EXTERIOR PAINTING · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Exterior Painting Minneapolis MN Homes Actually Need
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Exterior painting Minneapolis homes need — because half this city is stucco and the other half is wood with ninety years of coating.
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Quick Answer
What does exterior painting cost in Minneapolis?
A Minneapolis exterior repaint usually lands between $6,000 and $12,000. A compact bungalow with straightforward lap siding can sit nearer $4,000–$7,000, while a mid-size home runs $6,000–$9,000 and a stucco Tudor or a foursquare with deep trim and multi-light sashes runs $8,000 to $12,000 and above. What moves it is the substrate and the trim count, not the floor area. The written number follows a free walkthrough of your actual elevations.
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THE SUBSTRATE SPLIT
Stucco and Wood Are Different Jobs
Most Minneapolis houses were built between 1900 and 1940, and they divide almost cleanly into two exterior types. Knowing which one you own explains most of what a quote should say.
Stucco.
South Minneapolis carries one of the largest stucco populations in the region, concentrated through Kingfield, Windom, Field, Linden Hills and out toward Fulton. Stucco has to breathe. A hard film that seals it traps moisture inside the wall, and the damage that follows is worse than the hairline cracking that prompted the project. The correct system is a breathable masonry-appropriate coating over crack repair made with a compound that flexes as the wall moves through the seasons. Anyone quoting stucco with the same product they use on siding has not looked at the house.
Wood lap siding and cedar shingle.
The classic north and northeast Minneapolis exterior, and the standard through Longfellow, Howe, Standish, Powderhorn and Nokomis. These walls are rarely bare — you are working over the fourth or fifth coat, and the boundary between what is still bonded and what is not only becomes visible after a wash. Cedar also needs a stain-blocking primer or tannin bleeds up through a light finish as rust-colored streaking.
Brick with painted trim
across all of it, where the wood elements around the masonry carry the entire scheme.
And every one of them has trim.
Brackets, dentil courses, rafter tails, porch columns and divided-light sash are hand work, at a pace no equipment changes. On this housing stock the trim is frequently the larger half of the labor.
THE WOOD
What a Century of Freeze–Thaw Does to Trim
This metro runs roughly thirty freeze–thaw cycles a year. Water finds an open joint, freezes, widens it, and lets more in on the next thaw. Over ninety years that mechanism concentrates its damage in predictable places, and those are the places our estimator checks by hand rather than from the sidewalk.
Window sills.
Horizontal, weather-facing and usually the oldest untouched wood on the house.
Fascia ends and corner boards.
End grain drinks water; end grain that has never been sealed drinks it every spring.
Porch columns at their bases
and the step stringers beneath them.
Soffit at the low points
where a roof plane sheds onto it.
Sash rails on the older double-hungs
especially on south and west elevations. Where wood is sound it gets scraped back to a firm edge, feathered, primed and coated. Where it is soft it is repaired or replaced, and that decision is made and priced at the walkthrough rather than discovered by a crew on a ladder in week two. Restoration work is normal on a house of this age — its absence from a quote is a warning, not a saving.
WHERE WE WORK IN THE CITY
Exteriors Across Minneapolis
Durahome works the whole city, and the conditions genuinely shift as you cross it.
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OUR COMMITMENT
We also take on commercial exteriors — storefronts, facades and multi-unit buildings — with the same crews.
NO SURPRISES
The Estimate, and the Standard Behind It
What you get in writing and the quality standards backing our exterior scope.
Complete written scope and pricing guarantees.
Every elevation named. The substrate for each. The prep specified surface by surface — washing, crack repair or scraping, sanding, wood repair, caulking, priming. The products and coat counts. Protection for beds, plantings and walkways. A start date and an expected finish, with the crew on site daily until it is done. The warranty term, and anything you have chosen to defer written down as excluded. If we misjudged the scope, we absorb it. The only thing that changes the figure is you adding work, agreed in writing before anyone touches it.
Stable crews, liability coverage and warranties.
Behind that: a stable crew — around 90% of our painters stayed with the company last year, most with close to a decade of experience — full general liability and workers' compensation, and a job that is not finished until you have walked it yourself. A written warranty of two to five years depending on scope follows, plus a 30-day touch-up window.
What Homeowners Say
4.8 stars across 140+ Google reviews, earned over 2,500-plus projects since 2016.
Proud to maintain a 4.8-star rating on Google across the Twin Cities.
LOCAL EXPERTS
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Earl Grey Stucco Exterior
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Curio Gray Stucco Exterior
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Hale Navy Kitchen Cabinets
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Ripe Olive Accent Fireplace
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Alabaster & Blue Cruise Exterior
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🎨 PALETTE USED:
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🎨 PALETTE USED:
Natural Cedar
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Smoky Blue & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
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Pure White Foyer & Living
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🎨 PALETTE USED:
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Shiitake (SW 9173)
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Tempe Star Stairwell & Entry
🎨 PALETTE USED:
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Lodge Brown Deck Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Lodge Brown (SW 3007)
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Curio Gray Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Curio Gray (SW 0024)
Alabaster (SW 7008)
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Pure White Vaulted Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
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Hale Navy Kitchen Cabinets
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hale Navy (BM HC-154)
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Ripe Olive Accent Fireplace
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Alabaster & Blue Cruise Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Alabaster (SW 7008)
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Clary Sage Living Room
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Clary Sage (SW 6178)
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Fashionable Gray & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Fashionable Gray (SW 6275)
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Suburban Cedar Fence Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Natural Cedar
Dovetail Charcoal
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Smoky Blue & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Smoky Blue (SW 7604)
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Pure White Foyer & Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
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Creamy (SW 7012)
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Gray Owl Dining Room
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Gray Owl (OC-52)
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Black Fox & White Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Black Fox (SW 7020)
Extra White (SW 7006)
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Charles Olive-Tan Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Charles Tan/Green
Charles Black
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Hunter Green Study & Lounge
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hunter Green (BM 2041-10)
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Iron Ore Kitchen Island
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Iron Ore (SW 7069)
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Earl Grey Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Earl Grey (SW 7660)
Tricorn Black (SW 6258)
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Sanderling & Shiitake Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Sanderling (SW 7513)
Shiitake (SW 9173)
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Tempe Star Stairwell & Entry
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Tempe Star (SW 6229)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Lodge Brown Deck Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Lodge Brown (SW 3007)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Curio Gray Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Curio Gray (SW 0024)
Alabaster (SW 7008)
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Pure White Vaulted Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
Natural Pine Trim
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Hale Navy Kitchen Cabinets
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hale Navy (BM HC-154)
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Ripe Olive Accent Fireplace
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Ripe Olive (SW 6209)
Pure White Walls
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Alabaster & Blue Cruise Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Alabaster (SW 7008)
Blue Cruise (SW 7606)
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Clary Sage Living Room
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Clary Sage (SW 6178)
Soft Cream Trim
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Fashionable Gray & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Fashionable Gray (SW 6275)
Extra White Siding
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Suburban Cedar Fence Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Natural Cedar
Dovetail Charcoal
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Smoky Blue & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Smoky Blue (SW 7604)
Extra White Trim
Interiors📍 Eden Prairie, MN
🔍
Pure White Foyer & Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
Natural Oak Trim
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Creamy Kitchen Cabinets
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Creamy (SW 7012)
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Gray Owl Dining Room
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Gray Owl (OC-52)
Pure White Trim
Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Black Fox & White Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Black Fox (SW 7020)
Extra White (SW 7006)
Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Charles Olive-Tan Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Charles Tan/Green
Charles Black
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Hunter Green Study & Lounge
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hunter Green (BM 2041-10)
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Iron Ore Kitchen Island
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Iron Ore (SW 7069)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Earl Grey Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Earl Grey (SW 7660)
Tricorn Black (SW 6258)
Exteriors📍 Bloomington, MN
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Sanderling & Shiitake Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Sanderling (SW 7513)
Shiitake (SW 9173)
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Tempe Star Stairwell & Entry
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Tempe Star (SW 6229)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Lodge Brown Deck Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Lodge Brown (SW 3007)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Curio Gray Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Curio Gray (SW 0024)
Alabaster (SW 7008)
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Pure White Vaulted Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
Natural Pine Trim
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Hale Navy Kitchen Cabinets
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hale Navy (BM HC-154)
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Ripe Olive Accent Fireplace
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Ripe Olive (SW 6209)
Pure White Walls
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Alabaster & Blue Cruise Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Alabaster (SW 7008)
Blue Cruise (SW 7606)
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Clary Sage Living Room
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Clary Sage (SW 6178)
Soft Cream Trim
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Fashionable Gray & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Fashionable Gray (SW 6275)
Extra White Siding
Exteriors📍 Roseville, MN
🔍
Suburban Cedar Fence Staining
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Natural Cedar
Dovetail Charcoal
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
🔍
Smoky Blue & White Siding
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Smoky Blue (SW 7604)
Extra White Trim
Interiors📍 Eden Prairie, MN
🔍
Pure White Foyer & Living
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Pure White (SW 7005)
Natural Oak Trim
Interiors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Creamy Kitchen Cabinets
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Creamy (SW 7012)
Interiors📍 Edina, MN
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Gray Owl Dining Room
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Gray Owl (OC-52)
Pure White Trim
Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Black Fox & White Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Black Fox (SW 7020)
Extra White (SW 7006)
Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN
🔍
Charles Olive-Tan Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Charles Tan/Green
Charles Black
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Hunter Green Study & Lounge
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Hunter Green (BM 2041-10)
Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN
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Iron Ore Kitchen Island
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Iron Ore (SW 7069)
Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN
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Earl Grey Stucco Exterior
🎨 PALETTE USED:
Earl Grey (SW 7660)
Tricorn Black (SW 6258)
Common Questions
Minneapolis Exterior Painting Questions Questions
Clear answers for homeowners planning exterior house painting in Minneapolis.
EXTERIOR PAINTING, MINNEAPOLIS
Book Your Free Minneapolis Walkthrough
An estimator reads the stucco or the wood, checks every sill and fascia end by hand, and leaves you with an itemized written price and a real start date.
THE PROCESS
The Estimate Path
01
Request Online
Fill out our simple 2-step estimate form (takes under 60 seconds).
02
No-Surprise Guarantee
Receive a clear, written proposal with zero hidden fees or surprises.
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Enjoy Your Finish
Our experienced crews apply weather-resistant coatings selected for Minnesota conditions.