Red Doors, Painted Brick. Company's Ugly Rehabs are a Blight on St. Louis.

https://www.stlmag.com/news/red-door-li ... -st-louis/

Don't you know that you can just paint a brick building and that removes any need for tuckpointing?

AKA tuck-painting. Bonus points for using a high-gloss paint, which creates a protective hard candy shell.

"Rehabbers whose ugly houses angered St. Louis are accused of running a Ponzi scheme.

Lighthouse Estates and Red Door Legacy bought up numerous city houses and painted the brick black or burgundy. Now their business model appears to be collapsing—and a key leader faces criminal charges."


It appears that more than just their rehabs were ugly:  

https://www.stlmag.com/news/red-door-li ... e=hs_email

Scar on the city these particular developers are