Fernandes Painting

Eighty-one Google ratings, an even 5.0, and across five years of written reviews not a single complaint. What people keep coming back to isn't the paint — it's the floors. Reviewers describe everything covered before a brush moves, a newly redone front walkway that didn't take one drop, and a crew that cleans up at the end of every day. Carlos Fernandes runs Fernandes Painting Group out of Wilmington; the company's own site says it opened its doors in 2012. Its stated reach runs from Wilmington and Reading through Andover, Medford, Arlington, Somerville, Boston and Lexington. Interiors are the bread and butter — whole first floors, condos, stairwells with high ceilings — with exterior work, drywall and water-stain repair, power washing and deck staining alongside. Kitchen cabinets come up again and again. Two homeowners writing in March 2022 described cabinet repaints where Carlos set out the timeline and process up front and walked the finished kitchen with them before closing the job out. In a 2021 review, a customer who went from white to dark gray outside listed what the crew actually did: caulked every window opening, filled the stray holes, cut tight lines on the trim, used Benjamin Moore throughout. A 2022 reviewer whose ceiling plaster was uneven and wall plaster blown said both were fixed before any painting started. Price comes up nearly as often as the work. Several people say his was the lowest of the quotes they collected, and one in March 2022 noted the final bill matched the agreement with no surprises. The pace is quick — same-day quotes, starts within a week, and more than one job finished ahead of schedule. Recent reviews carry the same tone: a homeowner in July 2026 had all three floors of a new house painted and singled out the communication and the finish quality. One thing to settle before you sign. The Massachusetts registry lists the company's home improvement contractor registration, #175862, as expired. Interior-painting-only contractors are exempt from that registration, but this crew also paints exteriors, patches drywall and plaster, and, according to a 2023 reviewer, did carpentry repair alongside a paint job. Ask Carlos where the registration stands, and get the answer before a bigger project. For interior repaints, cabinet work and exterior jobs around Wilmington and the towns north and west of Boston, the written record here is about as consistent as it gets. Confirm the registration, pin the scope and price into the quote, and you'll know what you're buying.