The NYC Painting Company serves Upper East Side, NY for interior painting, exterior painting and cabinet painting, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (917) 970-7431 or text a photo of the job.
Interior & Exterior Painting services in Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is mostly apartments: pre-war co-ops on Park and Fifth Avenues, post-war white brick buildings east of Third, and townhouses on the side streets. Painting in a co-op here is as much about the building as the walls. Many boards ask for a certificate of insurance before a painter may enter, and they set work hours, service elevator times and rules for protecting halls and lobbies. Pre-war apartments have plaster walls, high ceilings, picture rails, deep crown molding and doors with decades of paint on them. A good finish needs skim coating, sanding and careful priming, and old paint should be treated as possibly containing lead. Post-war units are easier, with flatter walls and lower ceilings. On townhouses we paint doors, ironwork, window trim and cornices, which take a beating from freezing winters and humid summers.
Neighborhoods we cover in Upper East Side
- Carnegie Hill
- Lenox Hill
- Yorkville
- Park Avenue
- East End Avenue
- Fifth Avenue
Building and landmark rules
Painting does not need a Department of Buildings permit in New York City. Much of the neighborhood near Central Park sits in the Upper East Side Historic District or the Carnegie Hill district. On a landmarked building, changing an exterior color or painting bare masonry needs a permit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission first. Interior painting of an apartment does not.