Big Dogs Painting

The most important thing to know about Big Dogs Painting is on the public record: its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #181589, has expired. The state registry confirms it, with Patrick Brown as the holder of record, and BuildZoom puts the expiry at 17 December 2023 and notes that Mass.gov Consumer Affairs listed the registration as cancelled at one point. Massachusetts requires home improvement contractors to hold a current registration, so this is the first thing to settle before signing anything. Set against that, the Better Business Bureau grades the company A+, its top mark, and it has never paid for BBB accreditation. The bureau dates the business to January 2019 and lists three employees at 422 Montaup St in Fall River, with Mr. Patrick Brown as owner and the only contact. The company describes itself as a family business that has been in the paint trade for more than 25 years — which reads as the owner's own time with a brush rather than the company's age, given the 2019 start. Beyond interior and exterior painting it lists power washing, gutter installation and carpentry, so it presents as a small all-round crew rather than a painting-only shop. What is entirely absent is customers. BuildZoom's profile, updated in April 2026, carries twenty photographs of the work and not one review; the BBB file, open since 2019, holds neither reviews nor complaints. Nobody has written publicly about hiring them, for good or ill. That leaves a small, experienced Fall River crew with a top BBB grade, a photo portfolio, and a lapsed registration. Ask Patrick Brown directly whether #181589 has been renewed and get the current registration number in writing, along with proof of general liability and workers' compensation cover. Then ask for two or three recent local addresses and go and look at the work — with no written reviews anywhere, your own eyes are the only reference on offer.