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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Motti Painting Solutions Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Finished floor area of the rooms in scope — not wall area.
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$6,000 – $9,000
Typical painting project around $7,500
Motti Painting Solutions is a Boston-based exterior painting, carpentry, and historic home restoration contractor run by Daniel Motti, serving Greater Boston homeowners for over 20 years. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, and the company is EPA Lead-Safe Certified. The review record is exceptionally deep and entirely positive — 76 reviews from 2021 to 2026, all five stars. The work described consistently pairs painting with real carpentry: nearly every review mentions rotted wood repair, rebuilt board shutters, or stair and trim carpentry done alongside the paint job, often with named crew members like carpenter Mauricio and crew chief Nilson credited directly. Reviews describe restoration work on some of the area's oldest and most demanding buildings — a 300-year-old community center in Harvard Square (where the company also replaced the roof in 2021), a 155-year-old Mansard Victorian, and a six-unit 1910 historic home with original wood clapboards. Repeat business is a striking pattern: one reviewer describes using the company multiple times over decades, as have several neighbors, and a 2023 review describes rehiring the company roughly a decade after an earlier job because of how much the reviewer liked the previous work. Multiple other reviewers describe hiring Motti specifically after seeing its work on a neighbor's house. Process comes up as a strength as often as the finished work does: reviews describe detailed, itemized quotes with photos of every element to be repaired and painted, clearly explained change-order pricing when hidden rot turned up during prep, and consistent communication throughout. A 2023 review notes the company guarantees its work for five years. For exterior painting or historic home restoration anywhere in Greater Boston, this is about as strong and consistent a record as they come — deep specificity, real repeat-customer loyalty, and zero exceptions across five years of reviews.
“Motti Painting is incredible”
We were really satisfied with Motti Painting. They did a very thorough job painting and did some carpentry repairs. It was money well spent and I would recommend them to anyone looking to repaint their home.
This past summer Motti Painting solutions repainted our three story Victorian home. Quote: Daniel was punctual, came to the house, provided an estimate that he explained and walked us through. He was very clear about the process for change orders, which he honored and the specs on materials (paint, caulk, wood) brand and grade options. Payments were broken up into manageable chunks. Preparation: Daniel’s crew surveyed the entire house, identified clapboards that needed replacement, marked them clearly so we could see what needed to be replaced, offered us options on materials and efficiently replaced all damaged areas. In some instances the carpenter went above and beyond and replaced some damaged areas behind the clapboard that were not originally identified in the contract. We felt confident that once the painting commenced that the envelope was secure and that the carpentry work was solid. While the carpenter worked, the rest of Daniel’s team did an excellent job of scraping the whole house and caulking seams to ensure the paint would adhere and last. Painting and staining: Daniel’s team of four were respectful, efficient and responsive to feedback, as was Daniel. When we asked about adding additional drop cloths to catch any chipping or paint, they complied. They did an excellent job of the primary painting job but also sanded and stained our doors, front porch, rear deck and the ceiling of our front porch. We were shown samples of stain colors and had an opportunity to provide our own paint colors. We were very pleased with the quality of the finished product. We’ve received a lot of comments from our neighbors about both the thoroughness of the preparation and the end results. Warranty: There is a 3-year warranty! There was one small area of a cellar enclosure where we had some separation of the siding. Daniel sent his team to repair it the next week at no additional charge. Overall: Highly recommend Motti Painting Solutions and Daniel. This is our second paint job and so have had the experience of working with far less communicative and conscientious contractors. It's nice to work with someone who takes pride in their own work and the quality of their materials and has a crew that is highly skilled. In seeking out a whole house paint job we’ve gotten a lot of quotes and you can find someone who will do it cheaper or you can find someone who will do it for a lot more money than Daniel charged. For the quality and the care we feel very satisfied that we made the right investment, paid a fair price and have a paint job that will last at least 20-years.
Multi trades contract with Motti Painting Solutons is going very well. All of the trades people working on the project have been knowledgeable, polite, considerate and professional. Daniel Motti is great to work with. Will update!
Amazing, high quality work! Harder project with a large room with many windows and detailed wood cabinets... all painted (including ceiling) in a deep dark library green. Very happy with the results.
I have an antique house (>200 years old) with wood siding and Motti painting painted ny exterior, floor of my porch and some exterior carpentry repairs. Motti Painting did a fantastic job with attention to detail and doing everything the right way. For the quality of work done the price was excellent. 10 years ago we had different painter paint our house and we started seeing some peeling issues in certain place just a year later because the prep was insufficient. When Motti’s crew did it this year they did the prep was above and beyond. In *every* problem area they scraped down to bare wood and primed with quality primer. Every gap was properly caulked. It was night and day compared to other painters. The finish coats were perfect as well. I have no doubt that any other high end painter would have charged me 40% more than Motti did to do that quality level of work. He guarantees his work for 2 years which is a rarity amongst house painters but I am sure he can give that guarantee because they do it right from the beginning. So happy we went with them this year!
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Careful prep for clean finishes5.0
Thorough prep work5.0
Whole-room renovations3.8
Long-term repeat clients4.6