Interior Painting in Fenway, Boston MA

What this looks like in Fenway

Most of what we paint in Fenway is brick apartment buildings and brownstones. Early 1900s brick apartment blocks, brownstone rowhouses along Bay State Road, and institutional and mixed-use buildings through Longwood. The Bay State Road and Back Bay West area is a designated architectural conservation district under Landmarks Commission review.

What actually happens on site

Prep is most of it — wash, patch, sand, prime, then two finish coats. We move and cover furniture and clean up at the end of every day.

Ceilings first, then walls, then trim — working top down so drips land on unfinished surfaces. Cut lines get brushed before the roller comes anywhere near the wall, and we pull tape while the last coat is still slightly open so the film breaks clean instead of tearing.

The mistake we get called to fix

The usual failure is rolling a second coat too soon. The surface skins over while the underside is still wet, and a month later you get burnish marks wherever someone wipes the wall.

What the quote covers

• Line-by-line scope — prep, materials and labour costed separately
• A real start date and duration, held to
• Licence #193121 and certificate of insurance in writing
• Two-year workmanship warranty

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