Verified record
Yes We Can Painting is a New Bedford outfit that Angi and HomeAdvisor both credit with about nine years in the trade, working small painting and staining jobs alongside commercial interior surfaces and metal roof coatings. The clearest look at its work comes from a 2025 South Coast Today feature: owner Jorge Barbosa's company repainted a New Bedford building after what the paper described as an overdue freshening-up, a project reported at a cost of $34,600. Beyond that piece, there isn't much of a public record to go on — neither its Angi nor its HomeAdvisor profile carries a customer review yet, and Google shows a single 1-star rating with no review attached to explain it. That lone Google star and the absence of written reviews elsewhere are worth asking about directly before booking — there's currently no way to independently confirm the day-to-day experience of hiring this company. Free estimates are listed on both directory profiles, so a quote costs nothing to explore, but anyone considering a project on the scale of the $34,600 job in the news piece would do well to ask for references from comparably sized work.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from YES WE CAN 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.
Estimated range
$6,000 – $9,000
Typical painting project around $7,500
“after Finneran had a chance encounter with Jorge Barbosa, owner of New Bedford-based Yes We Can Painting, an overdue freshening-up of the space began back in March and wrapped up as of April 17. According to Finneran, the painting project came at a cost of $34,600, paid out of the New Bedford Friends Meeting's general fund.”
Specializes in
Also offers
Languages
1 change recorded — last scanned Sep 8, 2026.
Wallpaper off, whole house skim coated4.3
Cabinet refinishing3.9
Detailed workmanship5.0