Wellford sits on the corridor that runs alongside US 29 and I-85 between Spartanburg and Greenville. The town grew up around the railroad in the 1870s, took its name when it was chartered in 1882, and Jackson Mills opened a plant just outside town in 1922. We are based in Duncan, a short drive away, so Wellford is part of our regular area.
The questions below are the ones that decide how a Wellford job goes.
Is your house one of the older ones?
Wellford’s older pockets, like Jackson Mills, have smaller homes and bungalows from the 1920s through the 1950s. Next door in Startex, the old Tucapau mill village has houses from the same era. Some of these houses have been fully redone and some have not.
An older house usually means:
- Exterior prep is the real job. Peeling paint gets scraped, edges sanded smooth, bare wood spot primed, and gaps caulked before two finish coats. On wood siding that prep is what makes the paint last.
- Porches. Porch ceilings, railings and posts take weather.
- Inside, plaster and drywall cracks. Old houses move. We repair cracks and holes before painting. See drywall repair.
Or one of the newer ones?
Most of Wellford’s houses are newer than that. Shady Grove Hills has homes from 2006 on, Blackberry Farms was built mostly from the late 2000s to 2020, and new communities like Shiloh Trail are still going up.
On a house from the last 15 years, the outside often just needs trim, doors and maybe shutters, not the whole body. Inside, it is usually the builder’s flat paint that won’t wash, and rooms that all came in one color. We repaint those with our Performance level, Sherwin-Williams Duration Home, which stands up to scrubbing. See interior painting for how we prep a room.
Are you getting ready to sell?
With so many new homes for sale nearby, a resale house in Wellford is competing with brand new construction. Clean, neutral walls and fresh trim help it hold its own. For resale work, our Essential level, Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint, is often enough: it looks good and keeps the cost down. A free color consult comes with every estimate if you aren’t sure which neutral to use.
How is it priced?
Every house is measured and priced on its own: how much wall or siding there is, the prep it needs, and the paint level you pick. Exteriors include a pressure wash and two coats. You get a written price before we start, how we price explains the rest, and our labor carries a 12-month workmanship warranty.
We also cover Lyman, Duncan and Spartanburg.