IMG Painting
Painting in Watertown, MA · ★ 4.7 Google rating
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- Address
- 586 Pleasant St Unit 1, Watertown, MA 02472
- Phone
- (617) 821-1131
- Website
- https://imgpainting.com ↗
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About IMG Painting
IMG Painting is a Painting contractor based in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 586 Pleasant St Unit 1, Watertown, MA 02472. It has a Google rating of 4.7 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 Watertown, IMG Painting is within a short drive of Waltham (2 mi), Newton (2 mi), Belmont (3 mi), Arlington (4 mi), Brookline (5 mi) and Weston (5 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 Watertown
There is no painting permit in Massachusetts, so Watertown requires none for a repaint. The binding rules are federal RRP certification and the state Lead Law, both relevant to most homes given the town's age. Repainting within a remodel needs a Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) registered contractor, and structural or electrical work runs through the Watertown Inspectional Services department. Exterior color is unrestricted across most of town; Watertown has no broad historic-district color approval for repaints, so the practical gates are lead certification and HIC registration.
Watertown sits in the close-in Boston metro, where painting labor runs at the higher end of the state. A single-family exterior repaint typically runs $6,500–$15,000, with two-families and three-deckers higher because of added wall area and staging. Whole-house interior repaints land around $4,500–$12,000, with heavy plaster prep pushing the top. Per room is roughly $450–$900. Lead-safe RRP containment, common here on pre-1978 stock, adds to nearly every quote, and tight lots and street parking can add staging time.
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 Watertown page.
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