Marietta, Cobb County
Painting historic and postwar houses in Marietta
Marietta has six historic districts and more renters than owners. Both shape how we plan a paint job here, from the review paperwork to the move-out date.
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Updated October 2026
Short answer
Marietta painting splits between historic houses and everyday rentals. The city has six historic districts, and its Historic Board of Review treats repainting in the historic district as work that needs a certificate of approval. Citywide, 52.8% of occupied homes are rented, so turnover repaints and exteriors on 1980s houses make up most of the other jobs.
Homes in Marietta
Greek Revival, late Victorian and a lot of 1980s
Marietta was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1852, and it is the Cobb County seat. In November 1864 General Hugh Kilpatrick set the town ablaze. Today the city has six historic districts, among them Church-Cherokee Streets, Whitlock Avenue, Washington Avenue and Northwest Marietta.
The Northwest Marietta Historic District alone covers 230 acres along Kennesaw Avenue and Whitlock Avenue, with Late Victorian, Greek Revival and Plantation Plain houses dated from about 1838 to about 1895. Wood siding, porches, brackets and tall windows on houses that age need hand scraping and careful priming, and the city's design guidelines ask for color schemes that reflect the period and style of the building.
Beyond the districts, census estimates show 25.6% of Marietta's homes built in the 1980s and 15.3% in the 1950s and 1960s combined. Detached houses are 42.8% of the stock, and 52.8% of occupied homes are rented.
Work we do here
Marietta jobs, from porch brackets to rental turnovers
Wood & Fiber Cement Siding Painting
Wood lap siding on 19th-century houses hand scraped, primed and brushed, not just sprayed.
Exterior Trim, Soffit & Fascia Painting
Porch brackets, spindles, cornices and window casing on late Victorian houses.
Wood Rot Repair Before Painting
Rotted sills, porch floors and column bases repaired so primer goes onto sound wood.
Color Consultation
Period-suited color schedules and samples prepared for a Historic Board of Review application.
Brick Painting & Limewash
Brick outside the districts painted or limewashed; inside them, unpainted masonry generally stays unpainted.
Rental Turnover Painting
Rented houses and apartments patched and repainted between leases.
Scheduling
Scheduling Marietta work around the review board
Marietta jobs are planned from our Tucker office. If your house falls under the Historic Board of Review, the certificate of approval comes before exterior dates, and we can supply the color samples the application asks for. Rentals are booked around move-out dates, and interior work anywhere in the city can go ahead while you wait on a board decision.
Questions
Painting questions from Marietta
The city says its Historic Board of Review issues certificates of approval for exterior work in the historic district, including repainting, and that the rule covers exteriors only. Call the city to confirm whether your address is covered.
The city's design guidelines say exterior masonry should not be painted unless it was historically painted or is already painted. Outside the review area, brick painting and limewash are both options we can price.
No. We remove loose and failing paint by hand, feather the edges and spot-prime bare wood. Sound old paint stays, since stripping to bare wood is rarely needed for a lasting repaint.
Yes. We patch, seal stains and repaint walls, trim and doors between leases, for a single house or several units in one building.
Ready when you are
Painting an old house or a rental in Marietta?
Call any hour, tell us the address and whether it is in a historic district, and we will set up the walk-through.