Cris Desa Painting

Thirteen reviews across six platforms, spread from 2018 to 2025, and not one of them lands below four stars. The word that keeps coming up for Cris Desa Painting is punctual — customers writing on HomeAdvisor and Angi in 2019 and 2020 describe crews that showed up when promised and worked hard once they did. The business runs out of 740 Farm Road in Marlborough under owner Cristiano Desa, and paints houses inside and out, with power washing and light carpentry on the side. Its BBB page is an A+ (not accredited) and says the company started in 2003 as a three-person sole proprietorship that backs its work with a two-year warranty; HomeAdvisor has it serving Worcester County and the Boston area with free estimates and Spanish spoken, and BuildZoom lists $1 million in general liability coverage. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. What customers wrote is consistent, but most of it is older. In a 2022 BuildZoom review, a homeowner said Cris communicated well, showed up when he said he would and made sure the little details were taken care of; a 2020 reviewer had the house and deck painted, did a walk-through, had a few minor items fixed and was already booking him for another yard project. Deck work draws specific praise — in 2019 one customer watched a three-man crew make short work of a deck, and another called the crew meticulous with detail. Price came up in 2018, when three HomeAdvisor and Angi reviewers separately called the quote fair and the value good. The newest accounts, from 2024 on HomeAdvisor and 2025 on Google, are positive too; the Google reviewer singled out how clean the crew kept the job. Two things worth asking about. The directories don't agree on how long they've been at it — BBB says 2003, HomeAdvisor says since 1999 with 36 years of experience, Angi repeats the 36 — so ask directly. And the reviews thin out after 2020: ten of the thirteen are from 2018–2020, with three since 2022, so ask to see a recent exterior or deck job. One 2018 HomeAdvisor review also credits a “Branch Manager, Ethan,” which doesn't fit a three-person shop — take that one lightly. The right call for a straightforward exterior, interior or deck paint job where showing up on time and finishing clean matters most. Get the estimate in writing — they say it's free — and confirm what the two-year warranty covers before booking.