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I’m not sure if this is still allowed on the Forum, but I recently had such a positive experience with a contractor (!) I wanted to share his name with others. I recently had a flight of stairs demolished and then a new flight installed in my brownstone. To my amazement, despite the enormous pricetag ($12k) the stairs company informed me that I’d have to find someone else to “finish” them after they were installed. My neighbor recommended a local handyman – Brendan Cole 347-579-7398 – with woodworking and furniture experience. Brendan gave me a very reasonable price and was a pleasure to work with. Halfway through the job, I could see what care he was taking and started adding other small details to the finishing project. By the time we were done, I had added many many things and the price was still totally reasonable. He did a beautiful job and significantly improved the stairs, landings and entryway over the course of 2 weeks. In my experience, it is very hard to find a contractor willing to do this kind of detail/clean-up work at an affordable price. I look forward to him helping me with many more projects to improve my brownstone!