NEW ENGLAND HOME PAINTERS

New England Home Painters is a Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts outfit built around one job: painting the whole exterior of a house, then fixing what the weather did to the trim underneath along the way. The company says it's been at it for more than 20 years and is owned and run by Claudio Cautilli, and its BBB file has carried an A+ rating since it registered there in 2014. The written record on file runs from 2016 through 2023 — eleven reviews, every one of them five stars. The same pattern shows up again and again: in a 2020 review, one homeowner said Claudio "spent an hour advising me on paint colors" before the crew started, and in a 2023 review another described the crew pointing out rotted trim and pricing the repair up front rather than surprising the customer with it later. Fixing rot, not just painting over it, comes up across several jobs — a 2020 review mentions "replacing lots of rotted wood" during a full exterior repaint, and a 2021 review describes a garage soffit rebuilt before the painting even began. On the review platforms themselves, Angi and HomeAdvisor both show a 4.8 out of 5 across the same 75 ratings, 91% of them five-star. There's nothing recent in the written record — the newest dated review on file is from mid-2023, so anyone hiring today is relying on a track record that's a couple of years old rather than fresh accounts. The company's Home Improvement Contractor license number, #179451, is posted on its own site but hasn't been checked against the state registry, so it's worth confirming directly before signing anything. Angi and HomeAdvisor also list the business's address in Medway, while its BBB profile gives a Chestnut Hill address — worth a quick clarifying call if location matters for scheduling. This is a fit for a full exterior repaint where rotted trim or siding needs attention along the way, less a general handyman despite BBB also listing carpentry, wallpaper removal and handyman work on the side. Ask for references from a job in the last year or two, and confirm the license status directly with the state before booking.