Northern Ridge Painting & Remodeling

Northern Ridge Painting & Remodeling works out of Amesbury, and the jobs homeowners describe range from a single stained deck to a full exterior repaint with carpentry mixed in — replacing damaged boards, a roof vent, then power-washing and painting the whole house. Brian, the owner, comes out to inspect and quote in person, and reviewers across nearly a decade keep naming the same people: Cole managing projects and checking in with crews daily, Moustafa staining decks and painting interiors. The multi-platform numbers back up what the reviews describe: 4.8★ on Angi (140 ratings), HomeAdvisor (140) and Porch (131), plus a BBB A+ grade held since 2018. The written record on file runs from 2015 through August 2024, and the more recent entries keep the same shape — in a 2024 review, one homeowner who'd "hired many painters over the years" called Northern Ridge "not close" to the best of them, citing an easy quote-to-follow-up process and a crew that worked early to late; another spring-2024 review said the price landed within the original estimate. Several customers mention hiring the company more than once. Two accounts are worth knowing before calling. In a 2022 review, a homeowner reported residue left on windows and no sanding before paint — the company's on-record response says neither was part of the signed proposal. And in a 2020 review, a customer opened with allegations of "racist overtones, physical violence, police reports," then added an update months later giving a "slight upgraded" rating, still describing repeat trips to fix dripped paint and a foreman who mostly disappeared until a problem came up. Nothing in that shape shows up again after 2021 — the reviews from 2021 on describe prompt callbacks, accurate estimates and clean sites through the end of a job. Worth asking directly how crew supervision works day to day and getting window-washing and sanding scope spelled out in the proposal, but a company with a long, mostly consistent record for exterior painting and carpentry-adjacent repair work.