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A South Boston homeowner with four rooms to paint rang nine companies in December 2025. Thomas Interior was the last on the list and the only one that picked up; six of the others never called back at all. Getting hold of them is half of what customers write about. A client on a deadline in August 2025 had Tom out for the walkthrough on time, a quote the same day, and the crew on site that Friday. A April 2025 customer with a tight timeline says the schedule bent to fit it. Tom Carten runs the company, which says it has been painting in Greater Boston since 1989 — 37 years — working Boston, Milton, Quincy, Needham, Wellesley and the towns around them. It is interior and exterior house painting plus what tends to come with it: plaster and sheetrock repair, staining, wallpaper, cabinets and decks, power washing. The crews move quickly once they start. A whole apartment painted in two days in August 2025. Several rooms repaired and painted in a furnished house in a single day in April 2024. An entire house repainted in October 2024 after an insulation job left it needing it. A new condo in May 2025 had walls, ceilings and wood trim all done on schedule. People come back. One customer had hired Tom Carten three times before bringing him in again in 2024 for a tired Milton condo — every interior wall in new colours, kitchen cabinets painted too. Another household has used the company for both inside and outside work. A 2024 client came on a neighbour's recommendation. Across 2022 to 2026 the same details recur: crews on time, floors and rooms left clean at the end of each day. For interior painting around Boston — a condo before you move in, a few rooms in a house you are living in, cabinets that need reviving — this is a long-running shop that answers the phone and starts soon. Its Better Business Bureau page carries an A+ grade without accreditation. Put the scope in writing, and if you have a date to hit, say so at the first call.
We have used Thomas Interior painting for inside and outside painting jobs. The teams were great- Extremely dependable, polite, friendly workers. Clean up well at the end of the day and complete the job in a timely manner. Tom is a great guy and a pleasure to work with. We will be using them again!
Great experience working with Thomas - very professional, friendly and top notch team!
Thanks for a great job at my house
Hired Thomas Interior Painting to paint four rooms in an apartment in South Boston. I called nine companies, Thomas Interior being the last one. They actually picked up the phone, where the others you had to leave a voicemail message. Six of those nine other companies didn’t bother to even call back. Made arrangements for the owner to come out and give me a price for the four rooms. He was on time and provided a quote within 24 hours. I hired them and they started and finished on time and did a great job! If you need work done, call them first, you won’t be sorry!
It was a great experience! Pretty good overall.
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Thomas Interior Painting. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Finished floor area of the rooms in scope — not wall area.
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$6,000 – $9,000
Typical painting project around $7,500
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Careful prep for clean finishes5.0
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