Meet Allan Petrocelli

Founder — ALP Home Services, Malden, MA

Allan Petrocelli founded ALP Home Services to specialize in painting, tile, flooring, welding, and finish carpentry — the trades older Boston homes actually need.

Founder — ALP Home Services, Malden, MA

Allan Petrocelli founded ALP Home Services to fill the gap most homeowners in the Greater Boston area run into: they need painting, tile work, finish carpentry, flooring, or welding done well — but small jobs get ignored by general contractors, and “handyman” services often lack the depth for serious finish work. ALP sits between those two: specialty trade skills delivered with the project management you’d expect from a GC, scaled appropriately for jobs that don’t require a full GC license.

The work covers what older Boston-area homes actually need: skim-coating plaster walls before painting, replacing failed tile in 1920s bathrooms, finish carpentry that respects the original trim profiles, and welding repairs for railings, gates, and outdoor structures across Malden, Medford, Everett, Melrose, Cambridge, Somerville, and Greater Boston.

Why specialty contracting beats “handyman” for older homes

Boston’s housing stock — triple-deckers, Victorians, post-war Capes — punishes generalists. Lath and plaster walls require different prep than drywall. Pre-1940 tile substrates have different failure modes. Pre-1990 trim profiles don’t match anything at Home Depot. ALP brings the right techniques, the right materials, and the right level of finish for older Boston-area homes specifically.