Stephen Navarro Painters

Three of the newest reviews on Stephen Navarro Painters' Google page have nothing to do with paint. A February 2026 customer wrote that a leaking roof was cleared of snow and its ice dams broken up within two hours of the call. A second February 2026 reviewer described Stephen and his team coming out on a Sunday to take snow and ice dams off the house. And in a December 2025 review, a homeowner whose upstairs washing machine overflowed — half the living-room ceiling down, three days before Christmas — said Steve was there the next morning to assess the damage. The day-to-day business is painting. Stephen Navarro runs it as a sole proprietorship out of 21 Gardner St in Newton, and the company's site describes interior and exterior painting alongside carpentry, masonry and stucco repair, epoxy coatings, power washing, water-damage restoration and ice-dam removal, across Newton, Weston, Brookline, Needham, Wellesley and a string of towns west of Boston. The business is not BBB accredited; its BBB profile carries an A+ grade. Google shows a 5★ average across 20 ratings, and the written reviews run from 2021 into early 2026. The jobs they describe often run past paint: an August 2025 customer had the interior and exterior of a 1905 Newton home painted, the floors refinished and plaster repaired after knob-and-tube removal, and said the work finished ahead of schedule. A July 2025 reviewer's two-room, 480-square-foot apartment was done in a single day — crew in at 7am, out at 4pm, three coats. Timekeeping comes up in several of the older reviews. In a July 2024 review, a homeowner said the team was always on time, gave a prompt and reasonable estimate after coming out to see the rooms, and swept the areas afterwards. A different customer, writing in May 2023, said Stephen helped choose the colours and went through what his service would cover before work began, and that his men were there on time every day. A July 2023 reviewer had walls, trim and cabinets painted and called him responsive and communicative. Two things to raise before you sign. The state registry lists Stephen Navarro's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #185554, as expired — ask where that stands, particularly for work beyond painting. And the company's site claims 36 years in business while its BBB profile puts it at 15; if longevity is part of why you're calling, ask about the gap. For interior and exterior repaints around Newton and Weston — and for the ice-dam or water-damage call that can't wait — this is a hands-on outfit where Stephen walks the job himself. Get the scope, colour plan and price in writing, and settle the registration question before the project starts.