House painting: best exterior colors for 2025 in Florida

From house painting costs and benefits to the best time to paint your house in Florida and the colors that add more value to your property, all you need to know in 2024 to refresh the look of your home!!!

How much does it cost to paint a house in Florida in 2024?

Painting a house in Florida in 2024 may cost between $3,500 and $18,000, with most homeowners paying around $6,000 to paint a 1,500-square-foot typical single-story house with moderate prep work.

The national average can range from $4,500 up to $10,500 for 1,500 sq. ft. houses. However, according to Forbes, there are several factors that affect the price of a house painting, among them:

House size: Both, square footage and number of stories tend to increase the price of house painting.
Geographical location: High-income urban and coastal neighborhoods tend to be pricier than lower-income rural ones.
Type and quality of paints: There are different types of paints (Acrylic latex, Water-based latex, Oil-based, etc.), suitable for different applications.

Pool Paint Screen LLC always uses high-quality Sherwin-Williams products when painting houses to ensure the quality of the job.

Number of layers of paint required: Usually, two coats of paint suffice to obtain good results. But sometimes, you will need more coats of paint, i.e., if you want to paint a darker color with a lighter shade.
Walls condition: If they need previous cleaning or repairs.
Material needed: Such as paint brushes, ladders, paint pans, scaffolds, rollers, tape, etc. All of them increase the costs.
Prep work required: For instance, moving furniture.
Labor: In Florida, professional painters usually charge $2.50 to $5.50 per sq. ft., or $25 to $125 per hour, or $200 to $500 per day, to paint a house.

However, all these prices are just a reference. If you need to paint your house, the best you can do is to use an online calculator or ask a reliable painting company for a free estimate.

What are the main benefits of painting your house?

Among the main benefits of painting your house are the following:

Catches new trendy aesthetics: Improves the look and feel of your home while augmenting the external appeal of your house.
Increases the value of your property: Whether you want to stay and live in it or are looking to sell it, painting your house will add a lot of value to your property. Some realtor and painting sources indicate that exterior painting yields up to 55% ROI (Return-On-Investment) while internal painting can yield up to 107% ROI.
Enhances the protection against elements: If you paint your property with the appropriate products, your house will obtain enhanced protection against weather and biological factors such as UV rays, rain, moisture, salt water, dust, dirt, molds, insects and other pests.
Improves indoor air quality: New types of paints have little or no volatile organic compounds (VOC), which assures better indoor air quality, compared with old paints.
Identifies structural damages: While painting your house, you (or your contractor) can identify structural damages due to weather factors (i.e., moisture bubbles and pockets), biological agents (i.e., insect nests) or chemical substances (i.e., pool water chlorine vapors) and repair them before the damage grow or spread.
Prevents staining and peeling: A new coat of paint will prevent the wall surfaces from fading, staining and peeling. On the other hand, a new layer of paint will cover any surface cracks and other imperfections.

Is it worth it to paint your house yourself?

The short answer: It depends. If you have enough skills, all the proper equipment and materials, then it is worth it to paint your house yourself. But, if you lack experience, the appropriate equipment or don’t have enough time, then it is better to hire a professional painter.

Some factors you must take into account are:

House height and accessibility: Multi-story houses require long ladders, scaffolds, long arm rollers, and other special equipment to be painted. This also must be considered if you are going to paint external roofs or internal ceilings.
Equipment, tools and other materials: Do you have the paint brushes, rollers, tape, paint trays, buckets, drop clothes and cover to protect carpets and furniture? If you already own them, it is OK. But if you don’t have them, then you will need to buy or rent them, which will increase the costs.
Prep work: How much prep work is required? How much heavy furniture will you need to move? How is the wall surface condition? Do they need repairs or priming? Is it necessary to remove old paints or wallpapers?

If you have enough time, experience, proper equipment and materials, it is worth it to paint your house yourself. But, if you lack some of those items, or you own a big house, it could be better to hire a professional painter or reliable painting company to do the job.

Is it better to roll or spray paint?

Both rolling and spraying are effective methods to paint your house. We will present here their main features, pros and cons, and then you decide which option is the best for your particular case.

According to the Pool Paint Screen LLC expertise, along with The Paint People, Proline Range Hoods, The Spruce, and other painting experts' opinion, some of the main features of rollers and sprayers are:

Table 1. Roller vs. Sprayer – Main features, pros and cons comparison

Feature	Roller	Sprayer
Preparation time	Short preparation time [*Pro*]	Longer than roller [*Con*]
Application time	Longer than sprayer [*Con*]	Much faster than roller [*Pro*]
Painting accuracy	More accurate but will need a small brush to paint the corners and details [*Pro*]	Need to mask everything you don’t want to be sprayed [*Con*]
Painting spreading	Paints the interior surfaces evenly but is not very accurate with some exterior or textured surfaces such as brick or cement walls [*Con*]	Paints both the interior and exterior evenly, reaching corners, grooves and irregular surfaces, such as brick or cement walls [*Pro*]
Purchasing Costs	Cheaper than sprayers [*Pro*]	Higher than rollers (from $100 up to $300+) [*Con*]
Functionality	Simpler and user-friendly, ideal for DIYs [*Pro*]	Can malfunction and are not very beginner-friendly [*Con*]
Paint usage	More efficient than sprayer (save paint) [*Pro*]	Uses about one-third more paint than rolling [*Con*]
To paint ceilings	Harder than sprayer [*Con*]	Easier than roller [*Pro*]
Clean-up	Easier to clean up [*Pro*]	More difficult to clean up [*Con*]

Following this analysis, Pool Paint Screen LLC recommends:

Table 2. When to use roller and when to use sprayer

Use Roller	Use Sprayer
Mainly in interiors, especially if the house is occupied	Mainly in the exteriors, and interiors (if the house is empty)
When you don’t want to move or mask everything	If prep work and moving or masking things and furniture are not an issue
If you are only painting smooth walls	If you are painting ceilings, irregular or textured surfaces (such as brick or cement walls), corners and grooves
If you are a DIY beginner painter	If you have enough skills and experience with sprayers
If you want to save prep and cleaning time	If prep and/or cleaning time is not an issue
If you have a lot of time to spend painting your house	If you want to paint your property faster
If you want to keep within the budget	If you can afford higher costs

What’s the best time of year to paint a house in Florida?

The best time of year to paint a house in Florida is winter. The second best season to paint your house in Florida is spring.

During the winter season, the weather in Florida offers the best conditions to paint your house, with low humidity, calm winds, no rains, and good temperatures. All of these will help you to prevent bubbles, moisture and other impurities when painting.

The spring season in Florida is not optimal but still offers minimal conditions to paint your house, provided you avoid the rain. Other seasons are not recommended for painting your house due to rising temperatures, humidity levels, stronger winds and rain.

More rains and higher humidity levels can lead to water or moisture accumulation below the paint layers, which will ruin your job. Higher temperatures and stronger winds will lead to higher and uneven evaporation, diminishing the quality of your paint coats and the aesthetic of your house.

For all those reasons, January to March is the best time to paint your house in Florida, whether DIY or hire a professional painting contractor.

What are the best colors to paint a house in Florida?

The latest market trends and homeowners surveys suggest the best colors to paint a house in Florida are neutral warm colors (such as taupe, beiges, tans and gold) for interiors and neutral cold colors (light grays and beiges), adequately combined with dark tones (black, dark grays, navy blue), for exteriors.

Pool Paint Screen LLC recommends following the 3-color rule when painting exteriors:

60% (Usually, the body of the house) - One color: light grays, beiges.
30% (The garage and trim) – One color: black, dark gray, navy blue.
10% (The accents, doors and shutters) - One color: black, dark grays, navy blue.

For interiors, everything depends on each space of the house, but the colors that more value add to your property are:

Kitchens and dining rooms: light grays, light blues, gray blues recommended.
Bathrooms: light blues, light lavender blue, light grays are recommended.
Living rooms: beiges, taupe, oatmeal, tans, golds are recommended.