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I’ve been scrolling through the posts on redoing a brownstone facade and realized a few things:
-There’s a lot of mudslinging, possibly fake posts, and advertisements strewn about, leaving me with no idea who is serious or not
-This is very important to get right, since it is prone to cracking/other damage if the workman is not good at their job
-It’s very expensive

We need to get our facade redone (3 story, 20′ wide) with brownstone stucco. However, given the three things above, I find it really hard to make a decision on whether to go with the guy who charges twice as much and looks great or the guy who charges half and seems competent enough. Even if they do provide references, those could just be the people that they “got right” and are not providing the names of their screwups. Has anyone gotten through this process alive? How much did they pay? Are they satisfied? If all of those things, who did you use?