I can't recommend Zellers Painting & Contracting enough! First of all, Beka was communicative and…read moreaccommodating from the start, making scheduling through Yelp stress-free amidst my hectic move. She was transparent and competitive with her pricing and answered all my questions about paint and dry time prior to booking. She worked with the paint color I chose (Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace) but advised me to get a matte finish for my walls as it's a more modern look and semi-gloss white for the trim, which turned out beautifully. Her team went out of their way (and even had to use more paint than we first estimated) to perfect the walls of both my new living room and bedroom. I know I will enlist them for my next project, and I have no doubt they are the right choice for any Portland-area paint needs. I'm attaching my Before & After so you can see how her team's work brightened up both rooms and will serve as a blank canvas for art and wall hangings.

From the owner: Zellers Painting, proudly owned and operated by women since its inception, specializes in…read moredelivering premium paint services of exceptional quality. We are known for our fast, efficient operations and our ability to consistently meet deadlines. Call now for your free quote!

1/22/26 Great initial service-…read moreThe tech came an hour early to inspect and report on our problem. Very thorough.

I needed front doors sanded and repainted. The owner Tracy , thought the doors were wood according…read moreto pics he requested. He didn't actually come to my house to see the doors so he thought they needed to be sanded and restained. When the handyman arrived he told me the doors were not wood but metal and would need to be painted. Then the price went up $400 for painting instead of staining. He bought paint, which we had requested black, and he painted the first door. While the door was wet, it looked black. But the next day when he came back, the door was actually very dark brown. So we asked him to get the right paint. Which I got charged for again. He redid the threshold. He took the iron bars off the doors and sprayed them with black rustoleum. I asked him if he could putty some large cracks on two big columns on our front porch. He said he could patch the cracks with putty and then would paint. He ended up putting some kind of weird bonding material all the way around the base of the column and you could see some kind of fiber in the bonding and then he painted it. He did this without asking me first. I was not happy at all with the way it looked. They called me after the job was done and said they would come back and see what they could do to fix the patch job. It's been over a week now and I haven't heard a word from them. I wouldn't recommend for these reasons. They said if anything were to change as far as their quote to me went, it wouldn't be more than 10% of the estimate. They gave me a price of $2400 for the doors and then wanted $400 more for painting instead of staining. What's the big difference? The paint they charged me for, which was the wrong color, was only $6.00. Why the $400 up charge? They should've come out in the first place to see what the doors were actually made of instead of requesting pictures. You live and learn. I will not use them again. Very disappointed. I will say they eventually came down on the price after it went up, and it was about $2500 instead of $2900 which they were going to charge me. The doors look good. The threshold was left the dark brown color though and I had to repaint it myself with the black paint. The columns look terrible.

It's been over a year and a half now since we completed an extensive from-the-studs-out renovation…read moreof a 1907 building with Papi and Romano, and it just keeps getting better with age :-) We bought a magnificent apartment on the West End of Portland in December 2018 while living in California. To say that we started from the ground up is an understatement. Having chosen to work with Rick Romano and his crew from 3000 miles away, there are no words for the experience that we had and the product that they turned out. Yes, it took longer and cost more than we had anticipated, but as expected there were some nearly insurmountable challenges that came up along the way. The work provided by Rick and his crew; the extraordinary attention to detail in every single way can never be understated. They found ways to reuse every single original door and piece of hardware, while creating an entirely new space where those original doors became pocket doors, the transom windows/lights were reused in every place possible, original 1907 brick was exposed with doors realigned in the intention of John Calvin Stevens, the architect on our beautiful building, and every piece of cabinetry was created to perfection. As a design build firm, Rick and we worked out reconfiguring some of the original space and solved some issues of sound attenuation. For that we requested an outside opinion from our nephew, also an architect, who provided new and creative ideas. Rick was open to suggestions and ideas that were not his own, Chose to learn alternative ways of handling possible issues, and was gracious to a fault. He is a joy to work with (if not always the easiest guy to get a hold of :-) and every one of his subcontractors is top tier. I realize that it's been too long and that we haven't written him the review that he deserved, but it's nice to have lived in this beautiful space for some time now, and to appreciate him more every day. We cannot recommend Papi and Romano highly enough.

From the owner: Established in 1977, Papi & Romano Builders is expert in new home building, historic preservation,…read moreand sensitive renovations. From classical woodworking to contemporary design, our 35 years of success is measured by a genuine commitment to quality of craft, fair pricing, and exceeding customer expectations. Papi & Romano has achieved a top ranking in the Greater Portland community by employing skilled craftsmen and women who pair communication skills with the proper tools to ensure that every detail has our undivided attention. Papi & Romani is insured, OSHA Compliant and abides by the State of Maine Consumer Guidelines.

Portland handyman services did a wonderful job installing my screen door .was very kind and politeread more

Chris tackled a complex job and got it done well. He was great to work with. I'll definitely hire…read morehim again.

Athen does a wonderful job and knows carpentry. He is also very understanding of time frames with…read morecustomer service.

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Mike gave us a good quote and was able to do the job before anyone else. The colors we wanted…read moreweren't in stock so he looked around and found a store with them. He came and finished when he said he would. I would use M and M again.

I hired Willard Square Home Repair to do a few simple projects around my house and it could not…read morehave been a better experience. I used them more as a handyman service but I know they do much bigger projects. In any case, they were terrific! I had blinds installed throughout the house and a gallery shelf hung in my living room. Despite a short round of phone tag, I was finally able to connect with Ryan and he scheduled Brian to come to my house a few days later. Brian was on time, super friendly and very professional (plus he was able to chat about football which made me feel much better about having a stranger in my house.) The projects were done perfectly and Brian even took the leftover packaging with him when he cleaned up. At $45 hour, I felt WSHR was a bargain and I would definitely recommend them!!

I'm so lucky to have found this wonderful company. They take such pride in their work and responded…read moreto my call the next day. They put up a picket fence for me that was a little tricky. It had to match part of my existing fencing. It's perfect! I'm having them back this week to help me with ice problems in my gutters. I have no doubt they will solve it right away. I couldn't recommend them more highly.

SB remodeling took our money and then dropped off the face of the earth without completing the…read moreprojects they were paid for. I discovered that they also have blocked my phone number.

I hired SB remodeling to do an exterior painting of my house, they took the deposit money and never…read morecame back to do the job.