Five years

A fresh coat looks like a good job on the day it goes on. It looks like a good job a month later too, and that is the window most repaints are ever really judged in. By the time a difference shows, the crew has been gone for years and nobody connects the two things.

Five years moves the judgment to the far end of that. It is long enough that the work has to survive five Hampton Roads summers, five winters of movement, and whatever the salt air does in between — and it means the company that did the work is still the one answering for it at the point where the answer stops being flattering.

Paint does not fail because of paint. It fails at the edges that were not caulked, over the caulk that was painted instead of cut out, on the chalk that was not primed, and under the mildew that was washed off but never treated. All of that is decided in the days before any color goes on, and none of it is visible afterwards.

A company that skips those days cannot afford a long warranty, because it will be back doing the job again at its own cost. So the length is not a marketing decision. It is the preparation sequence written down as a number, and it is the same argument the rest of this site makes.

It started at one year. Nate raised it to five because he is confident in the work, which is the only honest reason to move a number like this one.

They are not restated on this page, and that is deliberate. A warranty paraphrased on a website and a warranty printed on the document you sign need to be the same thing, and the moment they are not, the website is the version somebody quotes back at you.

Your written estimate is specific to your house and your scope. Ask Nate about it at the walkthrough, before you decide anything — it is a fair question, and a better one to ask early than late.