Owning a Victorian home, you may know that each home has its own character and craftsman qualities. They are beautiful however the beautiful architecture gives way to the ancient antiquity and runs throughout the home including the wiring, walls, plumbing, roofing and windows. Sometimes they are easy fixes, sometimes a complete reconstruction is needed. At Gikas painting We have been painting and restoring older Ornate and decorative, Victorian homes in Montclair, North New Jersey and surrounding towns since the early 1980’s.

Now is the time to enhance the curb appeal of your Ornate and decorative, Victorian home. There are a few types of Victorian homes which include Italianate, Queen Anne Victorian, Gothic Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Shingle and Stick style homes that feature intricate rooflines, ornate porches with shingles or narrow-lap wood siding, decorative trim, spindle work and clapboard siding.

Our trained estimators have years of experience and are able to provide you with an accurate price, estimation of materials and time required to complete the job up front. Our mission is to ensure your project is done right and to your satisfaction. Our work philosophy known by our costumers as GIKAS the WIZARD is creatively carried from project to project enhancing your Victorian home with texture, colors and details in order to comprehensively restore its charming unique properties.

Like most things of beauty, your Victorian lady with its ornate exterior decorations, dramatic cupolas, looming towers, fancy turrets, rounded porches and balustrades needs special attention. Most of the homes with Victorian architecture were built between 1840 and early 1900’s and were built as a result of the Industrial Revolution and railroads. We’ve painted and renovated hundreds of Victorian homes in NJ and our pictures tell the whole story. We understand color placement is the most important feature and requires an understanding of the your buildings architecture. A Victorian home’s exterior is comprised of at least three colors; some have as many as nine different hues and shades. Darker colors are meant to enhance unique architectural details, and outlining windows lends character to the home.

The inevitable remodeling question even if you’re not planning to sell your home is, what remodeling choices offer the highest returns on your home investment while providing additional comfort and or living space. Some home renovations provide more return on investment than others like decks and patios are the most popular choices and offer a high return on investment and extend your living space outdoors . Basic home maintenance such as new siding and repairs is the most visible and can increase the appeal. Siding replacement can recoup as much as 85 percent of its cost. Also consider Adding more space, remodel your kitchen or update your bathroom, replace or remove your siding, Interior exterior painting and structural repairs can add up to 75% of return. One home improvement likely to return more at resale is replacing roofs and windows, returning 80 percent or more at resale. If the roof is leaking, buyers won’t get beyond that. Call a Professional New Jersey Victorian Renovation, interior exterior Painting, & carpentry contractor Services in Jersey, Gikas Painting