Northeast Florida
Central Florida
Space Coast
Tampa Bay
South Florida
Orlando's homes span more than a century. Inside the city limits, 15,068 of the 54,720 single-family homes on the 2026 tax roll were built before 1960, in neighborhoods like College Park, Audubon Park and Lake Eola Heights, while 10,580 have gone up since 2015, most of them in the Lake Nona area. Stucco HQ handles stucco repair and re-stucco for all of them, and for the Orange County neighborhoods that share an Orlando address. When you call, a real person answers and passes your details to your local Stucco HQ contractor for Central Florida. Your contractor visits, checks the wall and writes up a free estimate.
Orlando calls split between repairs on older homes near downtown and fixes on young stucco in fast-growing areas like Lake Nona. New stucco and full re-stucco cover the bigger projects.
Cracks at window and door corners, loose stucco on older frame walls and patches that never matched are common on Orlando's older homes. Newer homes bring shrinkage cracks and gaps where stucco meets trim. Each repair is tied into sound material and textured to blend in.
More on stucco repair
Additions, garage conversions, courtyard walls and new homes get stucco applied to the Florida Building Code: three coats over metal lath and a water barrier on framed walls, two over concrete block.
More on stucco installation
Some older walls carry decades of patches and paint. When patching no longer makes sense, the old stucco is taken off down to the block or sheathing, your contractor checks the wall behind it, and a new stucco system goes on.
More on stucco replacementIn Orlando the answer often depends on the house. A fine crack on a block home from the 1990s is rarely urgent. The same crack on a 1920s frame house, where the stucco is held by lath, is worth a closer look sooner.
Not urgent doesn't mean ignore it. Stucco expands and contracts with Florida heat and humidity, and over time even a fine hairline crack can widen and let moisture in behind the finish, turning a small repair into a bigger one. Having your local Stucco HQ contractor fix it while it is still small keeps the job simple and the cost down.
If what you see is in the first list, it most likely is not an emergency and it can usually wait. If it is in the second, have it looked at before the next stretch of heavy rain.
From Stucco HQ's Google profile in Orlando.
I contacted the guys at Stucco HQ last week for a medium sized stucco repair job, and within a couple of days, I got my quote. … They performed a terrific job fixing some cracked and bulging stucco at the back of the house that was beginning to fall off. Matched the paint as close as possible. … Wonderful experience all around!
The crew at Stucco HQ was a pleasure to work with. With such a big undertaking, Anthony and his stucco installers were always open to our questions and sympathetic to our concerns. Anthony was really accommodating of our schedule. He and his team come highly recommended by us. They did an excellent job installing stucco on the entire home and our home looks awesome!
They responded quickly. They performed a fantastic job of restoring the back of my house. They were on time, had good communication skills, very skilled at stucco repair work and were a very friendly bunch. Using their stucco services is definitely something I would recommend.
When it comes to stucco, Orlando is really two cities. Near downtown, 15,068 homes on the 2026 tax roll were built before 1960, most of them in the 32803, 32804 and 32806 ZIP codes that take in Colonialtown, Audubon Park, College Park and Delaney Park. About 27% of those older homes are wood frame. Stucco on a frame wall depends on the lath and paper behind it, and on these houses it has usually been patched and painted more than once.
The other Orlando is brand new. Since 2015, 10,580 single-family homes have been built inside the city, about seven in ten of them in the 32827 and 32832 ZIP codes around Lake Nona, in neighborhoods like Laureate Park, VillageWalk and Storey Park. Young stucco there tends to show hairline shrinkage cracks, cracks at window corners and gaps along trim. Where a builder warranty still applies, read its terms before you hire anyone.
Between those two, most of the city is concrete block built from the 1960s through the 2000s, in places like Dover Shores, Rosemont, MetroWest and Vista Lakes. On block, a thin crack is usually cosmetic. The weak points are the sealant joints at windows and doors, which dry out with age and let water behind the finish.
Orlando has no shortage of contractors. The hard part is finding one who answers, calls back and explains the job plainly. That is the part Stucco HQ takes care of. The work itself is always done by a professional, licensed and insured local stucco contractor, from a single crack to a full re-stucco, and the quote is free.
Get a Free EstimateCall (407) 258-2826 at any hour and a person at the Stucco HQ office takes your details and sends them to your local contractor.
During office hours your contractor calls back within the hour. Late-evening and Sunday calls are returned the next business morning.
Your contractor handles careful repairs on century-old walls as well as touch-ups on stucco that is only a few years old.
After seeing the wall, your contractor explains what needs attention now and what can wait, and writes down the scope and price.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for Orlando International Airport show about 51.5 inches of rain a year, and 29.6 inches of it, well over half, falls from June through September, much of it in afternoon thunderstorms. July highs average 92°F, and about 110 days a year reach 90°F or more.
Hot walls and sudden downpours are a hard combination for stucco. A wall heated all afternoon cools quickly when a storm rolls in, and over the years that cycle opens hairline cracks. Wind-driven rain then finds any gap at a window or joint, and the June 1 to November 30 hurricane season brings the heaviest tests. The drier months before the summer rains are the easiest time to close cracks.
Homes inside the city recorded 2,955 qualified single-family sales in 2025, with a median price of about $500,000 across 2025 and 2026 sales, according to the Florida Department of Revenue. Inspectors look closely at stucco on the older homes near downtown, and on newer homes they often note cracks at windows and corners.
Your local Stucco HQ contractor can price the stucco items on an inspection report and finish them before closing, or handle them after you move in. Estimates are for stucco work you plan to have done.
Most homes with an Orlando address are not in the City of Orlando. The 2026 tax roll counts 175,899 single-family homes with that address in unincorporated Orange County, in places like Hunter's Creek, Meadow Woods, Southchase, Conway and Dr. Phillips, against 54,720 inside city limits. County homes get their permits from Orange County and city homes from the City of Orlando. Your contractor confirms which applies before work starts.
Inside the city, six areas are local historic districts: Downtown, Lake Cherokee, Lake Copeland, Lake Eola Heights, Lake Lawsona (which takes in Thornton Park) and Colonialtown South. Exterior work there can need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city, so check before changing a finish or color. Many newer neighborhoods have homeowners associations that approve exterior colors too.
Stucco HQ serves homes across the City of Orlando and the Orange County neighborhoods that share its address.
Other Stucco HQ pages in Central Florida:
All Central Florida service areasThe Stucco HQ office answers (407) 258-2826 around the clock and notes your address, the problem and the best time to reach you.
During office hours the call comes within the hour. If you reach out late in the evening, you hear back the next business morning.
They check the wall, the finish and any older repairs, then write up the work, the price and what can wait.
The repair is finished to match, the site is cleaned up, and you go over the work together before they leave.
It depends on the size and height of the damaged area, what is behind the stucco, and how much texture and paint matching is needed. A crack on a block wall is usually a smaller job than loose stucco on an older frame house. Your contractor prices the work after seeing it.
No. Your contractor comes to your home, because a stucco estimate depends on seeing the wall. Call (407) 258-2826 or send the form and the office sets it up.
Usually, yes. Older stucco can differ from modern mixes and may be held by wood lath, so repairs use compatible materials and are blended into the existing texture. Your contractor checks what is behind the stucco before recommending a repair.
An Orlando mailing address does not settle it. Of the Orange County homes with that address, about three in four are outside city limits. Your property tax bill shows which, and your contractor checks too, since it decides where permits come from.
Yes. Homes in Lake Eola Heights, Lake Lawsona, Lake Cherokee, Lake Copeland, Colonialtown South and the Downtown district can need a Certificate of Appropriateness before exterior changes. Your contractor plans the work around that review.
Fine cracks are common in young stucco as it cures and the house settles, and many are cosmetic. Cracks at window corners and along trim are worth sealing so water stays out. If your builder warranty is still active, check it first.
Often, if you plan to have the work done. Send the inspection report with your request. Your contractor prices the stucco items and tells you whether they fit before your closing date.
The figures and facts on this page come from public records and official sources. Links open in a new tab.
Property records
Climate and storms
Building code and preservation
Last reviewed:
Call or send the form, and your local contractor will be in touch to set a time for a free estimate.
Your local contractor will call to set a time for your free estimate. If it is urgent, call (407) 258-2826.
Call and a real person answers. Your local Stucco HQ contractor will come out, look at the wall and tell you plainly what it needs.