RJ McAuliffe Painting

RJ McAuliffe Painting is a two-person painting outfit in Lowell that has been going since January 2011 — fifteen years of work with almost none of it written down anywhere. Its Better Business Bureau file, opened in 2018, lists Robert McAuliffe as the owner and the trade simply as painting contractors. The BBB has issued no rating, saying it lacks the information to do so, and the business is not accredited. Massachusetts exempts interior-painting-only contractors from home improvement contractor registration, so nothing turns on the absence of one — but if your job runs into carpentry, siding or exterior repairs, ask which registration covers that part before work starts. This is a referral-driven hire rather than a shop you can research. Ask for the addresses of two or three recent jobs like yours, confirm the insurance, and get the surface prep and the number of coats written into the quote.