Galvez Painting Corp.

Forty-four five-star reviews across five years, with Google averaging 5★ over 60 ratings and Thumbtack 5.0★ over 55 — Galvez Painting Corp. is an Everett shop whose customers keep describing the same thing: the prep, not the paint. Medardo Galvez runs the crew and works the jobs himself. A July 2024 customer described him working alongside his team and supervising the project start to finish. The company says it covers interior and exterior painting for residential and commercial properties, plus drywall repair, deck and cabinet painting and staining, pressure washing and gutter cleaning — and a March 2025 reviewer did have a new store painted, so the commercial side isn't just marketing. The through-line in what people write is preparation. In a November 2025 review, a homeowner walked through a bathroom ceiling flaking from humidity: fixtures taped and covered, old paint scraped and sanded, the mildew spots cleaned, then repainted — with the tub and shower re-caulked while the crew was there. A November 2024 customer described cracked plaster walls repaired before painting. A March 2023 reviewer selling an 1860s Boston condo had a solid week spent patching deteriorating walls. And in a June 2025 review, trim repainting came with windowsill repairs and glazing work, permits and scaffolding handled. Cleanup comes up nearly as often as the work itself. A September 2025 reviewer said the team cleaned up everything when they finished; a December 2025 Thumbtack customer singled out the crew cleaning up after themselves. Several people came back more than once — one June 2026 reviewer counted a deck twice, a bathroom, a dining room, and then the whole interior. Outside the review platforms, a 2024 r/malden thread turned up an unprompted recommendation for "Galvez Painting out of Everett." They pick up light exterior repair when they find it. A December 2025 review described shingle and sheathing work after unexpected rot turned up mid-job, with a full exterior and a shed painted in about a week. That's genuinely useful, but it sits at the edge of their scope rather than the center — worth pinning down in writing if your job leans on carpentry or gutter work, which surface in scattered reviews rather than as a stated line of business. One caveat on the ratings: an April 2025 Thumbtack entry was posted after the estimate visit, before the job had even been scheduled. It's five stars for a walkthrough, not for finished work. The right call for a homeowner who wants careful prep and a clean site on an interior or exterior repaint. Get the scope in writing, and confirm who handles any repair work beyond the painting.