Blue Ocean Painting
Painting in Melrose, MA · ★ 5.0 Google rating
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- Address
- 3 Perham Ave, Melrose, MA 02176
- Phone
- (617) 755-5810
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About Blue Ocean Painting
Blue Ocean Painting is a Painting contractor based in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 3 Perham Ave, Melrose, MA 02176. It has a Google rating of 5.0 out of 5. Its website is linked above. A listing here is not a license or insurance check, so verify both directly before hiring.
Service area
Based in Melrose, Blue Ocean Painting is within a short drive of Malden (2 mi), Stoneham (2 mi), Saugus (3 mi), Medford (3 mi), Everett (3 mi) and Wakefield (4 mi). Most Massachusetts painting contractors work a 25-mile radius, so homeowners in those towns can reasonably ask for a quote.
Hiring a Painting contractor in Melrose
Massachusetts licenses no standalone painting trade, and a routine repaint needs no building permit in Melrose. The credential that matters is Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) registration when painting is part of a remodel, verifiable on mass.gov. Melrose has no town-wide historic-district color mandate, so exterior color is your call. On the town's overwhelmingly Victorian-era stock, the EPA RRP rule is the binding constraint: lead-safe containment is mandatory on any pre-1978 home, regardless of permits.
Melrose sits in the inner-suburb band, near Boston metro rates, with exterior work pushed up by the detailed Victorian trim. A whole-house interior repaint typically runs $5,000–$12,000, with plaster repair common. Per-room interior work lands around $500–$900. An exterior repaint on a typical Melrose Victorian runs roughly $8,000–$16,000, with large multi-story homes and heavy gingerbread trim higher because of scraping and detail labor. Pre-1978 homes add RRP containment cost; full deleading is a separate licensed-deleader expense.
Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential painting work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.
More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other painting contractor serving the town, on the Painting in Melrose page.
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