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CraftEdge Painters serves Broadview Park, an unincorporated Broward County community about 11 miles southeast of Coral Springs. We repaint block and stucco exteriors, refresh interiors, refinish cabinets, repair drywall and remove popcorn ceilings.
Broadview Park is an unincorporated community in central Broward County, roughly 11 miles southeast of the CraftEdge Painters base in Coral Springs. Because it has no city government of its own, residents here deal with county rules rather than a municipal building department, and most streets are lined with established single-story houses rather than new subdivisions. That housing stock shapes the work we do. Plenty of these homes were built from concrete block with a stucco skin, and many still carry layers of paint from earlier owners, textured ceilings from decades past, and wood trim that has been patched more than once. A fresh coat helps, but it only lasts when the layers underneath are sound.
What Older Block Homes Need Before New Paint
When we walk a Broadview Park house for the first time, we are mostly looking at what is already on the walls. Rub a hand across a faded exterior and it often comes away white with chalk. Tap the stucco and you may hear a hollow spot. Look at the base of the wall near the sprinkler heads and there is usually a band of mildew or rust staining. Each of those problems has a fix, and skipping it is the reason so many repaints in older neighborhoods peel within a few seasons.
Our usual prep sequence on these homes looks like this:
- Pressure wash the walls, soffits and eaves to strip chalk, dirt and mildew
- Treat any remaining mildew growth so it does not bloom through the new coat
- Cut out and patch loose stucco, then fill hairline cracks with a flexible masonry filler
- Scrape and sand failing trim paint, replacing rotted wood sections where needed
- Apply a bonding or masonry primer to bare and repaired areas before the finish coats
Inside the House: Ceilings, Walls and Cabinets
Many homes of this age still have acoustic popcorn texture on the ceilings. It traps dust, yellows over time and makes a room feel lower than it is. We can remove that texture, repair the drywall surface underneath, apply a smooth or light knockdown finish and paint it, which changes the feel of a living room more than almost any other single upgrade. If you suspect an older ceiling may contain hazardous material, we recommend having it tested before removal work starts.
Original kitchen cabinets in solid wood are often worth keeping. Rather than replacing boxes and doors, we clean, degloss, prime and spray them with a durable cabinet enamel. Add fresh paint on walls, baseboards and door casings, and the interior reads as updated without a full renovation. Drywall dings, old anchor holes and water-stained patches get repaired as part of the same visit.
Broward Weather and Your Exterior
Central Broward does not get the full salt load the beachfront does, but it gets the same heat, the same humidity and the same afternoon storms. Between May and October, a sunny morning can turn into a downpour by mid-afternoon, so our exterior crews start early and plan which elevations to coat based on the forecast. The drier months from November into April are the most forgiving for curing exterior paint, and those slots tend to fill first.
We also keep the hurricane season in mind. It runs from June 1 to November 30, and when a storm threatens, we pack up ladders and secure materials rather than leave anything loose in the yard. A properly applied, mildew-resistant exterior system helps a home shrug off wind-driven rain, and where a wall has extensive hairline cracking, an elastomeric coating can bridge those gaps and keep water out of the block.
Neighbors We Serve Around Broadview Park
Our crews already work in the communities that surround Broadview Park, including Plantation, Sunrise, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes and Wilton Manors. That means we are rarely far away when a job needs a second coat, a punch-list visit or a quick color question answered in person.
Beyond houses, we also paint small commercial spaces in the area, from offices to storefronts, and we stain wood fences and decks that have weathered gray. To get started, tell us what you want painted and roughly how big the space is. We will come out, look at the surfaces, and explain the prep each area needs before we put together a written scope.