A properly-prepped coat of exterior paint protects your siding and trim from South Texas sun and storms — and it’s the fastest way to change how your home looks.
Paint is more than color — it’s a protective layer between your siding, trim, and San Antonio’s UV and moisture. Cracked, fading, or peeling paint lets both in, which shortens the life of the siding underneath it.
Holmes handles the ladder work and the surface prep — the part that actually determines how long a paint job lasts — using trusted coatings like Sherwin-Williams. Every project ends with a written quote.
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Paint that’s lost its color, or leaves a chalky residue on your hand, has stopped protecting the surface underneath it.
Bubbling and peeling paint means moisture is already getting behind it — the surface needs attention before it spreads.
Exposed wood at trim and corners, or cracked caulk lines, are entry points for South Texas humidity.
Almost every exterior paint job that fails early fails for the same reason: somebody rolled a fresh color onto a surface that was never ready for it. Prep is scraping off what is already letting go, sanding back the edges so the new coat has something to hold, caulking the joints that have opened up, and priming bare wood before a finish coat goes anywhere near it.
That sequence is most of the labor and none of the glamour, and it decides whether a house still looks sharp in several years or starts flaking on the sunny elevation. Holmes does the ladder work and the prep, then puts on trusted coatings like Sherwin-Williams.
Stucco is part of what Holmes handles on the outside of a house, alongside painting. It is worth mentioning when you call, because a stucco elevation and a wood-trim elevation are not the same walk-around and not the same conversation about what a coating will and won’t fix.
Tell us what your walls actually are — stucco, wood, fiber-cement, a mix — and we will give you a straight read on the surface in front of us. If what you are describing turns out to be a siding problem wearing a paint problem’s clothes, we would rather say so than sell you a coat over it.
Every Holmes job opens with a free, no-obligation estimate. On an exterior repaint, that means walking the whole envelope rather than eyeballing the front from the curb: the condition of the existing coating on each elevation, the caulk lines around windows and doors, trim and fascia for bare or soft wood, and anywhere the surface has already started chalking or lifting.
You get it in writing. Then you get the honest version: what needs doing, what can reasonably wait a season, and what is fine. Nothing gets added that you don’t need.
Get it itemized. Scraping, sanding, caulking and priming should be named in the scope, not implied by a low number. A quote that only counts coats is not really a quote.
Texas issues no statewide roofing license, so local checks are the ones that count. Holmes holds San Antonio contractor registration HIC-24-00928 and carries General Liability & Workers’ Compensation.
A contractor who never talks anybody out of anything is a salesman. Ask whether they will tell you the walls can wait another year — and whether that answer will be in writing.
A coating protects what is under it; it does not repair it. If moisture is getting behind the wall from somewhere above, the new finish will fail in exactly the same spot the old one did, on roughly the same schedule.
Being a roofing company first is genuinely useful here. While we are on the ladders we can see the roof edge, the fascia, and whether the gutters are throwing water down a wall instead of away from it — and we will tell you. Fix the cause, then paint. You can see everything we cover under roofing and home exteriors.
This is a family-owned, owner-operated company, based in Selma, TX. Joshua Holmes brings 20+ years of roofing and contracting experience. The company is a GAF Certified contractor, registered with the City of San Antonio (HIC-24-00928), fully insured — General Liability & Workers’ Compensation — and rated 5.0 on Google.
Our own site says it plainly: “We believe that honesty is the foundation of trust. This belief is why we never upsell unnecessary services or push products.” Financing is available through our Synchrony Financial partnership, which is worth raising while the written quote is still in front of you.
From our Selma base we cover the San Antonio metro and the surrounding communities. Not sure whether your street is in range? One call settles it. We answer Monday through Saturday, 8am to 8pm, and we are closed Sunday — call (210) 440-1013 or send the request form, and we will coordinate a look within 24 hours.
We use trusted coatings like Sherwin-Williams, chosen to hold up to San Antonio’s heat, UV, and humidity.
Prep is most of the job — scraping, sanding, caulking, and priming before a single coat goes on. That’s what determines whether a paint job lasts a few years or a decade.
No — Holmes focuses on exterior painting only.
We serve San Antonio, Selma, Schertz, Cibolo, Converse, Live Oak, Universal City, Windcrest, Kirby, Castle Hills, Castroville, Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, Leon Valley, Helotes, Boerne, Bulverde, Spring Branch, Garden Ridge, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Seguin, San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Georgetown, Round Rock, and Pflugerville. We're based in Selma, TX. Call (210) 440-1013, Monday-Saturday, 8am-8pm (closed Sunday), to schedule.
Yes — stucco is part of what Holmes handles on the exterior. Mention it when you call so we bring the right read to the walk-around.
No. The visit and the written estimate are free and carry no obligation, and the quote is written before any work begins.
We respond and coordinate a visit within 24 hours of your call. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 8am to 8pm, closed Sunday — the number is (210) 440-1013.
Yes, and that is the point of looking first. We tell you what is fine, what needs attention, and what can wait — nothing gets added that you don’t need.
Texas issues no statewide roofing license, so the meaningful checks are local ones. Holmes is registered with the City of San Antonio as HIC-24-00928, is a GAF Certified contractor, and carries General Liability and Workers’ Compensation coverage.
Yes. Holmes finances through Synchrony Financial, and approval is based on you rather than on the type of work — once you are approved, it applies to your project. Ask about it while your written quote is still on the table.
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