Elgin, Illinois · Kane County
Trusted House & Commercial Painters in Elgin, IL
Free written estimate · no pressure
Free estimate
Itemized, in writing
Two coats
Brand & line named
Clean every day
Floors & furniture covered
2-yr warranty
In writing
About Our Elgin, IL Painting Services
Meet Your Local Painting Company
Elgin is the biggest town we work in and has the widest range of houses. On the east side are the historic districts, Gifford Park, Spring-Douglas and the Elgin Historic District, full of homes built from the 1880s into the 1920s, back when the watch factory was running. Around Lords Park and Wing Park are established neighborhoods of older and mid-century homes. On the far west side it's a different town, with newer subdivisions like West Point Gardens, the golf course homes at Bowes Creek, and Edgewater, the 55 and older community.
Level Best is owned and run locally. The owner prices your job, our crews do the work, and he walks it with you at the end. We're run from Huntley, with our office in Crystal Lake, about 20 minutes from Elgin. We cover South Elgin too.
Because the houses are so different, we don't price Elgin by the square foot. We look at the house in front of us and write down exactly what it needs. You get that in writing, with the prep, coats and paint line spelled out.
Serving all of Elgin (60120, 60123, 60124) in Kane County, plus South Elgin.
Interior House Painters of Elgin, IL
Inside a Gifford Park or Spring-Douglas house, you'll usually find plaster walls, tall baseboards, and woodwork that has been painted many times. The prep is most of the job. We fill and tape cracks, sand the trim to a sound surface, and prime before two coats. Old trim with a lot of layers can have lead in the paint, and if your home was built before 1978, we'll explain at the estimate how federal rules affect how we prep it.
On the west side, the work is usually a first move off the builder's colors. West Point Gardens is still being built, and many homes there are only a few years old. Edgewater and Bowes Creek owners often want a fresh interior on a schedule they can count on. We patch, caulk, prime the color changes, and paint two coats with hand-cut lines. Floors get covered, and the house is put back together every evening.
Edgewater homeowners often want the work done neatly and on schedule, with as little disruption as possible. That's how we run every job. We tell you the start date and who's coming, cover what needs covering, keep the work area tidy, and clean up every day. If you're away for part of the winter, we can plan the work around that too.
Exterior House Painters of Elgin, IL
East side exteriors are old wood. Clapboard, porch columns, spindles and layered trim. These houses need hand prep. We wash, sand and prime wherever the old finish has failed, prime any bare wood, and re-caulk every joint before color goes on. A three-color Victorian has many more cut lines than a ranch, and that's where the time goes. We'll talk through the lead rules for pre-1978 paint at the estimate so you know what to expect.
Around Lords Park and Wing Park, a lot of the mid-century homes are brick, and the job is the trim, soffits, doors and garage door. Out west, newer homes usually don't need a full repaint yet, but front doors, shutters and trim fade and crack first. A trim and accents job keeps them looking right for far less than painting the whole house.
Fox Valley summers are humid, which feeds mildew on shaded walls and slows drying. We paint May through early October and watch the weather closely. Call by late winter for a summer slot.
Old porches are their own job. Columns, railings, spindles, the porch ceiling and the floor all get different prep and different products. A porch floor needs a paint made for foot traffic, and a porch ceiling is often a color owners care about. We list the porch on its own line so you can see what it takes.
Cabinet Painters in Elgin, IL
The maple and oak kitchens out west in Bowes Creek and Edgewater are good candidates for paint. The boxes are sound and the color is dated. We take off the doors and drawer fronts and label them, degrease and sand everything, use a bonding primer, and spray a cabinet enamel. Boxes are masked and done in place. Plan on three to five days. On an older east side kitchen with many coats on it, we'll tell you honestly whether the cabinets are worth painting.
While the doors are out of the kitchen, you can still use it. The boxes are open for a few days, but the counters, sink and stove work. We'll show you the color and sheen on a sample door first, and we'll ask about hardware early so any new holes get filled or drilled before primer.
Drywall Repair in Elgin, IL
Elgin gives us every kind of wall repair. In Gifford Park and the historic districts it's plaster, with spider cracks, soft spots and old remodels where drywall meets plaster in the middle of a wall. Most of it can be stabilized, patched and skimmed without tearing anything out. Around Lords Park and Wing Park it's aging tape seams and decades of patches. On the west side it's settling cracks and nail pops in newer homes.
Ice dams and old radiator or pipe leaks leave ceiling stains all over town. We seal those with stain-blocking primer before paint. Every repair is finished the way a painter finishes it, texture matched and painted to a natural break, so there's no ghost square on the wall. Landlords can hand us a whole turnover punch list for one visit.
Elgin, IL Commercial Painters
We paint for Elgin businesses and property owners too. Downtown storefronts along the river, offices, shops on the commercial corridors, and multi-unit rental buildings. We start with a site walk, give you a written proposal, and work around your hours or your tenants. Rental turnovers can be patched and painted in one trip so the unit gets back on the market fast.
Older buildings downtown often have wood trim, metal doors and brick that's been painted before. Each one needs its own prep and its own product, and we spell that out in the proposal. For multi-unit buildings, we can work one unit or one hallway at a time so tenants aren't shut out of their homes.
What Sets Us Apart?
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Free Estimate
We come out, look at the job with you, and you get a written, itemized price. No pressure.
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Color Selection & Schedule
Pick your colors. We can help if you want it. Then we set a start date and tell you who's coming.
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Prep, Paint & Clean-Up
Our crew covers your floors, furniture and landscaping, does the prep right, puts on two coats, and cleans up every day.
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Final Walk-Through
We walk the job with you before we call it done. If something isn't right, we fix it.
What You Get With Level Best in Elgin
- Free written, itemized estimate
- Paint brand and line named on the estimate
- Two coats
- Floors, furniture and landscaping covered
- Clean up every day
- Final walk-through with you
- Locally owned, not a franchise
- 2-year workmanship warranty in writing
Painting in Elgin: Common Questions
Do you paint the older homes in Gifford Park and the historic districts?
Yes. These homes have many layers of old paint over original wood siding and detailed trim, so we plan real time for prep before any color goes on. We'll walk the house with you first and tell you plainly what the prep involves, including how federal lead rules apply to a home built before 1978.
Our house in West Point Gardens is only a few years old. Does it need paint?
Usually not the whole house. Newer siding often just needs a wash. What wears first is the painted stuff, like the front door, shutters, trim and garage door. Inside, a lot of owners are ready to move off the builder's colors. We can do either one, or both.
Can you fix the cracked plaster in our old Elgin house?
Most of the time, yes. We stabilize loose sections, tape and fill the cracks, and skim the wall smooth, then prime and paint. Keeping the plaster keeps the character of the house. If a section can't be saved, we patch it with drywall and blend it in.
I manage rentals in Elgin. Do you do turnovers?
Yes. Send us the whole list. Holes patched, texture matched, walls and trim painted, all in one visit, so you're not waiting on two contractors. We call back within 24 hours.
How long does an Elgin exterior take?
A newer two-story is about a week of working days. A Gifford Park Victorian runs longer, sometimes a lot longer, because prep and trim are most of the job. Humid days and rain can pause us. We'd rather lose a day than seal moisture under fresh paint.
Do you work in South Elgin too?
Yes. South Elgin is in our area along with all of Elgin, from the historic east side to West Point Gardens, Bowes Creek and Edgewater. We're about 20 minutes away and can usually get out for an estimate within a few days of your call.
My house was built before 1978. Does that change anything?
Yes, and it should. Federal EPA rules (the Renovation, Repair and Painting rule) require lead-safe work practices whenever more than a small area of pre-1978 paint is disturbed. That covers most of the homes near Gifford Park. At the estimate we'll tell you plainly which parts of your project fall under those rules and how we'll handle them. No painter should be scraping old paint without that conversation, so ask anyone you get a bid from the same question.
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