Ellisdrywall

The same two words turn up across Ellis Drywall's reviews year after year: on time. Reviewers in New Bedford, Massachusetts, know the crew as Gary Ellis and his hanger, Bill. Thumbtack lists the business at 11 years old, and its written reviews reach back to 2021. Google puts the business at 4.9 stars across 51 ratings, and Thumbtack adds another 4.8 across 16. This summer's reviewers describe much the same thing earlier customers did: an August 2026 review calls the work 'fast and easy,' a July 2026 review says Gary and Bill were 'punctual, reasonable, and communicative,' and a March 2026 review said the finished job was 'seamless' and praised the crew for being respectful of a home where the reviewer worked remotely during the job. The specifics go back further, too. In a 2023 review, a homeowner said Gary patched a large hole in a textured ceiling so cleanly there was no trace of it afterward. Another 2023 review described him finishing the drywall throughout an entire kitchen, including tricky spots where old plaster met new drywall. That same year, a third review described a 14-foot vaulted great-room ceiling that hadn't been touched in 30 years, needing a full sheetrock repair. Twice - in a 2024 review and again in a 2025 review - homeowners say Gary and Bill were brought in to fix drywall or framing mistakes a previous contractor had left behind, rather than just covering them over. The written record reaches back to 2021, too: one review from that year praised Gary for staying prompt on a sunroom-ceiling job and calling ahead if he was running late. The one flat note: one of Thumbtack's 16 ratings sits at two stars, against an otherwise unbroken run of five-star reviews across both platforms. Thumbtack also lists smaller repair work - filling nail holes and cracks, applying finish coats, patching damaged drywall - alongside the bigger basement and ceiling jobs. This is a well-established call for basement finishing, ceiling repair, or straightening out a previous contractor's drywall work. Get a written estimate and a start date up front, as with any small two-person crew.