by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Historic Restoration, Newton, Professional Painting Company, Wood Restoration
Just about every company in the trades touts their warranty. Let’s put aside the question of how many companies actually honor their warranties, because we hear our share of horror stories about unethical contractors. Instead let’s look at who benefits from a ‘real’...
by Nigel Costolloe | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog
A historic homeowner in Chicago has reached out to us twice now for some expert advice after receiving conflicting advice from contractors in his area. His most recent question follows; Hello Nigel, This is James from Chicago. You may not remember me but you were very...
by Nigel Costolloe | Sep 28, 2015 | Back Bay, Blog, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration
Walking through my Brookline neighborhood with Huey the rescue-but-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately dog this weekend, I stopped to admire the rehabilitation of a historic mansion that had been neglected for many years. The developer seems to have done a decent job, at...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration, Interior Painting
A homeowner Mike in the Chicago area found us via this blog and after checking us out on Angie’s List called to pick my brain about primers. His predicament reminded me of the confusion that surrounds the use and purpose of primers before painting. He had been given...
by Nigel Costolloe | Mar 19, 2015 | Back Bay, Blog
I’ve always considered the residential painting industry a little like the old Wild West – largely unregulated, filled with independent minded, go-it-alone types. In industry parlance reference is made to painters who operate on the margins as station...
by Nigel Costolloe | Feb 13, 2015 | IceDams, Water Damage
I won’t indulge my desire to moan about how much I’ve had to shovel this past month, nor the shoveling expected this weekend with the arrival of our next blizzard. Instead, in the spirit of camaraderie and New England stoicism, I offer you this image from...
