Middlesex Paint and Restoration Services, LLC

Painting in Concord carries a historic layer. Exterior color and surface changes within Concord's local historic districts, including the Concord Center and Main Street districts, need review and approval from the Concord Historic Districts Commission before you scrape or repaint. Beyond that, paint-disturbing work on pre-1978 homes requires EPA RRP certification, and a child under 6 can trigger licensed deleading under the Massachusetts Lead Law. Contractors doing repaints as part of remodeling must hold Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) registration. Work near the Concord, Sudbury, or Assabet Rivers can involve the Conservation Commission.

Concord sits at the higher end of the state's painting range because of antique-home complexity and affluent MetroWest labor rates. A whole-house interior repaint typically runs $5,500–$13,000 depending on size and plaster repair. Exterior repaints on antique homes land around $8,000–$18,000 or more, because deep paint on old clapboard needs heavy scraping, priming, and lead-safe containment. Per-room interiors run roughly $500–$1,000. Full deleading by a licensed deleader is a separate, larger expense, and historic-district review adds lead time. Remember there is no rebate here.

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 Concord page.