Rodneys Painting

Rodneys Painting is a Malden, MA outfit that homeowners keep calling back - the crew shows up as a team, with Amanda working alongside Rodney job after job, and the same names turn up across four years of Google reviews. The company says it has painted homes and businesses around Malden for more than 20 years, offering interior and exterior painting, cabinet spraying, deck painting and wall covering, and lists a service area running from Arlington and Belmont through Boston out to Weston. Thirty of the last 32 Google reviews are five stars, dating back to late 2022, and a few specifics keep recurring: the crew preps before it paints, and it finishes when it says it will. A 2022 review described Rodney caulking and prepping the exterior of a 95-year-old home before painting, and flagging repair spots from the ladder that the homeowner could pass along to her contractor. Another homeowner had three rooms of drywall repaired with a dustless sander that left only a light vacuuming behind - a job she'd been putting off because of the mess she expected. A 2026 review recounted the crew moving furniture, priming and applying two coats over four days on a 2,700-square-foot house, 'exactly as promised.' More than one review describes a job leading to another - a living-room repaint in 2026 turned into a call-back for the kitchen and bathroom. Two Google reviews break the pattern and are worth asking about directly. A one-star review from December 2025 says only 'don't waste your time,' with no further explanation, and a one-star review from March 2024 warns that the company cancels appointments on short notice. Neither gives enough detail to know what happened, but a homeowner on a tight schedule should confirm the booking a day or two out. For a straightforward interior or exterior repaint, especially one that needs drywall or trim prep first, four years of detailed, specific reviews make a strong case. Get a written quote and a start date up front, the way past customers describe getting one.