Double Painting & Carpentry Inc

Double Painting & Carpentry Inc is a Lexington-based painting and carpentry company run by John, carrying an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration. Its Google page shows 138 ratings averaging five stars, and the individual written reviews — more than four dozen on file, running from 2021 into 2026 — tell one of the more consistent stories in the area: homeowner after homeowner describing careful prep work, honest pricing, and a crew that shows up and finishes what it starts. Exterior painting is the throughline. Reviews across every year describe John and his crew stripping and repainting whole houses, often alongside real carpentry — replacing rotted trim, rebuilding wooden front steps, and resurfacing siding before the paint goes on. One 2025 review described the crew repairing and repainting a nearly 100-year-old Lexington house that hadn't been touched in 15 years, calling the result the best work they'd seen in nearly 40 years living in town. Interior work gets the same level of care: reviewers describe wallpaper removal, whole-room repaints, and cabinet refinishing that they say made kitchens look brand new. Beyond painting, carpentry shows up as a genuine second specialty rather than an afterthought — built decks, replaced windows, rebuilt stairs, and at least one full kitchen remodel and a bathroom remodel with basement finishing described in a 2023 review. A number of reviewers mention hiring the company a second or third time, and one described switching to Double Painting in 2023 after another painter botched a job using the wrong type of paint. What repeats across nearly every account, regardless of the year, is responsiveness: John personally checking in on progress, walking customers through options, and being upfront about pricing and scope changes. Crews are consistently described as punctual, careful with furniture and belongings, and thorough about cleanup at the end of each day. There's nothing in the written reviews to flag as a concern — the one below-five-star account, from 2023, still called the work terrific. For exterior or interior painting, trim and carpentry repair, or a combined painting-and-carpentry project, Double Painting & Carpentry has an unusually deep and steady track record behind it, backed by a verified state registration.