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December 31, 2008
Time To Brownstone
We are getting ready to re-brownstone the exterior of our 5 story, 20 foot wide Carroll Gardens building and I have to start interviewing contractors (arrrrg). I am no stranger to the renovation process but would love to start this search with a few qualified referrals.
In addition to the usual brownstone refacing process I would like to replace missing details including the extruded, beveled sections that are typical on the first floor exterior walls and the wide ledges below the parlor floor windows. We also plan to blue stone the deck and replace the cellar doors.
It would be great if the contractor did concrete work as well as I need to rebuild the cellar steps and replace the sidewalk (may or may not slate this area).
I am looking for a contractor that is a really good crafts person and has lot's of experience in this area. Even though I expect to pay a good price for quality work I do not want to overpay. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
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Brownstone Authority is supposedly the best. A. Malek does some really good work as well. My quote for a fair amount of restoration work from malek was $37k. There are numbers in past posts on this topic
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 31, 2008 2:44 PM
Is that the original brownstone exterior or was it resurfaced previously? If the former, its in very nice shape and I'd have to think twice about having them remove and resurface that entire facade. The new stuff is not as good as the origial brownstone.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 31, 2008 3:03 PM
it has been resurfaced at least once. The long windows in the front were bricked up and the covering seems to be part of the overall re-surfacing.
Thanks for the references...I will probably call both.
Posted by: Geo11231 at December 31, 2008 5:20 PM
Try AllRenovation, they recently refaced a Brownstone on President St. in Carroll Gardens in addition to a gut of the parlor. I saw it in the recent issue of NY Living magazine (November Issue). They worked on my brownstone in Windsor Terrace in 05/06. Give them a buzz, you won't be disappointed with the quality of the work and customer service.
AllRenovation Construction
www.allrenovation-ny.com
718-351-4099
Good Luck,
AK
Posted by: adamkidron at December 31, 2008 7:40 PM
VinRoy Barronette of Park Slope Brownstone is very good. Licensed, reasonably priced & delivers as promised.
646 623 5867
Posted by: Arkady at January 1, 2009 3:15 PM
Hi there,
My husband would be happy to arrange an appointment and give you his estimate. He does great work for reasonable price, has references and pictures.
We can be contacted at 914-562-2706 or e-mail willianprates68@hotmail.com
Hope to hear from you.
Aida
Posted by: Aida008 at January 1, 2009 9:54 PM
If you want to come check out our facade, my neighbor and I are using Z. Abedin construction. I'm still in the scratch coat stage, but we added many details just like you were saying (the house face used to be mostly flat and we added window shelves and detail around the windows) that you can see. I really like this guy... he did our sidewalk and some interior cement work too as well as recommended some cheap contrators for other jobs.
His prices were pretty reasonable (near the middle of the range for brownstone repair) but the quality of his prior work was very good.
Send me an email if you're interested moore dot justin at gmail dot com.
Posted by: justinm at January 1, 2009 10:01 PM
Douglas Schickler Principal
ESSEX WORKS, LTD.
843 Meeker Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222
p: (718)218-8800 f: (718)218-8048 e:
dschickler@essexworks.com
Many of the other contractors get their stone from Doug. He is the source.
Posted by: superstooper at January 2, 2009 4:58 PM
Try Metro Restoration.
I have seen their work in Park Slope and Carroll Garden.
718-521-1435
Posted by: sevethavenue at January 3, 2009 11:58 AM
I send the post from justinm. Z. Abedin is great. I too was concerned about preserving old as well as creating new details at my place. Z. Abedin was able to preserve the old stuff and mold new matching details that hard worn with age. When I compared prices a year ago, his was the best price to quality. You can reach him at 917 903 0196. Tell him Chris from Decatur Street referred you.
Cheers
Posted by: cmontgom at January 5, 2009 9:51 AM
I send the post from justinm. Z. Abedin is great. I too was concerned about preserving old as well as creating new details at my place. Z. Abedin was able to preserve the old stuff and mold new matching details that hard worn with age. When I compared prices a year ago, his was the best price to quality. You can reach him at 917 903 0196. Tell him Chris from Decatur Street referred you.
Cheers
Posted by: cmontgom at January 5, 2009 9:51 AM
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