Russo Painting

Russo Painting is a Saugus outfit built around owner Joe Russo, who homeowners describe personally checking in before and after a job — in a review from January 2025, one customer said Joe came by both times to make sure they were satisfied. The specifics repeat across a long run of five-star Google reviews. In a review from spring 2025, cabinets that were repainted "came out looking like new." In a late-2025 review, a customer described calling Joe about damage that needed repair — he came out to look at it the same day, then had a crew on-site at 8 AM the next morning, finished before noon. Two reviews from 2022 add older but still telling detail: one customer had Joe de-popcorn a living room ceiling before the crew repainted it, and another described Joe offering to let a bedroom color dry a second night rather than rush a fix when it wasn't landing right after one coat. A 2023 review notes the crew takes on more than pure painting — stairs, decks, small bathroom or kitchen work — alongside the painting jobs. The Better Business Bureau gives Russo Painting an A+ rating, though the business isn't BBB-accredited. Worth flagging: the company's own website footer reads "est. 1987," but the BBB profile lists the business as operating since August 2020 — two different pictures of how long Russo Painting has been around, worth asking about directly. There's no negative review on file across the seventeen on record, and the two most recent — from this year — keep the same short, satisfied tone as the rest, even if briefer. For a painting job that might also need a little carpentry or cabinet work folded in, Russo looks like a reasonable single call; just confirm which start date (and which legal entity) you're actually contracting with.