Georgia
Inside I-285, Sandy Springs is still largely a 1950s to 1970s city. Glenridge Hammond, Hammond Hills, Mount Vernon Woods and High Point are brick ranches and split levels with painted brick, painted trim and wood soffits that have absorbed decades of recoating. Painted masonry is the hard case, and it is where a ceramic coating earns its keep: Rhino Shield is spread no thinner than 10 to 12 mils, somewhere between eight and ten times a paint film, and it stays bonded and flexible instead of blistering off the brick face, under a 25-year warranty that transfers to the next owner. North of there, Huntcliff, Spalding Lake, Northridge, Brandon Mill Farm and the Riverside area added 1980s and 1990s stucco and cedar. Then there is the river. Twenty two miles of Chattahoochee shoreline and deep hardwood shade keep those walls damp long after a rain, which is why north elevations green over first and why a fresh repaint here rarely holds five years.