by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Customer Service, Environmentally Friendly Paints, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
Two delightful and gratifying testimonials are below, both unsolicited, from two very different projects. The first comes from the remarkable interior designer Kelly Rogers who has been managing the multiple responsibilities of running a business, raising small...
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 | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog, Boston Painters, Exterior Painting, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
At Catchlight Painting, we’ve always put families first. We believe in recognizing and honoring the significant events in our employee’s lives. From work anniversaries to birthdays, from paternity leave to bereavement, we understand that to ask our...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jul 28, 2014 | Back Bay, Blog, Boston, Exterior Painting, Professional Painting Company, Wood Restoration
When it comes to mahogany, there is no ‘normal’ color. We stripped a virtually opaque stain on a clear coated roof deck in Boston’s Back Bay earlier this summer; since the deck was built over an EPDM membrane we couldn’t use any acid washes or caustic strippers to...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jan 2, 2013 | Boston Painters, Professional Painting Company
A common question … We often hear the following question from people who find us on the web or see our vans around Boston … why is your price higher than the other painter(s)? There are a number of variables that influence pricing, and these are presented in no...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 2, 2012 | Professional Painting Company, Wood Restoration
We see a lot of carpentry flaws in our line of work and captured in the photograph below is a common one. This house was built in the 1950s but was resided in the 80s with new cedar clapboards. Unfortunately the installers used a smooth nail to fasten the clamps. ...
