Boston · MA
Painting in Boston, MA
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$500–$15k
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Hiring painting in Boston
What you need to know about painting pros in Boston
Hiring a painting pro in Boston, MA usually starts with one big question: who can you actually trust? With 654,776 residents and a steady flow of new builds, remodels, and repairs, Boston's painting market is competitive — but that's good for homeowners. ProBids gives you free, side-by-side bids from local pros who actively serve Boston and surrounding areas, so you can compare real numbers instead of guessing.
Pricing for painting in Boston ranges from $488 to $14,640, depending on scope. Boston runs slightly above the national average due to its higher cost of labor and materials.
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What's different about painting in Boston, MA
In Boston, painting demand is concentrated around deck staining and interior repaint. The humid continental climate with hot summers and cold snowy winters adds local complexity — pros here regularly handle historic-home insulation, which generalists from outside the area often underestimate. The most common Boston painting projects this season include exterior repaint, interior repaint, deck staining. Use ProBids to post your specific project and let local pros tell you exactly how they'd handle it, with line-item pricing.
Living in Boston comes with a specific set of home-care demands. The humid continental climate with hot summers and cold snowy winters drives most of the maintenance calendar: historic-home insulation, ice dam mitigation, frozen pipe protection, and seasonal prep are the kinds of issues every local pro deals with weekly. Across the metro — from Back Bay to Charlestown — homeowners file thousands of project requests each year, and ProBids surfaces the pros who consistently show up, do good work, and get hired again.
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Painting pros across Boston
We list painting professionals serving every part of Boston, from Back Bay to Charlestown.
Back Bay
Homeowners in Back Bay typically have older masonry and mature lots, so trades that handle drainage, retaining walls, and historic-window restoration stay busy.
Beacon Hill
Properties in Beacon Hill tend to be mid-century or newer, with frequent demand for modern HVAC retrofits, smart-home wiring, and exterior upgrades.
South End
In South End, the most common projects come from buyers who recently moved in — kitchen and bath remodels lead, followed by HVAC and electrical updates.
Cambridge
Cambridge is one of Boston's most active neighborhoods for remodels, with an even split between vintage-home renovations and new builds.
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