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Bringing Together Your HOA Community With Paint Color

Bringing Together Your HOA Community With Paint Color

It's natural that as an HOA manager, you don't want your community to look mismatched and awkward. Poorly painted common areas tend to stick out like a sore thumb, prompting neighbors to worry that this one property would tarnish the neighborhood's image and, as a result, the value of their own properties. As a homeowner's association, it's a good idea to make your community feel at ease with your color selections. You might end up with a happier and more comfortable community if you follow these few guidelines when painting your community.

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Perfect Color Combinations for Doors and Windows for Your HOA

Perfect Color Combinations for Doors and Windows for Your HOA

Painting your home in an HOA is often required every five to seven years. Maintaining a polished look is also needed, and basic upkeep is part of living in such a community. However, exterior painting isn’t enough to keep your home looking kempt, and it’s not enough to please most HOAs. Window and door trim must be maintained, and door and window paint colors must also comply with HOA painting rules. Here are some ideas that could bring out your home’s greatest features without ruffling any feathers.

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Best Non-Fading Exterior Paints

Best Non-Fading Exterior Paints

Paint fades when pigments that hold the color come in contact with a substance that breaks down that pigment such as light, ozone, or oxygen. While paint fades gradually after interior painting, exterior paints are more prone to faster color fading because of constant exposure to UV light and other factors that affect the quality and depth of the pigment. Faded exterior paint is aesthetically unappealing. It can make your home look like an eyesore, even if its construction and design are sound. And it’s important to remember that if your paint doesn’t look like new, it’s not performing as well as when it was first applied. This means fading paint is leaving your surfaces more vulnerable over time.

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