Painting in Kendall County, from Oswego to Montgomery

Kendall County counted 131,869 residents in 2020, up 14.9 percent in ten years, the fastest growth in the region, and Oswego alone went from about five thousand people in 1990 to more than thirty-four thousand. That means a very large number of houses built in the 1990s and 2000s are reaching the age when exteriors, decks and builder-grade interiors all need attention.

The work here is less about old plaster and more about preparation on newer materials: oak trim that needs a stain-blocking primer before it goes white, fiber cement and cedar trim that need re-caulking at the joints, and treated decks that need cleaning and the right stain.

Newer homes in Kendall County often have fiber cement or vinyl siding with wood or composite trim, so exterior work is usually trim, doors and garage doors rather than full siding repaints. Inside, the common projects are whole-house color changes, oak trim and stair rails, and finished basements that were never painted properly the first time.