Big Dog Painting

Big Dog Painting works out of Stoneham, and its Google page tells a strikingly consistent story: 4.9 stars from 230 ratings, and of the 206 reviews it has collected since 2021 across five different sites, only two dip below five stars. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license, number 196727, is active. The last six months brought 22 new reviews and not a single one below five stars. The jobs described go beyond a straight repaint: a carpenter named Tim built a custom access door and matched existing molding for one homeowner, then a few weeks later built a custom pantry cabinet and replacement doors for another. A two-floor repaint of an early-1900s home included sanding and rebuilding damaged trim, crown molding, and window sills before any paint went on. Cabinet refinishing keeps coming up on its own - one reviewer credits a painter named Cali with walking them through every step of a cabinet-refacing job, another describes a crew that patched holes left by old cabinetry and even rebuilt a windowsill ledge a puppy had chewed while teething. Elsewhere the crew patched and repainted walls after MassSave blew insulation into them, and painted a gallery at an art museum with low-VOC paint on a tight deadline, finishing ahead of schedule. The full history isn't spotless. Further back, one review describes a canceled estimate tied to a dispute over an earlier, less flattering review about scheduling speed, and another describes an exterior job that had been subcontracted out and fell short of the interior work the same customer had praised years before; that reviewer says the owner personally came back to fix it. Worth asking, if your project is exterior or time-sensitive, whether the crew doing the work is in-house. For an interior or exterior repaint, or especially for refinishing cabinets instead of tearing out a kitchen, this is about as deep and consistent a review history as you'll find in the area, backed by a verified license. Confirm who's actually doing the work - in-house crew or subcontractor - before you sign.