pontchartrain. It was one of the nineteenth century resort communities on the lake's north shore and is described today as a tranquil small town with an annual Wooden Boat Festival on its downtown riverfront.
The Tammany Trace runs from downtown Covington through Abita Springs before reaching Mandeville. Census Bureau QuickFacts records 11,564 residents in Covington city at the 2020 Census.
The Census Bureau counts Lacombe as a census designated place rather than an incorporated municipality, and recorded 8,657 residents there at the 2020 Census. The Tammany Trace continues through Lacombe between Mandeville and Slidell.
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 Mandeville that come up more than once.
The Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall in Mandeville was built in 1895 by an African American benevolent society and became a popular jazz venue. It is believed to be the oldest rural jazz hall standing in its original condition.
The Causeway Commission states that the Causeway Bridge spans 24 miles over Lake Pontchartrain and describes it as the longest bridge in the world over water.
Steamer traffic grew as Mandeville developed, and trips from New Orleans aboard the Blackhawk included stops at Madisonville, Lewisburg and Mandeville. Ferry service ended by 1936, and the first span of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, at 23.87 miles, was completed in 1956.
Wealthy New Orleans families built summer homes on the Mandeville lakefront with broad galleries to catch the lake breezes, essentially high end camps with plenty of sleeping room for extended families. Several of these houses, built in the 1830s and 1840s, still stand along the lakefront, and residential properties on Lakeshore Drive date from about 1835 to 1885.
Getting around
What moves people around the north shore, and what crosses the lake.
The Causeway Bridge spans 24 miles over Lake Pontchartrain and carries commuters entering from both the north and south shores. The Causeway Commission states its mission as making all commuter trips across the bridge safe and timely.
St. Tammany Area Transportation, or STAR Transit, is a demand response transit system operating within the boundaries of St. Tammany Parish rather than a fixed route bus service. It runs curb to curb on a call in, first come first served basis, with urban service from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and rural service from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
St. Tammany Parish operates nine park and ride locations, including one in Mandeville along with Abita Springs, Lacombe, Slidell and Pearl River. The parish states they were developed to give commuters and vanpoolers convenient places to park.
The St. Tammany Parish Council funded the Mandeville Bypass Road, a 34 million dollar, 3.5 mile, two lane divided roadway connecting LA 1088 and U.S. 190. The project includes entrances to Pelican Park, a multiuse pedestrian path connecting to the Tammany Trace, and easier access to Fontainebleau State Park and the Safe Haven campus.
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 Mandeville homeowners ask before booking.
Yes, anywhere in the city, inside and out. Interior rooms, exterior elevations, decks and cabinets are all part of the work.
It can. The district exists to protect the older buildings and streetscapes inside it, so we ask the city what applies to your property before the work starts.
The lake-facing side takes more weather than the rest of the house. The city itself describes the lakefront as subject to unpredictable weather, and wind-driven rain off the water reaches that elevation hardest.
Yes, in paint or in stain. Outdoor wood is washed, sanded and coated, and it is usually the first surface to need attention here.
Yes. Both are inside the area we drive for a free written estimate, along with Abita Springs.
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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