
CertaPro Painters® of Needham
About us
We are a full service, interior and exterior residential and commercial painting company with a strong focus on customer service. Our Mission: We truly want you as a customer for life. To earn your business, we aim to surpass the competition by offering you the most value and the best work in the industry. Certapro Painters of Needham, MA is a professional paint organization, specializing in exterior and interior painting of residential and commercial properties. We take pride in working hand in hand with customers in order to understand what is important to you, ensuring the project will be a complete success. We are fully insured with workers compensation, liability insurance, and are LEAD Certified with the EPA to give you piece of mind when we are providing you with our services. We also provide every customer with a 2 year warranty against blistering and pealing, holding us accountable for your high end paint job.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Interior & Exterior Painting. Deck Refinishing. Fence Staining. Light Carpentry. Power Washing. Popcorn Ceiling. Wallpaper Removal.
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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"At Certapro Painters we strive to ensure every client has an extraordinary experience from the initial consult to the final completion experience. I will share your review with my team."
"Most of what she has posted is incorrect and is an attempt on their part to extort my company of $2500.00 to not post negative reviews. We have agreed to do a small amount of work that is actually our responsibility but they are not allowing the work even though the conditions are fine. I had the paint chips I noticed when she brought it to my attention analyized and the result of the analysis by Sherwin Williams paint company showed the failure was due to MANY cracked and split boards that has allowed water to get behind the clap boards and cause the original paint layers to fail. The original paint layer is at least 10, and likely more layers thick. It is obvious from the results that this customer has a very serious problem we were not made aware of prior to our work. If this house had been built or coated well in 1978 when it was built it should never have needed 10 or more paint jobs. It would have perhaps required 3-4 coatings is the original work was done well. Below is an attachment of the report that was produced by Sherwin Williams Paint Co. This report was shared with the homeowner, but they refuse to acknowledge the issue of the failure due to poor construction and/or poor material used in the original coating. Sherwin Williams PQR Report The chips were examined using an optical microscope. The paint ships measured 27 to 34 mils in dry film thickness and are composed of a minimum of 10 layers of paint, likely more. This is a multi-layer paint failure. The adhesion loss is occurring behind the most currently applied coating. The paint on the back of the chips is deteriorating and semi-powdery. As paint deteriorates or become powdery, it looses it's adhesion capabilities. Eventually the internal stresses result in a coatings failure. The chips are also extremely brittle due to the aging of the older layers of paint. Brittleness leads to cracking and potential water infiltration to areas behind the coatings. The mildew that was found on the back of the chips indicates moisture has been entrapped behind the layers of coatings. The moisture could likely be from cracked substrates, that were evident upon my inspection, and migrating behind the clap boards. The trapped moisture has damaged the previously applied coating on the back of the chips. Submitted: 11/02/2016"
There was a rotted board noted by the person who gave the initial evaluation and estimate that was ignored by the carpenter and was painted over. When we noted this and informed the crew supervisor, it was repaired and then painted.
When they took the storm windows down, they put them in the dirt on the side of the house so that when they were rehung they were filthy. I had to hire someone to wash the windows after they left.
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I have owned houses in Massachusetts for over 40 years and this was the worst paint job I have ever had done. The workers, the crew supervisor and owner of the local franchise showed no concern over the work done. Their only interest was finishing quickly and getting paid. Quality was not in their vocabulary.
Steve Buttrick, the owner of the company in Needham was stellar! He came out to the house assess the work, took photos, wrote out an itemized company estimate ..and gave me a print-out right then and there on the pc.
All in all...I had an EXCELLENT experience and would not hesitate to call Steve again and request Francisco Zomer as painter for the job.
I HIGHLY recommend them.
Thank you Certa Pro/Needham,MA.
"It is always appreciated when we see another satisfied customer leave comment like this. We work hard to ensure all of our clients are provided exceptional painting experiences."
because of Angie's List and the reviews. Erik was attentive, polite and
professional. He was punctual to the appointment scheduled and even followed-up
several times to ensure confirmation. The pricing came in lower than others
quoted and could be completed in 3 days, perfect for our timeline. All seemed
to be aligned.
Now the dirty details: The cut lines were not great, even after asking the foreman to clean them up by pointing them
out, they were not acceptable. I had to do several touch up spots throughout
the house that I wouldn't expect from a professional painting company. The 3-day
completion was impressive, but coming back to a leaking can of paint in the
house was not acceptable. There was discussion about having the team
start a couple days earlier, which would have been fine and needed to check
with another contractor that was working in the house to ensure no one was
stepping on toes and could get their work done without issues. I was able to
negotiate with the other contractor to have the painters start a day early,
which was articulated to Erik and then radio silence. Only to receive a phone
message that he was at the house with the foreman walking through because it
was the most convenient time to do it. I would have appreciated walking
through with Erik and the foreman. It was just coincidence that I was at the
house after they were there (marking things to paint) and before they started
the job where I noticed things are not marked accurately. I called Erik
frantically and frustrated, he was at the house in less than 10mns to walk
through it all again, picking up on a few previously discussed items for
clarity, which was appreciated. I felt better about it and thought we were all
on the same page.
If I hadn't been at the house prior to
the foreman beginning to paint, it would have been incorrect and even after I
corrected the mistakes, there were still errors found during the final
walkthrough which was transcribed to Erik on desired services to paint, etc.
Ultimately, I felt as though there were too many cooks in the kitchen; me
telling Erik, Erik telling the foreman, etc. It was frustrating to come back
into the house for the final walk through to find doors specifically requested
to be painted not painted, etc. There was one that the foreman fixed and the
other two I just told him to forget about redoing because it was just so
frustrating and I wanted it to be done.
There were several times where
iterations of the order from Erik needed to be corrected based on email
conversations that were not captured. I felt as though I had to triple check
the work and even received an original order after several versions of changes
were made. it would be helpful if they were numbered by a dash, based on
iterations/changes, although I shouldn't have to go through with a fine tooth
comb each time it was received to ensure it's accuracy. I ultimately felt as
though there was a lot of hand holding and correcting.
I was very impressed with the
initial price quoted and time frame promised, but found that after iterations
of changes originally described in the walk through were not captured and then
had to be added in later, slowly brought up the price to be one of the more
expensive quotes received. After the walk through (that I was not included in
on) between Erik and the foreman they recommended that trim in the bedrooms be
painted (though not originally quoted) because the previous painters cut lines
weren't great and we would see the original paint color. I agreed and trusted
that if they caught the previous painters cut lines and thought them
unacceptable would delivered high quality to these and it was the opposite,
which is why I was ultimately so disappointed. Calling out and then adding on services
that ultimately brought up the price and then didn't come through with the
expected level described, was frustrating. In addition, one of the rooms with
the smallest amount of wall space (due to windows, 2 doorways, etc) was the
most expensive, oddly. When I inquired it was due not only to the size, but
also to the work that would need to be done to the wall, sanding, etc in
preparation as well as the cutting lines and prep?didn't seem to be done and or
justifying of the price. Overall, a less than ideal experience and would not
use them again or recommend.
"Dear Member, I am sorry to have seen this review, especially the extreme exaggerations. As you know we worked with you through every stage of the project. As to correcting other painters work in areas where we didn't paint should not be our responsibility if we are not being paid to paint that room. As to the paint can leak, I inspected it and found no leaks in the can. It appeared someone opened the can and knocked it over. As you know very well, the spill was not there when we did the walk through. Steve Buttrick Owner"
"Thank you for posting the very nice review of the work we completed for you. t was our pleasure to work with you and I am all the more happy that after two years the job was so good and memorable that you wanted to take the time to leave this review."
Not so fast, I get an email today from Knikki (Steve was cc:d) saying that a check will be cut but it will be for $50 less than the final agreed upon amount because of the amount CertaPro gets charged interest from the bank to use the service. No apologies, nothing. Very matter of fact. They never mentioned to me that this was going to happen and let me know if that is ok.
This is not about the $50, i really could care less but it is about professionalism and honoring what you put in your contract. As i said in the email to Steve, What CertaPro and the bank have negotiated is not my problem, i did not expect to get charged extra for a service they provided- FUTURE CUSTOMERS BE WARNED!
As i also said to Steve in the email, I am an Angie's list customer i should have recieved $200 off exterior painting as customer (i had to print out the coupon and present it to him), but i was unaware until it was too late- my bad and my responsibility. But i did not press him for the extra money off because it was my responsibility and i would go back to someone and ask for money back that i should have recieved since when it was my responsiblity in the 1st place- sound familiar Steve?
What a terrible way to run a business and ruin customer satisfaction, all for $50 or less than 1% of the final cost of the project. Keep the money Steve, very cordial in the beginning but a very good salesman and classic bait and switch tactic at the end.
Btw- I have used CertaPro before and had future painting work inside to do that i was going to ask them to bid on, but this experience ruined it. Have the email chain from Knikki about the Enerbank form to prove it in case Steve said i am lying.
Also, i take the time to write reviews about my positive and negative experience and this is the 1st negative experience i have had.
"I called the client many times to explain the situation, but never got a return call. The clients job was $5700.00, but some reason he applied for a loan in the amount of $6350.00. I had to pay 8% interest to Enerbank on the $6350.00 and it seems the client was expecting a full return of balance of $650.00. I deducted the interest on the additional $650.00. I am not a loan company that gives interest free money to my clients, I am a painter who got 5 out of 5 on the review he filled out at the end of the job. If he is unhappy about not getting an interest free loan of $650.00 from me, I feel sorry for him. I tried to reach out for him to explain and that's all I can do. This is no bait and switch as he claims, I actually paid over $400.00 in interest and I feel it is it is reasonable to recover the additional monies in interest I paid."
"Thank you for your comments, however inaccurate and misleading they are. Yes, as I stated from the beginning I take full responsibility for the first crews work performance and replaced them as soon as I saw their workmanship as evidenced by your "B" review of my responsivenesss. To the comments of sanding marks, they are not from my team and I told him from the beginning I could not repair the deep gouges left from a hundred years of paint jobs. As to the caulk showing, yes it has split in some very small areas on the southern side of the house. I had the manufacturer of the caulk out to look at the issue and as a result of the dark paint color choosen by the client, the hundred year old shingles have shrunk slightly due to excessive heat build up from the change from white to a dark gray color. The two year warranty still remains in effect for any blistering and peeling of paint."
We would recommend them and their services.
"Thank you for your very kind review. We work hard to earn the respect of our clients. It was our pleasure to provide you with a high quality painting experience."
"Thank you so much for taking the time to provide this value feedback regarding your painting experience. I look at all reviews with an eye to providing constant improvement and development. Our number on goal is customer for life through high quality painting performance."
Falcon's work was precise and speedy (he finished in 1 long day instead of 2), and he cleaned up meticulously. There wasn't a spec of stray paint anywhere.
I rate 4 out of 5 on quality because of fairly minor issues: the patch to the ceiling is slightly raised & casts a shadow in certain light; a small divot at corner of wall and ceiling wasn't filled, and the windows were painted shut (I freed them easily by sliding a utility blade along the edges, but the paint flaked off in a few spots).
Overall, the bedroom & bath look wonderful and I plan to hire them again to do 4 additional rooms.
"Thank you (deleted member name) for the taking the time to post this wonderful review of your experience with CertaPro Painters and my staff. It was our great pleasure to work with you and Jack from the initial evaluation and estimate through the color consultation to the completion of your project by my professional team of painters."
Scope of work was refined and delivery scheduled around our needs
Cost of service was very competitive and coupled with financing a very attractive deal
Service was delivered in time and within agreed cost
Crew was very reliable and a pleasure to work with
Overall a very positive experience
"It was our great pleasure to paint the entire interior of your new home. The job went very smoothly for us as well, from the estimate to the free color consultation, to the coordination of the project with your flooring contractor to delivering an outstanding finished result. We look forward to painting your exterior in the spring as well."
Several days after the job was completed, I saw the crew chief doing some work on a neighbor's house and said hello. He came over to make sure everything was perfect. We'd had a storm that had blown some wet leaves up against the white porch trim and left a water stain. I asked him if the best way to clean it up was with soap and water?he said don't worry about it, and repainted the stained area on the spot!
This is how house painting should be done! My thanks to Steve Buttrick and Certa Pro Painters of Needham.
"Hi customer, Thank you for takingh the time to write this VERY NICE review. It has been my pleasure working with you on your painting projects. i wish you the best in the new year and good luck on your move next year where ever it takes you. Steve Buttrick CertaPro Painters"
"Hi Member, Thanks for the review, it was a pleasure working with you on your project. Have a great holiday season. Steve Buttrick"
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