The house that we are buying has dark brown brick. What trim colors do you suggest? I would like to lighten the color if possible.

My 30 year old house has brown perforated aluminum soffit. I would like to repaint the soffit a color that goes better with the current body and trim colors. My problem is that normal latex house paint would fill the perforations (small round holes covering the majority of the surface)

We employed a painting contractor to paint the exterior of our house. The PC failed to do any prep work prior to painting our house, nor did he cut in the trim work around the doors and windows. When confronted with his performance….. he merely stated that all painting contractors