Ponce Design Build
About us
As home remodeling and renovation experts, we bring a strong work ethic to each of our projects and use the latest technological advances. We pay close attention to the details and understand the desired result. OWNER OPERATED. FULL SERVICE GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSE: #RBQA00431.
Business highlights
Services we offer
BASEMENT AND ADDITIONS, BATHROOMS, CABINETS, DESIGN / BUILD GENERAL CONTRACTOR, DRYWALL, FIRE / WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION, HARDWOOD FLOORS & ALL RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION., HOME MODIFICATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, KITCHENS, ON-SITE CONSULTATION, PAINTING, RESIDENTIAL REMODELING, TILE INSTALLATION
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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Master bath - The first day, the crew ripped out the old bath only to find a leaky roof, terrible plumbing. wood rot and just a jacked up mess. Barbaro was good in that he kept me from burning down the place. We worked through all the issues, including removing an existing window, installing all new plumbing, electrical, roof (separate contractor), changed the height of the floor, tile and frameless shower. This was a tough job. In the end, it looks fantastic.
Downstairs bath - Oh yes more issues. Entire subfloor, framing, electrical, plumbing all were replaced. We kept the original tub and trashed everything else. Changed the existing ugly 1970's style bathroom back to a period look with new tile, sink, toilet, etc. Could not be happier with how it turned out.
Kitchen - Complete gut to the studs. This time the subfloor was OK thank god. Installed all new plumbing, electrical, exhaust, laid a very complex stone floor, recessed lighting, under cabinet lighting and a good amount of receptacles. Went from dysfunctional and ugly to a place I now do not mind cooking in!
All fixtures such as tile, cabinets, appliances, most lighting, etc., were supplied by me. Barbaro's sub's were excellent! All polite and cleaned up - no issues. His project manager Aristotle was great and we had good banter over the several months of work.
Although not the cheapest nor most expensive, I felt good hiring Adapted Living Spaces and would do so in the future. His work comes with a 12 month warranty. I will be using this to remedy some settling issues with the grout and will update on how this was handled in a future update.
"Thank You for your review"
They were professional, efficient and responsive to calls and emails. Barbaro was there daily to insure things went smoothly and handled unexpected issues well. Their worker was the hardest worker I have ever seen, working from morning till evening with out a break. He was amazing.
Barbaro was responsive to our needs and worked with us on our time schedule, staying late and even working on a Saturday to accommodate me.
I am extremely pleased with the outcome and so glad I chose ALS to do the work.
Demolition was timely, smooth and well done with the crew providing floor protection for our existing hardwoods and a thorough clean up after they completed the work.
Overall the project went well and we were constantly made aware of when the next subcontractor would begin. All subcontractors showed up on time and were very professional. Owner/General Contractor, Barbaro Ponce, was on site whenever workers were here, unless he had other commitments.
Issues always come up with construction in a 50+ year old house. Barbaro and his work team found ways to solve these issues during the construction process.
ALS went beyond expectations by completing the project prior to the Thanksgiving holiday (we had given them a target date of early December.)
We are very pleased with the finished product.
Barbaro, the owner, patiently worked through all the difficulties until everything was resolved.
His price was good and he went above and beyond what the contract called for .
Tom Worthington
Property Manager
what ALS has done is take my money and waste my valuable time. I am in a wheelchair, can not take a shower
reach the microwave....with a life expectancy of only a couple of years...3 months of wasted time is huge.
after almost three months I still do not know if the project can be done....if I can move the plumbing...the drawings are not sufficient to get pricing or pull permits....I drew the basic layout for architect, gave him a list of fixtures and appliances
explained carefully the needs as far as space when getting around in a wheelchair. To think he had the master bedroom at 10x9'7" ...the master shower was 9foot by 4 foot...I could go on and on. I would guess the architect has no more than 1/2 hour of computer work invested....the address on the blueprints is not even mine.
ALS is either completely incompetent or
Don't give this guy any money up front.
as I'm beginning the legal process to get mine back.
I'm so disappointed in him...and in Angie's list
"The work to be done for [member name removed] was the creation of a schematic design and a set of construction drawings that would allow him to contract separately for the construction phase of the project. [member name removed] paid $2,450.00 at the beginning of the job and was to pay $2,450.00 at the completion. Robert Jay, the architect for Adapted Living Spaces (ALS), began work on these services and spent much time on the designs as [member name removed] continued to change his wishes. Mr. Jay is willing to complete the schematic design and construction drawings and release these documents to [member name removed] at no additional cost. Adapted Living Spaces (ALS) regrets that [member name removed] believes the company was attempting to take advantage of him. It is nowhere near the truth as ALS, through Robert Jay and Barbaro Ponce, attempted on multiple occasions to work with [member name removed] and address his repeated requests for changes. The owner of ALS, Barbaro Ponce, is particularly sensitive to issues of concern to people who have disabilities and is saddened that [member name removed] believes otherwise."
Barbaro and Ivan do a lot of retrofitting for disabled customers. While this job was not in that vein, I would trust them implicitly to do things right, at a fair price, including where the health and lifestyle of my family was at stake.
The other part of the project we hired Adapted Living Spaces for was to repair two walls in our guest bedroom. We'd had water damage to the lathe and plaster walls and that caused the walls to actually split. Based on Barbaro's suggestion, we decided to replace the walls with drywall. The Adapted crew patched the large water damaged area and installed new drywall over the two walls. The baseboards could not be saved, so they replaced the baseboards on all four walls. Again, we opted to do the painting. The bedroom now looks great too.
We would definitely consider using Adapted Living Spaces for future home renovation projects. We found their prices to be fair, they are prompt answering questions, are on time, and did the best they could to minimize the drywall dust in our house.
The sunroom was basically wall to wall single paned glass with a sliding door and two entrances from inside the house. The room was gutted, new exterior walls and drywall installed along with energy efficient windows and a glass exterior door. Electrical outlets were also installed along the new walls both inside and outside. The attention to detail was obvious throughout the project and the finished room - with new baseboards, outlet covers, and paint - looks fantastic!
The room conversion was needed in order for us to reclaim a bedroom for a nursery. Not only did Adapted Living Spaces do an excellent job, they did so with us completely preoccupied by the early arrival of a baby. We plan to hire them again in the near future to renovate our master bathroom as well.
The resulting renovations look good and work well. I wholeheartedly recommend Adapted Living Spaces.
"Thank You for your review. It was great meeting and working with you on the window repairs."
"Thank You for the Nice Review. It was a pleasure working with You."
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