AJ Painting Services

AJ Painting Services is a family-run painting outfit working out of Ashland, catching jobs across Metro West and Worcester County — the kind of full-house repaint, cabinet-refinish, and deck-staining work that keeps a small crew busy for a week at a time. Owner Andre says he founded the company in Ashland in 2009 and still walks every estimate himself, leads the crew on site, and signs off on the final walk-through. Reviewers keep coming back to two things: price and speed. Across 22 Google reviews dating to 2022, the same shape repeats — a fair or competitive quote, a crew that shows up and finishes fast, and a clean site when they leave. One customer described Andre's team painting a 60-plus-foot, three-story Colonial exterior with four guys in two days at prices called "more than reasonable"; another had kitchen cabinets refinished to look brand new; several mention Andre personally handling color recommendations and coming back for touch-ups after the job. Not everything has been smooth. The most recent Google review on file, from August 2026, called the experience "very disappointing," though the visible text cuts off before naming specifics. A four-star review from 2022 was positive overall about pricing on a siding, trim, and shutter job but flagged "a couple of 'could use improvement' items." Those are outliers against a long run of five-star notices, but worth asking about directly. Before booking, it's worth clarifying business history: AJ Painting Services isn't BBB accredited and BBB shows no rating for it, and the two profiles don't quite agree on tenure — the company's own site says it was founded in 2009 (17-plus years), while its BBB listing shows 13 years in business. The company also advertises EPA RRP Lead-Safe certification and enrollment in Benjamin Moore's Signature Program, both worth confirming directly with Andre. For a homeowner near Ashland who wants an owner-run crew for a full interior or exterior repaint, or a cabinet refinish rather than a gut remodel, the track record here is long and mostly consistent. Get the estimate straight from Andre, and ask about that August review before signing.