House painters in Cincinnati, Ohio
Second Look keeps a painted house looking painted. Once a year a crew arrives with your colors on file, fixes the scuffs, nail pops and open caulk lines, and leaves you a written list of what they saw.
The membership
Every tier starts with one walk-through and a written color record. What follows is a visit, or two, or a room a year. Your price is written after we see the house.
For a house in good shape that needs its small things caught once a year.
An inside visit in the quiet months and an outside look-over before winter.
Both visits, plus one room repainted each year, so the house is redone over time.
A membership is a service agreement, not insurance. It is billed once a year, on the date you join, and renews one year at a time. To cancel, call or text before the renewal date; we send a reminder 30 days ahead. A visit you did not use by the renewal date does not carry over, and we do not refund visits already made. Water damage, rot and whole-wall repainting are not part of a visit; we write them up separately before any work. Your price is written down after we walk the house.
The year
We book inside visits in the quiet months and outside work on dry days. The dates below are the usual ones; your visit is set with you.
Our crews have the most room from November to April, so inside visits are booked first. You choose between two dates.
Nov–Apr
Siding, trim, shutters, porch and entry, photographed and written up.
Apr–Jun
Outside touch-ups need dry days, so we wait for them rather than promise a date.
May–Oct
Updated after every visit and after any repaint.
all year
On a visit
Small things, done while they are small. If something needs more than a touch-up, we write it on your list and do not start it.
Door edges, corners, the wall behind the vacuum, the stair wall.
Filled, sanded and spot-primed, then painted in your color.
Where trim has pulled from the wall or a window casing has gapped.
Hinge edges, handle areas, baseboards and window sills that take the wear.
Stair walls, spindles and handrails, where hands and bags rub every day.
On the outside tiers: the parts of the house that weather first.
Your color record
Before the first visit we write down every color in the house: the name, the code, the sheen, the rooms and the date it went on. After each visit we update it.
A patch in the wrong sheen shows in the afternoon light, and a color matched from a chip drifts as a wall ages. With the record, a crew mixes the same paint you chose and knows which coat of what is underneath.
Color name, code and sheen, room by room
The date it was painted, and by whom
A photo of the wall in daylight
Where any leftover paint is kept
Two ways to keep a house
Both are fair. Which one fits depends on the house and on how much of it you want to remember.
| Calling when it bothers you | A yearly visit | |
|---|---|---|
| When it happens | Calling when it bothers youWhenever you get to it, often after a year of noticing. | A yearly visitOnce a year, on a date set in the quiet season. |
| What gets fixed | Calling when it bothers youWhat you remember to mention on the call. | A yearly visitSmall things while they are small, from a list we keep. |
| The paint match | Calling when it bothers youMatched from a chip or from memory. | A yearly visitYour color is on file, with the sheen and the date. |
| The cost | Calling when it bothers youPriced per call, so it is nothing in a year you need nothing. | A yearly visitOne annual price, written before you start. |
| Best for | Calling when it bothers youA house that needs one small fix every few years. | A yearly visitA house with kids, pets, a rental room or a lot of wall. |
The crews
Blue crew does most inside visits and Yellow does the outside, each named for the tape it carries. These seven set your schedule and write your list.
Owner and membership lead
Walks every new member’s house herself, writes the color record and signs the first list.
Blue crew lead, inside visits
Leads the crew that does most inside visits. Keeps the roller, the tape and the patience.
Yellow crew lead, outside work
Leads the crew for porches, trim, shutters and entries, and the spring look-over.
Visit scheduler
Calls members in the quiet months to set the visit. Rufino and Shalini both depend on his calendar.
Painter, Blue crew
Patching, sanding and cut-in work on inside visits.
Painter, Yellow crew
Caulk, spot-prime and exterior trim.
Painter, doors and trim
Hinge edges, casings and stair rails, which wear first.
Members
“Rufino had my wall color written in the book, so the scuffs by the back door vanished instead of showing up as a lighter patch.”
“I did not have to remember anything. They called in February, we picked a Thursday, and I had a page of photos of what else they had noticed.”
“The porch rail and the north shutters were what I would have noticed in three years. Shalini’s crew spot-primed both in October.”
“We sold the house in year two. One call to cancel, and a note back that day confirming it.”
Sample reviews.
Where we visit
Type your ZIP and see whether a crew comes to you.
We do not visit north of the Butler County line or across the river in Kentucky, and we do not take new-construction or commercial jobs.
Questions
Two painters arrive in a window we text you the day before, walk the house with you, then work through the list for a half day or a full day, depending on the tier. You get a written list within the week.
The visit is on the calendar, so small things get fixed before they become a repaint, and your colors are already on file. If your house needs one small fix every few years, calling is fine.
No. It is a service agreement for visits. Any warranty from a past paint job is separate, and its terms, limits and exclusions are in that job’s written warranty.
Call or text before your renewal date. We text a reminder 30 days ahead. Visits already made are not refunded, and an unused visit does not carry over.
Yes. EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting rule covers paid work that disturbs paint in homes built before 1978. Tell us the year when you join. Scraping, sanding and caulk removal on those homes follow lead-safe work practices, and our firm number is in the footer.
Inside visits do not care. Outside work needs dry days and paint that can cure, so we schedule those on dry days and do not promise a date in advance.
Get started
We reply from the office, Monday to Friday, with two dates for a walk-through.