Kare's Painting

Kare's Painting has been painting Roslindale interiors since 1993, and what customers wrote about in 2018 was craft. "Knows her craft, works quickly, comes prepared," one wrote that August. Another, the same month, called her "my painter for many years" and "skilled and honest." The Better Business Bureau lists the business as a sole proprietorship with four employees, an A+ grade and a file opened in 2008. Its own description there reaches past ordinary house painting: interior painting, staining, paint removal and wall preparation, and then murals and faux finishes. The catch is age. Every review on file was posted between August and October 2018 — five of them, averaging 4.8 — and the same five appear on both Angi and HomeAdvisor, which is one listing published twice rather than two independent records. The single four-star, from October 2018, still recommended her: that customer described a $2,450 three-to-four-room interior job and said she was "very patient and considerate about my schedule." The platforms also disagree about how long she has been at it. Angi's business highlight says 28 years of experience; the BBB file says 33, with a start date of 1 April 1993. If you want decorative interior work — a mural, a faux finish, careful prep before paint — this is a specialist worth calling, with the caveat that you would be hiring on an eight-year-old paper trail. Ask for two or three jobs finished in the last year, and the addresses to go with them.