Echohousepainting

Echohousepainting (Vitalie, based in Norwood) carries the credentials to back up its five-star average: an active Massachusetts home-improvement-contractor license, BBB accreditation at an A+ grade, and a 5.0 rating across both Google (149 ratings) and Houzz (20 ratings). What sets the reviews apart from a typical painting company's is how often carpentry comes up — replacing rotted wood, rebuilding window trim and baseboards, patching plaster and popcorn ceilings — handled by the same crew rather than subcontracted out. 15 reviews landed in just the last six months, all positive, and the same pattern holds across five years of history. Reviewers describe extensive prep before any paint goes on — power washing, sanding down bare spots, priming, sometimes waiting days between coats — on jobs ranging from a single fence to a full exterior that hadn't been painted in "28 years," or, in a 2024 review, one that replaced gutters, a metal bulkhead, trim and cedar plank siding after a prior paint job 8-10 years old. In a 2022 review, a homeowner described the crew replacing water-damaged boards and gutter-area rot on a full exterior job, noting plainly that "most painting crews will not do carpentry." Many customers are repeats — one had used the company twice already with a third planned, another described a second project that started with a finished basement and moved to the kitchen, dining room and bath. Vitalie himself gets singled out by name repeatedly for being personally responsive, walking homeowners through color choices, and staying in close contact through the job. There's no real weak spot in the written record here. A strong pick for anything from a single deck or fence to a full exterior repaint that needs wood repair built in — worth confirming scheduling on larger jobs given how in-demand the crew clearly is.