A Painting Subcontractor that bids in writing and shows up insured.

On a build or a remodel, painting is the trade everyone sees and the one that absorbs everyone else's schedule slip. The problems are rarely the brushwork. They are a vague scope, a missing insurance certificate on the morning the crew arrives, and no plan for the touch-ups after the electrician and the flooring installer have been through.

We price and run the paint scope the way a GC needs it run: what's included is written down room by room, the certificate is in your file before the first day, and the final touch-up visit is part of the scope instead of a favor.

Where paint fits in the build sequence

Most of the friction between a GC and a painter is sequencing. The order below is the usual one for interiors; your job may differ, and the scope we write follows your schedule, not this list.

1. Drywall finished and sanded. Paint shows every flaw in the mud, so walls should be signed off as finished before primer.
2. Trim, doors and built-ins hung. Caulking and filling nail holes happens before the trim coats.
3. Primer and first finish coats on ceilings, walls and trim, while floors are still protected or unfinished.
4. Other trades finish: flooring, electrical trim-out, plumbing fixtures, hardware.
5. Touch-up and final coat walk-through after those trades leave, before the homeowner walk-through.

On exteriors, Massachusetts weather sets the window. Paint and stain labels list a minimum surface and air temperature, and late-fall dew or an early freeze can put an exterior closeout into spring. If your schedule has exterior paint after October, tell us when you request the bid so the scope says what happens if the weather closes in.