House Painting in San Antonio, TX

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Living room before painting, neutral tones
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We Paint Everything

From King William and Monte Vista historic bungalows to Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills two-stories, Stone Oak and Alamo Ranch HOAs on the north side, Helotes Hill Country ranch homes, JBSA-Lackland and Fort Sam Houston military-rental turnover, and Pipe Creek, Mico, and Rio Medina limestone properties across the Bandera County line, our San Antonio team handles the full painting scope: interior, exterior, cabinets, decks, fences, stucco, and limewash. Every project is built around Edwards Plateau climate realities: intense Texas UV off the Balcones Escarpment, extreme summer heat pushing 100 degrees for weeks, hail alley severe-storm season, sudden Hill Country downpour cells, and the limestone-clay soil shift that opens hairline cracks in stucco and drywall.

Freshly painted interior living room with bright walls and clean trim work

Interior Painting

Transform your living spaces with flawless color and finish.

Interior Painting
Exterior house painting project with crisp siding and updated curb appeal

Exterior Painting

Curb appeal that lasts. Expert coatings for every climate.

Exterior Painting
Commercial painting project in a polished business interior

Commercial Painting

Professional-grade finishes that elevate your business space.

Commercial Painting
Kitchen cabinet painting project with a smooth factory-style finish

Cabinet Painting

Refresh your kitchen with a smooth, factory-quality finish.

Cabinet Painting
Limewash finish adding texture and depth to painted masonry

Limewash

Authentic European lime-based finishes for timeless texture and depth.

Limewash
Painted brick exterior with a durable updated finish

Brick Painting

Breathe new life into brick with lasting, beautiful color.

Brick Painting

Trusted Paint Partners

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PPG
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JOE & CRISTINA VALDEZ, locally owned and operated That 1 Painter San Antonio franchise owner

We're Locally Owned

Owned by Joe and Cristina Valdez, That 1 Painter San Antonio brings local accountability and a 3-year warranty to every San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Helotes, Lackland, Mico, Pipe Creek, and Rio Medina project. Our services cover interior painting, exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, stucco and limewash finishes, and specialty commercial work across Bexar County and the eastern Hill Country.

Your painting project means as much to us as it does to you. We're licensed and insured, and our promise is simple: we'll be your best house guests, treating your place with the utmost care and leaving it even more pristine than when we arrived.

Locally Owned Professional Painting Company in San Antonio, Texas

That 1 Painter San Antonio is a locally owned and operated painting company led by JOE & CRISTINA VALDEZ, serving San Antonio and surrounding communities with licensed and insured crews and a 3-year transferable warranty.

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Areas Served

That 1 Painter San Antonio serves Alamo Heights, Alamo Ranch, Castle Hills, Encino Park, Hollywood Park, Leon Valley, Medina Valley, King William, Olmos Park, Shavano Park, Terrell Hills, and the surrounding San Antonio corridor; repainting everything from King William Victorians to Shavano Park hill-country customs, inside and out.

Contact Info

(210) 942-6662
Blakeley Dr
San Antonio, TX 78209

Recent San Antonio Painting Projects

A look at the craftsmanship we bring to homes and businesses across San Antonio. From full-home interior repaints and kitchen cabinet refinishing to exterior siding, stucco, and trim work, every painting project in San Antonio is prepped, primed, and finished by licensed, insured local painters. Browse recent residential and commercial painting projects to see the color matching, surface prep, and clean lines homeowners across San Antonio trust us to deliver.

Stone & Brick Exterior in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Grand Open Interior in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

Classic Brick Estate Exterior in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Open Living & Kitchen in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

Luxury Facade Exterior in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Modern Dark Kitchen in San Antonio by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in San Antonio by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

That 1 Painter San Antonio Portfolio

  • Stone & Brick Exterior
  • Grand Open Interior
  • Classic Brick Estate Exterior
  • Open Living & Kitchen
  • Luxury Facade Exterior
  • Modern Dark Kitchen
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Every year, our San Antonio team teams up with franchise owners across the country to gift complete paint transformations to deserving families, small businesses, and non-profits. It's our way of giving back to the community that's given us so much, one home, one story, one fresh coat at a time.

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Painting Cost in San Antonio 2026 Guide

What painting really costs in San Antonio, TX in 2026: this guide is built from completed jobs across King William, Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, Helotes, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, Pipe Creek, Mico, and Rio Medina, priced for Edwards Plateau UV, Hill Country hail alley, and the prep depth Texas limestone and stucco demand.

Project Type
Low
High
Average
Interior (per sq ft)
$2.50
$4.50
$3.25
Exterior (per sq ft)
$2.25
$4.25
$3.10
Cabinet Refinishing
$3,500
$8,500
$5,500
Single Room
$450
$1,200
$750
Whole-Home Interior
$4,500
$12,000
$7,500
Whole-Home Exterior
$3,800
$9,500
$5,200

* All prices include materials, labor, and prep. Based on 2026 San Antonio averages.

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Our 3-Year Warranty

Your peace of mind, at the top of mind with our three-year transferable warranty. Covers the painting job, even if you sell the house.

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The Complete San Antonio Painting Guide

Everything San Antonio homeowners should know before hiring a painter, services, seasonal timing, colors, HOA rules, and how to get the most value from your project. Written by the That 1 Painter San Antonio team.

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Paint Reviews, Advice & Expert Tips

Honest product reviews, pro painting techniques, and helpful articles from professional painters who do this every day.

What Is the Best Paint Sheen for Interior Walls?

Choosing between flat, eggshell, satin, and semi-gloss depends on the room's traffic, lighting, and function. Professional painters break down when to use each sheen for the best results.

SuperPaint vs Cashmere: Which Sherwin-Williams Paint Is Better?

Both are popular mid-tier Sherwin-Williams paints, but they perform differently on walls, trim, and cabinets. See how professional painters compare coverage, feel, and durability.

Is Behr Premium Plus a Good Paint for Homeowners?

Behr Premium Plus is one of the most affordable paints at Home Depot. Professional painters test its coverage, durability, and finish quality to see if it's worth the price.

What Are the Pros and Cons of Behr Urethane Paint?

Behr Urethane Alkyd is a hybrid paint that combines oil-based durability with water-based cleanup. See how it performs on trim, cabinets, and doors in a real-world test.

Is Behr Dynasty the Most Durable Paint You Can Buy?

Behr Dynasty claims to be their most durable, stain-repellent paint. Professional painters put it to the test on walls and high-traffic areas to see if the claims hold up.

Is Sherwin-Williams Gallery Series Worth the Premium Price?

The Gallery Series is Sherwin-Williams' newest premium line. Professional painters review its unique properties and explain why it may not be the best choice for beginners.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers about pricing, timelines, services, warranty coverage, and working with That 1 Painter.

Your Trusted, Local Painters for Residential and Commercial in San Antonio

Interior Painting for San Antonio, Alamo Heights, and Stone Oak Homes

Interior painting is the fastest way to reset how a San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Stone Oak, Helotes, Fort Sam Houston, or Lackland home reads without touching the floor plan, and interior painting is the busiest scope our crews run across Bexar County. Interior painting covers walls, ceilings, trim, doors, closets, and cabinet interiors, and every interior painting job we run in San Antonio starts with real prep so the interior painting film has a clean, sound surface to bond to. Homeowners searching for painters in San Antonio or painters in Stone Oak for interior painting typically want two upgrades at once: an updated palette and a scrubbable interior painting finish that survives Texas summer heat, the hairline settlement cracks that come with Edwards Plateau limestone-clay soils, and daily wear from King William, Monte Vista, and Alamo Heights family life.

As a painting company in San Antonio running interior painting across King William and Monte Vista historic bungalows, Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills two-stories, Stone Oak and Alamo Ranch HOA stock, Helotes Hill Country ranch homes, Fort Sam Houston and Lackland military rentals, and Pipe Creek and Mico limestone properties, we treat interior painting material selection as a real decision. Which interior painting sheen hides hairline settlement cracks over Bexar County clay, which interior painting product survives a busy Stone Oak kitchen with Hill Country dust infiltration, and which interior painting primer locks down water-stained drywall after a rare freeze-thaw pipe event are questions we answer before the crew shows up.

If you are comparing interior painting bids from painters in San Antonio or house painters in Alamo Heights, ask each of them about interior painting warranty terms, interior painting prep sequence, and how the interior painting crew protects tile, wood, and saltillo floors day to day. Every serious interior painting outfit across Bexar County should have plain answers to all three. See our interior painting page for full interior painting scope and pricing across San Antonio.

Exterior Painting for Texas UV, Hail Alley, and Freeze-Thaw

Exterior painting in San Antonio has to hold up to intense Texas UV off the Balcones Escarpment that fades exterior films on west-facing and south-facing walls, especially on open Stone Oak, Alamo Ranch, and Helotes lots without mature tree cover. It also has to survive hail alley supercells every spring that pit siding and chip painted trim across Helotes, Pipe Creek, Mico, and Rio Medina, extreme summer heat pushing 100 degrees for weeks that softens exterior films, and rare freeze-thaw cracking that opens hairline stress cracks in stucco and painted trim across San Antonio and the Hill Country. Exterior painting product choice is the whole conversation. A painting company in San Antonio that takes exterior painting seriously specifies a heat-reflective, fade-resistant acrylic-elastomeric exterior painting system with inorganic pigments and a masonry-breathable resin so the exterior painting film sheds moisture and resists UV chalking rather than blistering off HardiePlank, brick, stucco, or native limestone.

Our exterior painting scope typically includes a full pressure wash, a mineral-stain and mildew assessment with a fungicidal treatment on north and east elevations, spot scraping of any failing exterior painting layers, HardiePlank, stucco, brick, limestone, and painted-wood sound-substrate checks, feathered sanding, spot primer on bare substrate, full caulk of siding seams and window returns, elastomeric bridging on hairline stucco and clay-shift cracks, and two coats of exterior painting-grade paint. That exterior painting sequence is the same whether we are painting an Alamo Heights two-story, a Stone Oak HOA repaint, a Helotes ranch home, a Fort Sam Houston rental, or a Pipe Creek limestone property. Painters across Bexar County who skip any of those exterior painting steps are quoting a two-year paint job in a ten-year paint job wrapper.

If you are evaluating house painters in San Antonio or house painters in Stone Oak for exterior painting, look at how the exterior painting bid describes prep, not just the exterior painting product line. A clean exterior painting film applied over poor prep will chalk and fail inside two Texas summers. Our exterior painting service documents the exterior painting prep sequence in detail, and every exterior painting job carries a 3-year transferable warranty.

Cabinet Painting in Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, and Helotes Kitchens

Cabinet painting is the single biggest visual change a homeowner in San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Stone Oak, or Helotes can buy without a full kitchen remodel, and cabinet painting demand across Bexar County reflects that. Our cabinet painting scope typically covers cabinet boxes on-site plus cabinet doors and drawer fronts sprayed off-site in a controlled environment, so the cabinet painting finish flows out flat and cures without airborne Hill Country dust, Loop 410 road grit, or Balcones Escarpment cedar pollen landing in the wet film. Cabinet painting projects like this are why homeowners call a painting company in San Antonio instead of a general remodeler.

Cabinet painting product selection matters as much as cabinet painting prep. A real cabinet painting job uses a bonding primer, a cabinet-grade urethane-modified acrylic paint, and controlled drying conditions so the cabinet painting film cures hard enough to resist door-edge chipping under daily use in an Alamo Heights family kitchen, a Stone Oak island run, or a Helotes ranch home. As a painting company in San Antonio that runs cabinet painting jobs almost every week, we schedule cabinet painting so the kitchen is out of service only for the days doors and drawers are physically off. Cabinet painting is a natural indoor project for peak Texas summers and hail-season spring, when exterior painting windows tighten around supercell activity.

House painters across Bexar County quoting cabinet painting should walk you through cabinet painting cure times, cabinet painting warranty coverage, and cabinet painting color options with real drawdowns on your actual cabinet material. Cabinet painting is not a wall paint job with cabinets in the way, and any painting company across San Antonio that treats it that way is one to avoid for cabinet painting scopes. See our cabinet painting page for cabinet painting scope details and lead times.

Choosing Painters in San Antonio, Alamo Heights, and Helotes

There are a lot of painters in San Antonio and painters in Stone Oak to choose from, so the practical question is how to sort serious painters across Bexar County from casual ones. Any painting outfit you bid should carry general liability insurance, provide a written scope, and back the work with a real written warranty. They should also point at recent portfolio work in your specific corner of the market: King William historic bungalows, Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills two-stories, Stone Oak and Alamo Ranch HOA repaints, Helotes Hill Country ranch homes, JBSA-Lackland and Fort Sam Houston rentals, or Pipe Creek, Mico, and Rio Medina limestone properties, not stock photos pulled from a supplier catalog.

As house painters in San Antonio ourselves, we tell homeowners to ask three questions of anyone bidding: what is the exact prep sequence (including mildew treatment on shaded elevations and clay-shift crack bridging), what specific paint product is going on the walls, and who from the company is on site day to day. Painters across Bexar County who dodge those questions are hoping you will not notice the answer later. A painting company in San Antonio or Alamo Heights that answers plainly is worth a second meeting. Historic King William, Monte Vista, and Terrell Hills stock is largely pre-1978, so every serious outfit should be EPA RRP certified and comfortable running plastic containment and HEPA-vac cleanup.

That 1 Painter San Antonio competes on scope clarity, prep quality, and a 3-year transferable warranty that follows the paint, not the owner. If you are collecting bids from painters in San Antonio or house painters in Stone Oak, we would be glad to be one of the bids you compare against.

What a Painting Company in San Antonio Actually Does

A real painting company in San Antonio is more than a paint crew: it runs estimates, project management, materials logistics, color consultations, and warranty follow-up so the crew painting your house can focus on painting. That coordination is the difference between a painting company in San Antonio and a solo painter working out of a truck bed. It is also the difference between a paint job that lands on the promised week and a paint job that drifts a month past schedule when a July heat dome, a spring hail event, or a rare freeze snap sits over Bexar County for a week.

As a painting company across Bexar County, our day starts with materials staging for the day's painting scope, drives out to active painting jobs across San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Helotes, Lackland, Mico, Pipe Creek, and Rio Medina, and ends with paint punch-list walks with homeowners. A painting company in San Antonio running this way keeps painting projects on schedule and keeps paint quality consistent from the first painting day to the last, even when the schedule wraps Loop 410, Loop 1604, and Highway 281 traffic plus Hill Country weather delays. Homeowners feel that consistency in a lot of small ways: cleaner cut lines, tighter caulk joints, fewer callback punch items.

When you hire a painting company in San Antonio or Alamo Heights, you are hiring the coordination layer as much as the painting itself. A painting company across Bexar County that quotes a painting scope should tell you what week your painting starts, what week it ends, and who owns the project through completion. If a painting company in San Antonio cannot articulate what is included in the price on the bid, that is a signal to keep shopping.

How House Painters Handle Bexar County HOAs, Historic Districts, and JBSA Rentals

Master-planned communities across north-side San Antonio (Stone Oak, Alamo Ranch, Sonterra, The Dominion, Rogers Ranch, and Cibolo Canyons on the far north edge) run on tight HOA exterior color palettes with pre-approved trim and body schemes. House painters in San Antonio working these neighborhoods need to pull HOA color submittals, spec matching sheens, and coordinate driveway and gate access with community management. House painters across Bexar County who came up on tract-only repaints alone often underestimate how much documentation an HOA-controlled exterior actually needs before the first drop of paint goes on the wall.

Historic districts near downtown, including King William, Monte Vista, and Alta Vista, require Historic Design Review Commission approval on color and sheen before any exterior repaint. Pre-1978 stock is common across King William, Monte Vista, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, and Fort Sam Houston, and any serious San Antonio painting company running interior or exterior painting on that stock should be EPA RRP certified with plastic containment, HEPA vacuums, and lead-safe disposal protocols. Older ranch stock across Helotes, Pipe Creek, Mico, and Rio Medina also needs house painters in San Antonio who understand native limestone breathability, cedar-shake staining, and the moisture cycling that intense Hill Country sun actually drives on shaded HardiePlank and cedar trim.

Beyond HOAs and historic districts, JBSA-Lackland and Fort Sam Houston PCS turnover keeps steady rental repaint demand on our schedule. Our crews also cover commercial interiors along Broadway and the Pearl, Southtown office space, Loop 1604 retail corridors, and warehouse and light-industrial repaints along the Loop 410 logistics footprint.

Color, Finish, and Booking Your San Antonio Project

Color is where a lot of painting projects across San Antonio stall, so the painters you hire should have a real color process. Ours starts with existing light in the room, existing floor and trim tones, and the direction the room faces, then we put real paint drawdowns on your actual walls before the crew mobilizes. A painting company in San Antonio that hands you a fan deck and walks away will paint whatever you point at, which is not the same as helping you land the right color for the space, an especially real risk in a market where hazy summer heat, cedar-shaded Hill Country light, and open-lot Balcones Escarpment sun change how a color reads across the year.

Finish selection is the other half. Flat or matte on ceilings, eggshell or matte on walls, satin or semi-gloss on trim, and a cabinet-grade product on cabinets, that mix reads intentional in a finished home across King William, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Stone Oak, Helotes, and Fort Sam Houston. Painters across Bexar County who put one paint sheen everywhere are cutting corners on materials logistics, not doing you a favor. House painters across San Antonio that pair color and finish thoughtfully deliver a paint job that reads like a designer walked the space with them.

Booking a painting company in San Antonio should be simple: a walk-through, a written scope, a written price, a start date, and a warranty. Exterior painting demand runs most of the year across Bexar County, but the tightest scheduling windows are early spring before hail-alley peak and late fall after triple-digit heat breaks, so any painting company in San Antonio or Alamo Heights worth hiring is often booked several weeks out during peak exterior painting season. Interior painting flexes year-round, and cabinet painting we can usually schedule with less lead time. Request an estimate above and we will be out with a written scope you can compare against every other bid on your desk.