Contractor Recommendation

I checked with my contractor and he was ok with me giving him some free advertising, so here goes:
His name is Teddy Karpowicz, and his number is 917-770-0300. Based on my first hand experience, I can say the following: First, he’s got a hard-working, reliable crew. My job was a major renovation of a three story in Park Slope. They worked from September to February, pretty much straight, 6 days a week, 8am to 5pm. He usually had 5 guys there, and they showed up like clockwork. Secondly, he has licensed plumbers, electricians, and A/C people to recommend for the job. I paid those people directly, but they worked well together. I was fairly hands-on, in terms of talking to each of those sub-contractors on a regular basis, but that wasn’t a problem. For smaller jobs, he can do the electrical/plumbing work himself, but consider the trade offs. Thirdly, his prices were very competitive, and even though there were some changes along the way, he didn’t raise his price at the end. It was mainly a “pay as you go” system, where I paid in approx 5k increments, every week or two for the labor. As for materials, he paid for all “rough” materials, and I reimbursed him for that. For things like bathroom fixtures, lights, cabinets, I bought it myself, and the relevant people did the installation. Lastly, the quality of the work was very good. For things like skim coating, tiling, sanding, casing it was excellent. He also was able to repair some ceiling moldings where there was old damage. Some caveats: expect to be very specific in terms of how you want things done with as many details as possible. He will usually have good ideas, but you may not agree with all of them. I also had a licensed architect, which helped, though I had done a smaller job with Teddy once before where I didn’t use an architect. If you get to the point of following up on references with him, I’d be happy to provide more details.
OE – oren2600@yahoo.com