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The rear elevation carries most of the non masonry cladding here, and it is the wall nobody walks.
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Your neighbor, not a drive out contractor
Michael lives and works in this neighborhood, so he has seen these streets in every kind of light. Hidden Forest houses share a covenant, a build era and a driveway rule, and all three decide where the paint on your house actually is and which wall fails first.
Michael Hernandez owns this company, bids the work himself, and runs it from 12719 Vidorra Vista Dr in this pocket of 78216. Your house is minutes from where he already is.
What we know
The recorded covenants decide the build era, the cladding and where the paintable wall sits.
The recorded covenants were executed in December 1974, with plats at Bexar County Volume 7200 Pages 65 to 70 and Volume 7500 Page 100. A pre 1975 house is not possible in these units. Most went up from 1975 into the early 1980s.
Section 5 requires a minimum 75 percent masonry measured only on the first floor, up to the top of first floor window height, front and two sides. On a two story house the paintable wall sits above that line. That is an access job, not a square footage job.
The covenant says it outright. Seventy five percent masonry does not mean seventy five percent bare brick, so a fully compliant Hidden Forest house can be largely stucco, and stucco takes paint. We repair it before we coat it.
The masonry minimum covers the front and two sides only, so the non masonry cladding legally concentrates on the back of the house. That wall is usually the most weathered on the property, so we start our walk there.
No paint or color clause appears anywhere in the recorded covenants. The architectural committee singles out roofs for color or material approval and says like for like replacement needs none. We will not offer to file paperwork that does not exist.
Tell us what you are thinking about painting and Michael will come out, walk it with you and put a detailed bid in writing. No charge, no pressure. Every project carries a 2 year written warranty and $1,000,000 in liability coverage.
The wall that fails first
Section 7 puts driveways on the west side of north and south facing lots, and the north side of east and west facing lots. Street after street the garage door, garage flank and driveway elevation take the full west afternoon sun. That is what fails first.
It depends on the elevation more than the house. That one wall works harder than any other and asks for attention before the north and east elevations do. Catching it early beats repainting everything late.
Why Hidden Forest neighbors call us
Michael Hernandez owns this company, works out of this neighborhood, and is the one who walks your project with you. Every project carries a 2 year written transferable warranty of quality and $1,000,000 in liability insurance.
Trusted by Hidden Forest neighbors and San Antonio families since 2003. We are quickest to the surrounding 78216 area off Blanco between Wurzbach Parkway and Bitters.
In their words
We just used Michael Hernandez with Value House Painting. His crew is great and pays attention to details!
I would like to take a few minutes to thank you for a job well done. The interior painting looks amazing. Your crews that did the work were very professional, courteous and most of all diligent. Michael, you were our first appointment out of three that we made. We just knew that we couldn't move forward with anyone else.
What we do here
In Hidden Forest we handle interior painting, exterior painting and commercial painting, and we take on cabinet painting and refinishing or popcorn ceiling removal as standalone jobs. Everything we do is listed on the Value House Painting home page, and you can reach Michael on the contact page.
We work across the city from here. Minutes away in Castle Hills the code never names stucco and measures masonry across the whole wall, so those houses are usually real brick or stone, while Hollywood Park writes stucco into its rule the way this covenant does.
The garage flank, the driveway elevation and everything above the first floor window line. Stucco repair, wood rot and siding repair, trim and doors, prepped and coated properly.
See the prep that makes it last
Walls, trim, doors and crown molding. Kitchen and bathroom cabinets degreased, sanded, primed and refinished. Popcorn ceilings scraped and retextured, with covering and protection first.
See what happens before the color
Nail pops, settling cracks, water stained ceilings and old wallpaper. We repair, then match orange peel, knockdown or hand texture so the patch disappears under the new coat.
See how the ceiling comes downStraight answers
No. The recorded Hidden Forest covenants contain no paint or color clause at all. The architectural committee's own page says replacing an existing structure with like materials needs no prior approval, and singles out only roofs for color or material approval.
Because of where the driveway had to go. Section 7 puts driveways on the west side of north and south facing lots, and the north side of east and west facing lots. That aims the garage wall straight at the west afternoon sun.
Often stucco. The covenant requires 75 percent masonry on the first floor, front and two sides, and states that masonry includes stucco. A compliant house here can be mostly stucco rather than bare brick. Michael can tell you which on site.
It depends on the elevation more than the house. The west facing driveway side works harder than any other wall and asks for attention before the north and east elevations do. Catching that one early beats repainting everything late.
Yes. We are a San Antonio painting company that happens to be based in Hidden Forest, and we work across the city. We are quickest to the surrounding 78216 area off Blanco between Wurzbach Parkway and Bitters.
A walk around with Michael, starting on the west facing driveway elevation and the rear wall. Then cleaning, scraping, stucco repair, wood rot and siding repair, caulking, priming where needed, and finish coats on walls, trim, doors and garage door.
Value you can count on
Tell us what you are thinking about painting and Michael will come out, walk it with you and put a detailed bid in writing. No charge, no obligation.
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