Bancroft Painting Co. does interior and exterior painting across Lake County. The way we work is simple enough to describe in a paragraph: we look at the surfaces rather than the rooms, we write down what we intend to do to them, and we charge what that says.
That matters because painting is the trade where the corners are easiest to cut and hardest to see. A coat over an unwashed wall looks identical on handover day to a coat over a washed, filled, sanded and primed one. The difference shows up in year three, long after the crew has gone. Putting the preparation in writing is how you get to compare two quotes honestly.
Interior repaints and trim work in the older housing through Libertyville, Waukegan and Highland Park. Estate-scale exteriors in Lake Forest and Bannockburn. Cabinet refinishing in kitchens of a certain age across the newer subdivisions in Vernon Hills, Grayslake and Gurnee. Decks and fencing out toward Wadsworth and the Chain O'Lakes. Commercial turnovers along the Lake Cook corridor.
Interior work runs every month of the year, and the winter is genuinely the best time to book it — the calendar is open and the crew is not competing with the exterior season. Exterior work runs roughly April to October, and the spring slots are taken over the winter. If you are planning an exterior for next year, the time to call is now rather than in May.
The Lake County painting year
Interior work runs every month. Exterior is weather dependent, so the spring slots go first.
How it works
We look at the surfaces, not just the rooms. Prep is what the number is built from, so it is what gets measured.
You get the surfaces, the products, the number of coats and the price in writing before anything is booked.
Interior any month. Exterior inside the season, not squeezed into the end of it.
We walk the finished work with you under real light and fix anything on the list before the final invoice.
Service area
Text a photo of the room or the elevation and we will scope it, or call and we will walk it through with you.
Questions
By surface area and by the amount of preparation the surfaces need, which is the part that varies most between two houses that look similar. A wall that needs washing, filling, sanding and priming is several times the work of one that needs a coat. You get the scope in writing — surfaces, products, number of coats — so you can compare quotes on the same basis rather than on a single number.
Interior work runs all year, and January through March is the easiest time of year to book. Exterior work is weather dependent and needs surface temperature and dryness within range, so it runs roughly April through October in Lake County. We would rather tell you to wait for spring than put a coat on in November that fails by summer.
A single room is usually a day or two. A whole-house interior runs one to two weeks depending on how much trim and how much prep. A full exterior is typically one to two weeks, and the weather decides more than the crew does. You get a schedule up front, and you are told when it moves.
No. Interior work is done room by room so the house stays livable, and each room is put back at the end of each day rather than at the end of the job. If a kitchen is being refinished you will lose the use of the cabinets for a few days, and we plan that with you rather than around you.
Washing, scraping back failing paint, filling and sanding, spot-priming bare substrate, caulking joints, and masking and covering everything that is not being painted. Prep is not a line item to be trimmed to win a quote — it is the part that decides whether the finish lasts. If a quote you are comparing is much cheaper, this is usually where the difference is.
Text a photo of the room or the elevation and we will scope it. Fastest way to a number.
Text a photoCall (224) 944-8652