Arawak Painting & Handyman Services runs out of 40 Violet Glen Rd in South Yarmouth and is one man: Cyprian Henry, whom customers call Cyprian, Henry, or simply "the gentleman". Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 206115, is registry-verified and active in the name Arawak Painting and Handyman Services LLC, with the current term running to 1 August 2028.
Forty-seven customer accounts span 2022 to 2026 across six sources, and what they describe is far wider than painting. Painting and staining are there - exterior trim replaced and repainted for $2,100 in 2022, a house power-washed, rot repaired and painted in a few days that same year - but so are doors, drywall, decks, fences, stairs and railings, tiling, flooring, mouldings, an outdoor shower, a TV mount, closet shelves, and in one 2023 job a bicycle repaired alongside hung doors and fixed kitchen tiles.
The pattern reviewers return to is speed of response and problem-solving on awkward jobs. A 2024 customer had a problem two other contractors said could not be fixed without removing and replacing three large picture windows; it was fixed. A 2024 customer had a swinging-door spring mechanism repaired that was described as not an easy task. A 2023 customer had an outdoor shower quoted and installed within three days of first contact, for less than a competing quote. Several describe an estimate written up as an agreement before work starts, and a 2023 customer specifically praised the detailed estimate and invoice.
Two accounts pull the other way and are worth reading before hiring. In May 2024 a customer wrote that they would not hire again, describing a sloppy paint job and poor communication over an issue they felt a phone call would have resolved. In July 2023 a customer who rated the work itself superb still flagged a language difficulty, advised being very direct about what is being hired for, said some small details were missed and corrected once pointed out, recommended paying by bank money order or cashier's cheque, and reported that a personal cheque was mislaid and then found after they called about it.
One caution on the numbers: the 4.8-from-42 figure appears twice, once on Angi and once on HomeAdvisor, and those two pages carry identical text, so they are one record on two surfaces rather than two independent ratings.
For a Cape homeowner with a mixed list of small jobs - a door that sticks, trim to replace, a deck to sand and paint, shelves to hang - this is a well-reviewed, registered one-man operation that answers fast. Confirm the scope in writing, agree the payment method up front, and be explicit about finish expectations on paint work.