Cadence painters for new homes that deserve better than builder-grade.

Painting Cadence — the valley's newest master plan, and why new homes still need painters

Cadence is a 2,200-acre master-planned community on the eastern edge of Henderson, in the 89011 and 89015 ZIPs. Developed by The LandWell Company since 2014, it is planned for roughly 12,000 to 13,000 homes across around 39 neighborhoods when it finishes building out, and it is currently somewhere around halfway there by lot count. Eight or more national builders are active here — Pulte, Lennar, KB Home, Toll Brothers, Tri Pointe, Taylor Morrison, Richmond American and D.R. Horton among them — with pricing that runs from roughly $370,000 into the low seven figures.

That makes Cadence the opposite of most of our service areas. There is no thirty-year-old stucco here. The homes are new, the landscaping is young, and the paint is whatever the builder rolled on before you got the keys. Which raises the obvious question: why would a Cadence homeowner need a painter at all?

Three reasons, and every one of them shows up on our schedule constantly. First, builder-grade paint is not what most people assume it is. Second, the interior of a new build is a blank production finish that almost nobody actually wants to live with long-term. And third, Cadence still has design guidelines, so the moment you want to change anything outside, there is a process.

The truth about builder paint on a new Cadence home

Production builders paint to a budget and a schedule, and that is not a criticism — it is simply how the model works. What it means for you is fairly predictable. Interiors typically go on as a single sprayed coat of a flat, low-sheen builder-grade product in one color throughout, applied fast, often before flooring and fixtures are finished. It covers, it photographs well, and it is thin. It marks when you slide furniture against it, it burnishes where you wipe it, and it very rarely touches up cleanly because the original batch is long gone.

Exteriors get a better product than interiors, but the coating is still specified to hit a price point across hundreds of houses. In the Henderson sun, on an east-valley lot with very little mature shade, a builder exterior commonly starts showing fade and chalking on the south and west elevations somewhere around year five to eight — well before anyone expects it, because the house still feels new.

None of that means your builder did anything wrong. It means the paint on a new home is a starting point, not a twenty-year finish. Understanding that early saves Cadence owners money, because addressing it on your schedule is far cheaper than reacting to it after the surface has already chalked.

What we actually get called for in Cadence

Cadence neighborhoods we work in

Cadence is organised into villages rather than one uniform tract, and each has its own character, builder mix and price point. We work throughout the master plan, including established neighborhoods such as the Village of Apex, Stonebrook and Heritage at Cadence, as well as the newer phases still under active construction. If your village is in a section that started delivering in the last two years, you are likely still inside your builder warranty — worth checking before you commission any exterior work, and we will tell you so rather than quote around it.

Design guidelines still apply, even on a new home

A common misconception among new-build owners is that because the community is new, the rules are loose. The opposite is usually true. Master plans in their build-out phase tend to enforce design guidelines tightly, because the developer is still selling homes and protecting the streetscape is protecting their inventory.

In practice that means exterior changes — body color, trim, front door, shutters, exterior accents — generally need written approval before work begins, and your approved options may be tied to the original scheme your elevation was built with. Interior work is your own business and needs no approval at all.

We confirm what applies to your address before quoting exterior colors, prepare the submittal if one is required, and schedule around the review window. If your project is purely interior, we tell you that plainly and skip the paperwork entirely rather than manufacturing a step to look thorough.

• We confirm whether your exterior project needs approval at all
• We check whether you are still inside the builder warranty window first
• We prepare and file any required submittal on your behalf
• Interior projects proceed immediately — no approval needed
• Approved colors and sheens are written into your quote

How we paint a new home differently

Painting over a new builder finish is not the same job as repainting a thirty-year-old house, and pretending otherwise produces bad results. The substrate is sound, so there is far less repair. But there are traps specific to new construction.

Drywall in a new home is still settling. Nail pops, seam cracking and small stress fractures around door and window corners show up in the first two years and need to be properly cut, filled and re-textured before painting rather than smeared over. Builder texture also has to be matched precisely or every patch reads as a shadow under Henderson's hard light. And a single thin builder coat often needs a bonding primer before a new color goes on, particularly when going darker.

1. Free on-site walkthroughWe look at what the builder actually left you, room by room or elevation by elevation, and flag anything still under warranty.
2. Warranty and guideline checkWe confirm whether the builder should be fixing it, and whether an exterior change needs approval.
3. Fixed written quote in 24 hoursLine-itemed by room or elevation, with product and sheen specified. A fixed number, not a range.
4. Drywall and texture prepNail pops, settlement cracks and seams cut, filled and texture-matched to the builder finish.
5. Prime and paintBonding primer where needed, then two full finish coats. Floors, fixtures and cabinetry protected daily.
6. Walkthrough and 5-year warrantyWe walk it with you before calling it done, then issue your written 5-year warranty.

What drives the price on a Cadence job

Every quote is free, fixed, in writing and carries no obligation. If your builder should be covering something under warranty, we will tell you — we would rather you spend nothing than pay us for work someone else owes you.

What we paint in Cadence

Exterior & Stucco

First exterior refresh, UV-stable coatings, guideline submittals.

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Interior Painting

Real two-coat color over thin builder paint. Clean site nightly.

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Cabinet Refinishing

Upgrade builder-grade cabinets in days — no demolition.

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We also handle stucco repair, drywall repair, and commercial and HOA painting for builders, offices and retail across east Henderson.