Cruz Painting

Cruz Painting is a New Bedford, Massachusetts outfit that, per its Thumbtack profile, has been painting homes for 13 years with a crew of six, run by Odair (Odayr) Cruz, whose background check is on file with the platform. It currently holds a 4.4-star Google rating from 13 reviews and a 4.7 "Great" rating on Thumbtack from 35, with 91% of those Thumbtack ratings at five stars. The written reviews on file run from 2018 to 2023, so they describe a track record rather than current activity. In a 2022 review, a homeowner recounted a full interior repaint with the cabinet frames and doors sanded and refinished to a clean, splatter-free finish, done through several last-minute color changes. Earlier reviews, from 2018, described the crew painting an entire house in a day with return visits for touch-ups, and four rooms repainted in eight different colors in a single afternoon. A general contractor writing in early 2022 said he had used Cruz Painting for several of his own projects, for both painting and drywall work, and called them reliable and consistently "top-notch." Not every account is positive. A December 2021 review described a job that stalled — the crew came once, then didn't return for four months before the company sent a different person to finish it. That's worth asking about directly before booking: what the plan is if the assigned crew can't finish on the original timeline. For interior repainting, cabinet refinishing, or drywall work in the New Bedford area, Cruz Painting has a long, largely strong record to point to. Confirm current availability and who exactly will be on the job, given the one account of a stalled handoff.