Peachtree Heights, Atlanta
Painting older houses in Peachtree Heights, East and West
Peachtree Heights spans both sides of Peachtree Road, from the creek-side streets of the West to the Duck Pond blocks of the East. These are older houses, and the paint on them has usually been layered for decades.
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Updated October 2026
Short answer
Peachtree Heights West sits on land bought in 1910 and was substantially built by 1940, while Peachtree Heights East grew from about 20 homes in 1913 to 175 by 1928. Houses of that age call for plaster repair, careful work on wood trim and sash, and exteriors that have carried many coats of paint.
Homes in Peachtree Heights
Tudor, Georgian and Regency houses on a 1910 street plan
Eretus Rivers and Walter P. Andrews promoted the West side, now on the National Register as Peachtree Heights Park, on streets laid out by the New York firm Carrere and Hastings. The houses run through the revival styles: English Tudor, Georgian, Norman, Italian and Regency, many drawn by firms such as Hentz, Reid and Adler and Pringle and Smith. East of Peachtree Road, the E. Rivers Subdivision was platted the same year and had more than 340 homes by 2008.
That range of styles changes the prep. Stucco panels between half-timbering, painted brick on a Georgian front and wood clapboard each want their own primer and their own caulk. Inside, where original plaster survives, it tends to crack at door corners and along ceilings as a house settles, and those cracks need to be opened up and patched before any color goes on, or they come back through the new paint within a season.
The land plays a part too. Peachtree Creek forms the south edge of the West side, its old streambeds are kept as parks, and the Duck Pond in the East is private ground the neighborhood association maintains. Lots near water stay damp longer, so north walls and porch ceilings usually need a mildew wash and a full day to dry before scraping starts.
Work we do here
What Peachtree Heights houses ask of a painter
Plaster Wall Repair
Settling cracks in original plaster walls and ceilings opened, patched and primed before color.
Trim, Baseboard & Door Painting
Deep casings, paneled doors and built-ins sanded back and repainted in a hard enamel.
Exterior House Painting
Clapboard, stucco and painted brick on revival houses, each primed for its own surface.
Stucco Painting
Stucco between Tudor half-timbering crack-filled and coated, with the timbers cut in by hand.
Wood Rot Repair Before Painting
Soft sills, sash and porch trim on damp, creek-side lots repaired before primer.
Pressure Washing Before Painting
Mildew and pine pollen soft-washed from shaded north walls and porch ceilings.
Scheduling
How a Peachtree Heights job gets on our calendar
We schedule Peachtree Heights work from the Tucker office. Call at any hour, tell us the street and what needs work, and we set a time to walk the house with you, inside and out. Exterior days are planned around dry spells, because creek-side lots hold moisture after rain, and plaster and trim work inside can take the wet days.
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Questions
Painting questions from Peachtree Heights
Peachtree Heights Park, the West side, is on the National Register, but Peachtree Heights is not among the landmark or historic districts on the City of Atlanta's preservation list. If you are planning a major exterior change, ask the city's Urban Design Commission staff about your address.
Usually, yes. Cracks are opened and cleaned, loose areas are reattached or patched, and the wall is skimmed and primed so the original plaster stays.
Yes. The stucco takes a breathable masonry coating and the timbers take an exterior enamel, cut in by hand where the two meet.
Yes. We paint in Peachtree Heights West and in Peachtree Heights East around the Duck Pond.
Ready when you are
Plaster cracks or tired trim in Peachtree Heights?
Call any hour, tell us which side of Peachtree Road you are on and what needs work, and we will come walk the house.