Detroit Painters serves Highland Park, MI for interior painting, exterior painting and cabinet painting, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (313) 209-8467 or text a photo of the job.
Interior & Exterior Painting services in Highland Park
Highland Park is a small city surrounded by Detroit, and most of its houses date from the 1910s and 1920s, the years after Ford opened its plant here. Large Craftsman and Tudor style homes fill areas such as Highland Heights-Stevens' Subdivision and Medbury's-Grove Lawn. They have deep eaves, exposed rafter tails, wood porches, stucco and half-timber gables and many wood windows. Nearly all of that paint is old, and on a house this age it is safe to assume some layers contain lead until a test says otherwise. Good work here means careful scraping, repairs to soft wood, an oil or bonding primer on bare spots and then finish coats. Inside, original plaster and wide wood trim need patient prep. A century of freeze and thaw shows first on sills, porch floors and column bases.
Neighborhoods we cover in Highland Park
- Highland Heights-Stevens' Subdivision
- Medbury's-Grove Lawn
- Woodward Avenue corridor
- Hamilton Avenue corridor
- Oakland Avenue area
HOA and local rules
Painting on its own does not normally need a building permit in Michigan, because the state construction code rules list painting as finish work. Parts of Highland Park are listed historic districts, so ask the Building Department whether any review applies to exterior changes at your address.