Lighthouse Painting

Lighthouse Painting is a Waltham-based exterior/interior painting company that also does carpentry repair, covering Massachusetts and into New Hampshire (self-reported service towns include Andover, Wellesley, Newton, Winchester, and Portsmouth NH). Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is verified active, and the company is EPA Lead-Safe certified — worth knowing on the older homes that show up repeatedly in its reviews, including a 2020 job on a 90-year-old house. The written record is deep but dated: 25 reviews spanning 2020 to early 2025, split across Google and Angi (Angi separately shows a 4.8-star average from 107 total ratings). The recurring theme across the years is carpentry folded into the paint job: in a 2020 review, one homeowner described the crew powerwashing, prepping, fixing rotted trim and clapboard, and painting an entire house in five days. Several reviewers name specific project managers — Caleb, Chris, and Josh — for staying in close contact and walking through decisions before committing to them; in a 2023 review, a repeat customer said Chris helped pick exterior colors and checked in daily. One 2020 review is worth flagging directly: the crew's primer and stain initially failed to block tannin bleed-through, requiring several return trips to reapply primer and paint — done at no added cost to the customer, who described the resolution as fair. What's worth knowing before calling: there's no review on file more recent than early 2025, so current crew availability and turnaround can't be confirmed from the written record — worth asking directly before booking.