Interior and exterior painting in Melrose, MA. No city permit for paint or wallpaper, so we spend that time on prep: scraping, plaster repair, skim coats.
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Melrose takes building permit applications online through its SimpliCity portal; paper is accepted only in extreme cases. The fee is based on the real total cost of the job, and the city's Property Building Permit History lookup shows past permits on a house.
[1][2]Melrose lists ordinary repairs, painting, wallpapering, floor sanding, sandblasting and carpeting as work that doesn't need a building permit. Renovations, new material and changes to a means of egress do.
[1]One statewide building code. Massachusetts uses a single building code for every town: 780 CMR, now in its tenth edition. Your local building department enforces it and issues the permits. source
Dig Safe before digging. State law requires notice to Dig Safe at least 72 hours before digging, not counting weekends and legal holidays. That includes holes for deck footings. Call 811. source
Melrose lists painting, wallpapering and sandblasting as permit exceptions, which keeps a straight repaint simple. Swap out rotted clapboards or a porch post along the way and that becomes repair work, and the city wants those applications filed online through SimpliCity.
Most Melrose houses are pre-war, so walls tend to be plaster and trim has decades of coats on it. We wash, scrape, fill and prime before any finish goes on. Inside, floors stay covered and we clean up every day.
No. Painting is on the city's list of permit exceptions. Replacing siding is a separate question, and Melrose does issue siding permits.
Our work around Boston and the North Shore.
Local rules change. We link the official pages so you can check the current version, and we confirm what your job needs when we come look.
Send a request or give us a ring. We'll come to Melrose, look at the job and give you a written price. Free.
