September 16, 2009

Scaffolding

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a scaffolding company? I have someone I like who is going to replace the rear cornice on our bstone but he only hires one company and their estimate came in very high. He is open to me shopping around. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

September 14, 2009

Valoroso and Sons

I understand that the two brothers who ran Vincent Valoroso and Sons have split and each formed their own companies. I know of a house two blocks away that had been waiting for two years for a facade job and was trying to get their deposit back, so far to no avail. My question is: does anyone out there know which brother was able to take the fine detail work guys with them, or did those workers leave entirely? It was my understanding that, like Edson, they had either Italian or Spanish really skilled people doing their detail work, and I'm wondering if that's still the case. I'm not going to bother to call either for an estimate if their best guys have split.

September 12, 2009

Brownstone Cornice Repair

Hello everyone, this is my first post on Brownstoner. My grandfather owns a Brownstone in Carroll Gardens and is looking to repair the cornice on the back of the house. When he had the back of the house repaired and the people doing the job had the ropes for the hanging scaffold right over the cornice which caused it to sag and pull away from the roof where the ropes were.

It is made of metal and I was wondering if anyone knows of a licensed contractor that they have experience with that can fix this cornice?

Thank you for your help.

September 4, 2009

Brownstone Facade Contractor

We need to have our wood cornice repaired and painted and the front of our four story brownstone completely redone. We were going to use Jose - Costa's relative but he has NO Worker Comp. Insurance. Can anyone recommend a reasonable price contractor for this work?

September 2, 2009

Replacing a Brick Facade

Any thoughts on what it might cost to replace the full facade on a four story brick townhouse. Don't want to just patch, point or repair, but put up a new facade. In Landmark zone if that changes anything other than time and headache factor.

September 1, 2009

Post inspection...advice needed!

Hi,

We are close to making an offer on a 2br condo unit in a 3 unit brownstone. We had the inspection this evening and the overall rating was between average and above average.

We are close to the asking price of the place and the seller broker is refusing to budge with the asking price.

The big ticket items following the inspection are:

* New water heater: $1500
* 6 new windows: $6000
* Roof replacement in next 5 years: $5000
* The big one...facade renovation: 20k-100k.

Now, I understand the roof is long term, the windows and heater are not huge issues, however, the facade piece is a bit scary. Basically, from the outside the two large column pieces are in quite bad shape (flaking, a bit cracked and a bit worse for wear!). The inspector said to leave it for another year will mean the 20k will become 30k to fix. Thing is, not sure if the 20k means that will take care of it, but it just won't look as nice as spending 100k.

Anyway, first time buyer and not really experienced in this and just looking for some advice. Like I said, the seller doesn't want to budge on the price, even following the inspection..and I'm unsure what to do next.

Am I being unfair with looking for an adjustment?

Are these sort of things typical when buying into a place like this?

Thanks for reading this somewhat of a ramble :)

Forum: Facade