J GABE ARSENAULT

I am grateful that I received a referral for Gabe's painting services. I needed to have my upstairs bedroom ceiling, a high stairway ceiling, and walls painted. Gabe's response time was quick, and he and his crew arrived on time. They were all very professional throughout the entire process. The price was affordable and fair, and to my surprise, they even painted the trim along the windows, floor and doors without charging me extra. Gabe ensured that the work was done professionally, and I am very pleased with the results. I will definitely be working with him again in the future.

Gabe and his crew were extremely professional and very fast. The work they did was exceptional, the crew was quiet and very good. When the job was done, they cleaned up after themselves, and it was like they were never here. Prices were affordable and fair. Gabe made sure that we were happy with everything going on and was easy to get a hold of if we had questions. Highly recommend using Gabe and his crew

Outstanding. Game and his crew worked quickly and professionally. The price was very good, and they clearly take pride in their work. I’d hire them again in a second.

This was a great experience; Gabe and his crew were thoroughly professional, and took great care and pride in their work. Their estimate was in the middle of several that we received, but no one could have done more. They sanded and painted our gutters and downspouts, which no other contractor offered. The work went quickly with a crew of four, and they were extremely careful with our plantings and cleaned up every day before they left. Gabe constantly checked with us to make sure we were happy, which we were. They used the highest quality materials and cut no corners, even though we negotiated on price. The house looks great now -- better than any previous paint job.

It went great, Gabe and his team were affordable and willing to work with us on cost. They arrived promptly when they said they would and were very responsive to us. Gabe constantly checked in with us to make sure we were happy with the service. They added missing shingles and did other little things to improve the house without us asking them to do so or quoting it. When the job was complete it was very well done and we were very satisfied. We would recommend Gabe and his team to anyone looking to have their home painted.

Gabe and his crew were fantastic. He moved us up on his schedule, and came within a couple days of calling him. They did fantastic work, and cleaned up after themselves. They came when they said they would, and did the work they said they would for the cost they estimated. As a bonus, while they were power washing my house, they also power washed my fence without asking and without charging me. They also painted my shed to match my house. Could not be happier.

Arrived on date scheduled; work completed in 6 consecutive days. Quality of work excellent; extremely clean during work and in cleanup. Responsive to requests and comments.

Our neighbors used Gabe Arsenault and his team to do the outside of their house and we watched the amazing amount of prep work they put into the job before painting and we decided to call them for our interior work. Gabe came and quoted the job and walked us through the whole process of doing it correctly. He was not interested in doing the job unless we did it right because the paint would flake and the finish would not be even - exactly what we had read online. His crew was amazing! They have all worked together for years and each one of them was professional and did a great job. They cleaned the area each night and they stayed on schedule. The area is absolutely beautiful! They did a better job than we thought was even possible! They finished a little early and Gabe had his crew clean the paint off the molding in the living room that a previous painter had left behind. I highly recommend them! They do beautiful work on the inside and outside of the house!

The job has been going very well, I am very pleased. I have had other painters in the past but the team he has are just the best! They show up on time, they are professional, and everything I could have hoped for. They have come on time every morning and clean up before they go home. I highly recommend them to everyone.

This guy is nothing less than a saint! Gabe Arsenault is a man you can count on. With his crew, he did everything he said he would do and more, despite seemingly impossible challenges. And he did it all superbly well, so far as we can tell. We presented Gabe with a gigantic challenge, which he took on and surmounted, repeatedly refusing to accept a raise in price. Our house was in bad shape. Several years earlier, the Board of Assessors officially rated its condition ?very poor.? It had not been painted for 43 years. Moss was growing on the roof. Tree branches abounded overhead. Some of the trim was rotting, and siding was damaged. One of the windows had a collapsed screen and missing glazing. Thresholds were dilapidated. A ramshackle shed stands just 5 feet from the house. It had a stubborn storm drainage problem, which had undermined part of the foundation. Gabe attacked each of these problems and put them right. For 43 years, the house was 100% light green. We got to choose our color scheme, so we opted for radical change: rust for the body, caramel for the trim, and burnt copper for the doors and pilasters. Gabe added black for the thresholds and house number. After meticulous preparation and prime coats, all of that went onto the house AND SHED. Even the shed has attractive trim now! Drainage was the crowning glory of Gabe?s work here. How many painters or carpenters do you know who can handle impossible drainage problems? He put up gutter board, gutters, downspout, and appropriate downspout extension for the back roof. With his crew, he hand-excavated through rocks and gravel to create a lengthy subsurface drainage system for the garage entry, moving excess soil to where it was needed to slow down runoff from the front.

Gabe does excellent work. His prep work is exceptional. His painters are fully and well trained; they do great work. My house has four different colors and some decorative trim. They could handle all the details with no problem. My house is also very tall with a significantly pitched roof. Again, Gabe's painters could handle it. Additionally, the painters clean up the work area each day, they are quiet and courteous, and they work long days. Gabe painted our entire house in 2006. He came back to power wash it for us in 2010. The paint job is holding up very well (and our house is 100 years old so the clapboards have seen better days). Gabe's most recent work was on new siding that is part of a renovation. It all looks excellent. He blended the old and new areas together very well.

Mr. Arsenault was professional, punctual and very easy to do business with. At the start of the project he made extra trips to the house at a convenient time to discuss colors and other details. After we agreed on what work was included and settled on the price, he offered a number of extra items at no charge (I only covered the cost of materials), minor repairs, cleaning the roof and the gutters, painting the drain pipes, the gutters, the shutters, lighting fixtures and the foundation, getting a pair of replacement shutters. He closely supervised the work of his crew and at the end of each day left the site in a neat condition. Very good job.

I had Gabe do a number of jobs at my own house in Arlington, so when my mother needed some painting done inside her new condo, I suggested that she call him also. His crew did the project in a timely manner ( they were able to do it earlier than expected, actually) and did a great job. She is very happy with the result.

He charged me a fair price and his crew was punctual and thorough. Gabe wants things done right and he even did some things I didn't ask for (fixing the inside of my medicine cabinet and replacing rotten railing posts)just because it was the right thing to do. Several of my neighbors have come over and asked who did our exterior painting because it looks so good. I will hire him for any future jobs.

They did a great job -- repaired some woodwork that needed attention in addition to painting, washed windows too high for me to reach. The paint job was professional and looks beautiful. He's painted for me before and it lasts. They came on a Tuesday and finished by Saturday, fast, efficient. They also helped move all the stuff back that had to be moved in order for them to paint -- I was grateful!! I have hired him before and will hire him again -- for indoor as well as outdoor work.

Gabe Arsenault and his team of painters arrived each day that we expected them, on time, and worked all day long sanding, repairing, and prepping our house, getting it ready to paint. Gabe explained everything to us, giving us his professional advice on what absolutely had to be done to correctly prepare the house for paint (replace rotted wood and such). His color scheme advice proved to be invaluable as the color scheme we chose could not have compared to what he "knew" to be the best choice. Our newly painted home looks amazing! So amazing, that I sit in my driveway and admire it before I go inside! My mother used Gabe before us to paint her house, and her house too, was prepared and painted beautifully. I cannot say enough about Gabe Arsenault and his painters...simply the best!

Mr. Arsenault and his crew worked very professionally and expeditiously. He was thorough in explaining what he was planning to do, and conscientious in obtaining my consent for anything unanticipated. When I was uncertain about one color, they painted a test strip to help me decide. The exterior was in poor condition. He pointed out all areas that needed carpentry repair, and I agreed about each. The carpentry needed was perhaps more than he had expected, but I was not surprised. We had agreed that such carpentry would be extra beyond the estimate, and its cost was reasonable. He and his crew listened to and were very responsive to all of my comments and requests. They were neat while working and thorough in containing and removing debris. The crew worked well when Mr. Arsenault was away from the site. One of his crew had taken "before" pictures, which were useful at one point when I had forgotten details of the former painting. I had asked for a little advance notice of when he was going to arrive, but he called on a Saturday asking if he could begin the following Tuesday. (I imagine he simply found an unexpected gap in his schedule.) I had no problem, and decided it was prudent to agree, rather than postponing to a date uncertain, . (The short notice explains in part why he mowed the lawn and trimmed the hedges -- it was on my schedule for that week; but just plain kindliness explains the other part.) In summary, I am completely pleased with an excellent job, and once again enjoy looking at my house from the outside.

Mr. Arsenault and his crew performed all of the work in a very professional and timely manner. The carpentry was more involved than anticipated, and in places difficult. We were impressed with Gabe's conscientiousness and dedication to doing an excellent job. All vertical siding adjacent to the deck had to be replaced, and great care was taken to match the finish on the new wood to that of the existing siding. Working with this contractor was a pleasant experience. We would highly recommend him.

Gabe's crew did a wonderful job and were very responsive to my concerns and requests. The cost of the job was higher than the estimate because I needed 2 sets of shutters which Gabe ordered for me at my request. They came back and put the painted shutters back on the house as soon as they came in - as promised. My house has never looked this good and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone. (Well- I might hesitate because if he is too busy he won't be able to come back and do some interior painting for me some other time. :-) ) Thanks to all for a job well done!

I received 3 prices and Gabe's price was in the middle. Gabe came highly recommended from friends of mine. I met with him and liked his professionalism and the completeness of the work he would do. The job only took one week and came out better than I would have expected. The final price matched the estimate exactly. I would hire Gabe again.

He and his men worked on the outside of our house for two weeks, were there every day and finished up on time.

My mother and I were very pleased by Gabe's approach to the job. When he examined the house and prepared his estimate he explained his procedures in detail, including how he would correct the deficiencies of a previous paint job. He carefully matched the new paint to what was on some recently reshingled parts of the house that did not need repainting. He and his crew were particularly careful to paint entire rows of shingles so as not to leave a patched look. In painting the shutters they went beyond what they originally expected to do but did not request an increase in the price. My mother and I were so impressed with the quality of the work that we gave Gabe a little more than what he had estimated. We recommend him highly.

They were very thorough and conscientious, and did a very nice job.

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We contacted Gabe earlier in the spring and asked him for a quote, which he provided quickly and professionally. We asked him if it would be possible to do the job in the fall as we had roofers coming and didn't want the two to get in each others' way. He had no problem with that. We asked him to call us when he had time in the Fall. He called and gave us two weeks notice, then showed up when he said he would and power washed the house. They cleaned the house to within an inch of its life, quickly, professionally and perfectly. Gabe painted our house, which is a Victorian, as well as performing detailed work on newels and accent shingles. The house used five different colors. Gabe also painted our garage, which used three different colors. He suggested colors, asked us what type of paint/stain we wanted to use, and worked with us to get the perfect match/fit for our house. He only uses the best paints, and makes sure that the work is done correctly. He explained to us why painters need to use scaffolding versus just hanging off of a ladder. His employees were professional, courteous, prompt and helpful. They were also as fast as they could be in our New England (read unpredictable and sometimes wet) weather. Gabe also fixed siding and posts that had rotted. They did a lot of work on residing and replacing huge pieces of boards. The man's good with a drill! It's difficult with an old home to match things, but he did a great job. You can't tell the original from the repairs. We can't wait for him to fix our crumbing porches when he comes back! They're going to be works of art. He also installed a gutter on the side of the house. We'd had two professional gutter companies come and quote us on putting gutters on our house. They just laughed. With all the pitches and angles and mouldings they said that putting gutters on the house would be impossible. When Gabe suggested that we put a gutter on the house (based upon what he saw from rot on the house) we were skeptical. But, when we saw what he'd done, it was amazing. It blends into the house, you can't even see the gutter or the downspout. He did it where others couldn't. It's going to help keep the cats' litter boxes from floating around the basement this winter, I know it! In summary, he's not some fly-by-night college kid with a ladder and a paint brush. He's a *true* professional who knows his stuff. He has a team of excellent, well-trained and savvy men working for him, so he's not necessarily the cheapest quote you'll find. But you'll find no one better or more flexible than Gabe. You'll also be amazed at his ability to fix things, at his perfectionism and his dedication. We DEFINITELY plan on having Gabe come back and do more painting/handyman projects in the future. And, hopefully a fiddle session or two, as well. If I can figure out how, I'll post pictures of the house after Gabe was finished.