First Call Drywall & Plastering

First Call Drywall & Plastering is a small Chelsea, Massachusetts outfit built around drywall and plaster work — tearing out a damaged wall, patching a ceiling, or skim-coating a room before repaint. Henry Rodriguez runs it; Thumbtack lists him at 13 years in business with a five-person crew, while the company's own newer Angi profile puts the figure closer to 11 years. The five reviews on file, spanning 2021 to 2023, keep circling back to the same thing: the plaster and drywall work itself holds up. Justin W.'s October 2023 review describes Rodriguez removing a wall, cutting a door frame, and replacing a ceiling — calling him "extremely fair with his estimates" and dependable through a job that grew midway. A 2022 review of a smaller drywall repair says much the same: floors covered, site cleaned, fair price. Another from the same year calls the finished plaster ceilings and walls "phenomenal." Not every account is as clean. In a June 2021 review, a customer wrote that Rodriguez was responsive but left plaster residue on furniture and floors that was still turning up weeks later — worth asking how a job site gets cleaned up before signing on, especially for indoor finishing work. Thumbtack shows an overall 4.7 stars from 11 ratings and 26 projects in its photo gallery; the Angi listing, opened more recently, has no reviews of its own yet. Beyond drywall and plastering, Thumbtack's service menu for the business also lists general handyman work, interior and exterior painting, and general contracting, though nothing in the record yet shows a completed job in those categories. For a wall repair, a plaster patch, or a full room re-skim, the specific accounts here are reassuring — just confirm upfront how post-job cleanup will be handled.