SPG Painting

SPG Painting is a Somerville shop where the calling card is consistency: 24 Google reviews since 2023, every one five stars, and the same details keep resurfacing — clean job sites, meticulous prep, and a crew that shows up when it says it will. The company's own site credits owner Simon Gillick with 29 years in the painting trade, though the SPG Painting entity itself shows 5 years in business on its Better Business Bureau listing, where it holds an A+ rating. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, verified directly against the state registry under Gillick's name. What people who hired them keep coming back to is the finish work: cherry kitchen cabinets and a paneled library revarnished to match a house's original woodwork, a 100-year-old house with a quirky decade-old addition painted with careful prep, and a 3,200-square-foot condo that needed major wall repair alongside the paint. In a 2025 review, one customer noted the crew "actually repaired some work another contractor had missed." In a 2024 review, a homeowner said Simon charged less than his original estimate on a water-damage repair and repaint job that involved extensive plaster patching and sanding. Recent activity backs up the pattern rather than departing from it — three reviews in the last six months, all five stars, still citing the same daily cleanup and no-mess habits. Beyond interior and exterior painting, the company also does cabinet refinishing, custom wood finishes, plaster repair, wallpaper removal, and power washing. There's nothing in the record to flag before booking — no complaints on file, no lapsed credentials, no negative reviews across three years of Google history. The one thing worth asking about, simply because two sources describe it differently, is how long the SPG Painting entity has actually been operating versus how long Gillick himself has been painting. For a full repaint, a cabinet refinish, or a repair-and-paint job on an older house, this is a well-documented, licensed local call — confirm current scheduling and get the specifics of your job in writing, as with any contractor.