Estate interiors and hillside exteriors above the DragonRidge course.
MacDonald Highlands climbs the foothills south of Green Valley, a guard-gated community whose custom estates stack up the hillside around the DragonRidge Country Club course. The housing runs a full spectrum by build era: earlier custom homes carrying the Tuscan-leaning finishes of the 2000s, and newer builds in the crisp desert-modern idiom — often on the same street. We repaint both, and the difference matters: heavy earlier faux and glaze work needs honest prep — sanding, priming, sometimes skim — before a modern quiet palette will sit flat, while the newer smooth-wall homes demand level-5 discipline.
The lots are the exterior story here. Downslope elevations regularly present three-plus stories of stucco over rock landscaping and pool terraces, which means lifts, scaffolds, and protection planning that most crews simply don't carry. Valley-facing southern exposure also works these exteriors hard; we spec UV-stable coatings on the sun-hammered planes rather than painting the whole house from one bucket.
As a guard-gated community with architectural review, exterior color changes go through the HOA — we prepare the submittal documentation and match approved schemes exactly when the job is renewal rather than change.
Tell us about the home and the finishes involved — we'll coordinate the rest.
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