Private Painters Corp

Ask what Private Painters Corp actually does all day and its customers answer before the marketing does: kitchen cabinets. Ruben Gomes runs the Reading company — BBB names him as owner, with two employees, a business start date of August 2014 and incorporation in October 2015 — and the company's own site puts cabinet refinishing front and center, sold with dustless sanding, color matching and a virtual estimate. The written history is short but consistent. Google shows a 5-star average across 18 ratings, and the seven reviews people have left run from 2021 to early 2025 without a dissent. The most useful of them is a July 2024 account: cabinets seven years old and dulled by candle smoke, references produced on request, the crew arriving daily on time, and one worker rigging covers so the homeowners could still reach the fridge and pantry while the job ran. A February 2025 customer, referred by a condo neighbor, had ceilings and walls repaired and painted and described the fixes as creative. A June 2024 reviewer — 40 years of homeownership behind them — pointed to the prep-to-cleanup discipline and to a crew that stayed late rather than let the job trail on. Two things to pin down before you call. First, there isn't much written history and none of it is recent: seven reviews, most clustered in 2024 and earlier, nothing newer than February 2025. That is a small sample, and it's worth asking for current references rather than leaning on the 5-star average alone. Second, the lead-paint question. BBB lists lead paint removal among the services, and a 2021 reviewer wrote that the company is certified for it — but that is a customer's word, not something confirmed against a state registry here. Massachusetts licenses deleading contractors separately, so ask to see the credential in writing if your house predates 1978. The fit is clear enough: a small, owner-run crew for cabinet refinishing and interior repainting, where neatness and showing up every day matter more than crew size. If your calendar is tight, raise scheduling early — a 2022 customer booked two months ahead, though that crew ended up arriving a week early and finished within the week.