Blue Ocean Painting

Blue Ocean Painting is Lucas and a small crew, and what keeps showing up in the reviews is everything they fix on the way to the paint. A June 2026 customer who found the company through a Google search had the house primed, power washed, painted and the carpentry handled in one go. A repeat client writing in January 2026 listed three jobs over a couple of years — tile repair and replacement, drywall replacement, cabinet repair, and a new threshold for an exterior door — with the work area cleaned at the end of every day. The company works out of Melrose, doing interior and exterior painting, cabinet refinishing and deck repair with Benjamin Moore paints. Its Thumbtack profile lists Top Pro status, eight years in business and a background-checked owner, Lucas Prates. Eighteen Google ratings sit at 5.0. Prep is where customers put the weight. A May 2025 homeowner singled out the filling, sanding and priming — "which means all the difference with any paint job" — and mentioned that Lucas replaced some clapboard while he was at it. In July 2024 a family had the whole interior of a newly bought home painted, 10-plus rooms, with popcorn ceilings taken down at the same time. Scheduling gets its own praise. A May 2024 customer was quoted in the fall of 2023 and heard from Lucas about a start date as soon as the weather turned that spring, with updates along the way; a December 2022 Thumbtack reviewer said the job came in a week earlier than expected. In February 2024 a homeowner said Lucas pointed out things they had never noticed and brought a 1960s house up to date with the right paint. If your painting job is really painting plus a list of small repairs — a rotted threshold, a few clapboards, a bad patch of drywall — this is a practical crew to call. Ask to have those repair items priced individually on the quote, and confirm which paint line and how many coats are included.