Contractor Recommendation: Excellent Contracting LLC
I have used Excellent Contracting as well. I have decided to hire them after talking with my cousin who is a developer in Park Slope and was about to finish converting a brownstone into apartments (they were in charge of doing the facade). I hired Excellent Contracting to restore the facade of my 4 story brownstone in Park Slope and am very happy with the work they have done. Alot of attention was paid to the details on the facade (which took over 6 months to complete). As previously stated Meraz is professional, polite, and always addresses any questions or concerns you might have. I would not hesitate to hire them again.

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in Brownstoner Renovation 10 years and 4 months ago
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slopelife | 10 years and 10 months ago
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Just wanted to share our positive experience with Excellent Contracting. We had them put a new roof and new coping stones on our extension, as well as do some roofing touch-ups on our main roof. They also installed a lovely copper leader pipe down the facade of our house. Meraz, the proprietor, is unfailingly polite and was always willing to listen to our concerns and discuss the best way to do things. He was on-site nearly the entire time, and carefully supervised his crew. He always arrived on time, and took care to leave the work site clean and presentable, not just when he was finished with the job, but at the end of each day. His price was in line with other bids we solicited for the job. One reason we chose him was that he was able to do masonry in addition to roofing (i.e. replacing our coping stones). For no extra charge, they helped us with a few other little things around the house. http://excellentrestoration.com ph: (718) 502-4414

lagoon | 10 years and 10 months ago
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So somebody put a new roof on your little extension and didn´t leave a mess, and now you think he´s the best contractor in the world. Doesn´t add up. Do they have a “get 10% off if you post about me on Brownstoner” deal?

pualyo | 10 years and 10 months ago
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I have used them in the past too for my brownstone work. I see so many brownstone jobs cracking and dis coloring after a winter or two but my brownstone is still going strong. Meraz is indeed very good at listening to all your concerns and addresses them right away. Highly recommended.

Brooklynrocks | 10 years and 10 months ago
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I would not recommend Excellent Contracting. Based upon the work I’ve seen them do, they don’t have the necessary experience to work on brownstone masonary. I spoke with one of their workers who admitted that they had never worked on a stoop before and were learning as they were going along.