A planned town built around old oaks, not old buildings
Unlike Gainesville's older suburbs, the Town of Tioga is new — Julio Diaz and the Diaz family broke ground on the 500-acre master-planned community in 1996, modeling it on the walkable feel of Gainesville's historic Duckpond neighborhood and New Urbanist towns like Seaside. They built around the site's existing grandfather oaks rather than clearing them, and Tioga Town Center went on to win the National Association of Home Builders' Best in American Living Smart Growth Community award in 2001.
What "new" means for a paint job here
That makes Tioga the newest housing stock covered on this site — most homes are roughly 20 to 30 years old and on their first or second repaint cycle, with a homeowners' association that typically reviews exterior color choices, a different conversation than the older towns nearby.
Painting services in the Town of Tioga
What to include for a Tioga estimate
Share the home's build phase within the Town of Tioga's development since 1996, whether the HOA has color guidelines on file, and current coating condition, since most properties here are on their first or second repaint cycle.
First-cycle coatings in a young community
Because Tioga's homes all date to 1996 or later, coating failures here usually trace to ordinary sun and humidity exposure rather than decades of layered old paint — a much simpler starting point than the historic towns nearby, though HOA-approved color choices still shape the estimate.