Peter's crew treats a house like a running punch list, not just a paint job. Across dozens of reviews since 2018, the same names — Peter, and often a helper named Frank — show up for plaster repairs, wallpaper strip-outs, a garage floor replacement, a pull-down attic ladder swap, even a leaking sliding door, sometimes for the same repeat customer who keeps calling them back for the next project.
North Shore Painting Services, based in North Reading, has built a genuinely deep record: 66 reviews from 2018 through this year across Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor, Angi and Houzz, averaging in the high 4s on every platform — Thumbtack shows 4.9 from 118 ratings, HomeAdvisor and Angi both sit at 4.8 from over 100 each. The last six months brought four more reviews, all clean. A 2023 review describes the widest single job on file: a full interior repaint alongside hardwood floor refinishing, rebuilt deck stairs and a new kitchen floor, with the owner staying responsive and flexible on a tight budget through a week of multiple crews working the house. Other reviews describe an exterior job that included power-washing, replacing rotted wood, and repainting the foundation surface, done through a stretch of difficult November weather.
Two things worth asking about before booking. In a 2024 Houzz review, a customer said the crew never finished the job and called it the worst experience they'd had — a sharp outlier against an otherwise long, consistent record, but real, and worth raising directly with Peter if your project has a large scope. A 2019 review separately flagged too many imperfections for a simple wall job. A 2023 review also described a roof-and-exterior-painting job that developed a leak the owner initially struggled to get addressed despite repeated calls, though the same review notes the crew eventually came back and resolved it.
For most painting work — interior, exterior, staining — and the smaller plaster, drywall and wallpaper jobs that keep showing up in the reviews, this is a well-established, high-volume local shop. For a larger, multi-trade project, it's worth confirming the completion timeline and getting it in writing before work starts.
