Cost to refurbish a brownstone facade
Hello Brownstoners, I just put in an accepted bid on a brownstone in bedstuy. The interior is in decent shape but the outside facade needs to be refubished. The previous owners painted it and the paint is now chipping away. Does anyone know what the average cost is to either repaint or restore the brownstone…
Hello Brownstoners,
I just put in an accepted bid on a brownstone in bedstuy. The interior is in decent shape but the outside facade needs to be refubished. The previous owners painted it and the paint is now chipping away. Does anyone know what the average cost is to either repaint or restore the brownstone facade to its original state? I’m working with a limited budget so I was wondering what the cost is for each option.
Any information would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
dave
Ooops. I meant “finding” this, of course.
Hi Drew, Thanks for founding this and updating us. I am very keen to explore the silin option. Our facade definitely needs repairs before we can paint. So my new question is, will one of the traditional re-brownstoning companies (Malek, Cecil King etc etc) be prepared to do both repairs and painting? I’m sure they’ll try to persuade me to do the re-brownstoning but would you be confident that they would know how to handle the silin? And how does one describe the repairs needed so that they don’t insist on doing a complete re-brownstoning? I have trouble imagining Cecil King — who repointed the back of our house last year — being prepared to put up his scaffold for less than $5k. Who are using (if you don’t mind sharing) to paint your house — just a regular house painter?
I have stilll only painted a sample of my facade with the silin masonry paint (cathedralstone.com). But the sample looks great, shows the texture of the stone and looks a lot like natural brownstone. It will also never peel or chip and does allow moisture transfer. I was quoted $30K by A Malek to completely resurface our 3 story, 20′ wide brownstone. I spent around $3K to have the front patched (including repairing some detail), and I’m getting it painted for around $1K. The paint is only available from the source in Maryland, but their customer service is great and you can order a color chart and samples. Some people have scoffed at me promoting this route for facades, but given the extreme difference in price, and the fact that this paint is pretty cool, I’m confident that this was the right choice for me. Even if it ends up not to your liking, you could resurface in a couple of years and the five grand you spent is negligible.
There’s a poster on this board (Drew?) who recommends a British paint compound that is specifically formulated to bond with stone. It’s called silin, I believe, and I’d love to hear if Drew or anyone else out there has actually used it. I can’t stomach the thought of paying $35k+ to coat my house with concrete (it’s NOT new brownstone, after all) if this alternative is workable. Any comments, folks?
Dave here (Poster) The house is a three story brownstone 19′ wide. All of the exterior details are in tact. It just needs sprucing up. I’m only looking for approximate costs of repainting and refinishing with brownstone facade so that I can compare the differences in the costs of both options.
how are pic posted on this site?
depends every house is different,might be $35000 or $85000 show pictures