ROSUL CONTRACTING CORP

The toilet bowl was installed 3 inches from the wall. Now it looks awkward. The shower was not properly installed. Almost flooded the bathroom. A ceiling fan was replaced in the living room. It fell off 2 years later. No one was hurt.

I will just point out what did go wrong: 1. Workers did not bother to protect the hallway walls or to keep the rest of the apartment clean and free of dust, for example sealing the doors or using a vacuum at the end of each day. Eventually they repainted the hallway but I had to touch up and to spend extra money for very deep cleaning service. 2. One of the new electrical outlets is sticking out a bit from the wall and it is tricky to plug anything. 3. The toilet bowl was relocated. For some reason mr Rosul installed the new toilet bowl 15' from the wall,not the standard 12'. I spent an extra $$$ on a compact toilet bowl because every inch matters in my small bathroom. Now there is a 3 inches gap between the wall and the edge of the my compact small tank. It looks weird. Very unprofessional. I noticed it too late for it to be fixed. 4. I had the wall tiles at the job site a week before they started to install them. I asked mr Rosul to take a look on them before they start installing them. When the tile guy started installing the tiles,in the middle of the job, he informed me that he can not install the caps I have because the walls are not prepared properly for this kind of caps. They were rounded old style subway black caps. It turned out that neither Mr Rosul or the workers looked at the tiles in advance. They just installed a regular silver edge trim. 5. The window sill next to the shower was not build properly so water was accumulating there. It needed to be redone. 6. Painting on the walls and ceiling was horrible, even after asking mr Rosul to repaint it. They did not bother to prepare the surface properly so it was all with small bumps and dents. I had to redo and plaster it myself. 7. Shower installation. OMG. Two days after the work was done the shower started running by itself with full capacity.It was Good luck I was home to switch the main valve off. The plumber came the next day and apologized. He forgot to tide up something properly. 8. On day 3 after the job was completed i noticed that the sink is leaking under the cabinet. Again the plumber forgot to do something properly. 9.Caulking work was horrible. It looked like 3 years old was learning how to use a caulk gun. Even though mr Rosul came back to fix and finish things, he was rushing the workers so I decided better to touch up and paint by myself instead of keep calling him. In general Mr Rosul is very responsive, but does not pay attention to very important details.

Fine. I liked the contractors and will definitely use them again. They were very flexible with my somewhat idiosyncratic taste and requests, and never left debris.

Mr. Rosul is probably one of the most likeable, pleasant contractors I have ever met and we picked him due to his patient character and his willingness to work with our tight budget and our request to complete certain tasks ourselves in order to stay within that budget.  The overall results were good and everyone coming to visit the apartment loves it..  I gave him an "A" rating overall, but a "B" in quality.  Please keep in mind that the overall results were excellent and most people do not notice the concerns that led to the "B" in quality.  

Floor leveling:  He had to level the floor twice.  The first time he leveled the floor, it was still sloped.  The second time, was much better, but there was still some variation across the room.  After intense discussion within our family, we decided not to make him redo the floor a third time, questioning their ability to do better and wanting to avoid further delay..   Later, after the hardwood floor was finished, we realized the problem was one of their tools.  They were leveling the floor with an old 3-4' level.  It was simply too short.  For $100 he could have provided his workers with a professional 8' level or even managed with a 6' level for $70. 

Solid Hardwood Floor: Allowing for normal gaps, 98% of the hardwood floor was well laid.  However, when the job was finished (and paid) and the protective cardboard covering was removed from the floor, we found a dozen boards with large gaps up to a quarter inch. Yes, occasionally, the tongue and groove fittings are a little off size.  However, these larger gaps could have been prevented with a few extra mallet taps during installation, even if it slows down the job a little.   

 Bathroom:  The bathroom is beautiful, the shower mechanism works properly, and the tiled shower is water tight. The vanity mirror inserted into the wall and  is correctly aligned with the sink.    However, early in the project, they had to pull off and redo the cement board after I discovered they failed to install a vapor barrier The shower pan edge was cut a little too short and did not cover the wood support for the shower door.  At my insistence a second piece was added to cover the shower doorway.   The wrong type of shower drain  was installed.  On tiled showers, the shower drain cover is normally attached to a "barrel" that screws down to the same height as the tile.  Instead, they installed a regular drain an inch under the tile level had to adjust the flat drain cover height by putting a ring of thinset cement on top of the rim of the drain.  Problems like this don't affect the appearance or usability of the shower, but can eventually shorten the life of the shower.

Painting, Electrical, Carpentry (including building a new bedroom closet), General Plumbing, and Cabinet Installation, and Cabinet Installation:  These tasks were all very well done and no problems arose.  Our initial plans for the window frames didn't work, but a good solution was found, using flat boards, individually cut to size to accommodate the varying dimensions around the windows. Shims were used to level the base cabinets in the kitchen, but would have been unnecessary if the floor had been properly leveled from the beginning. 

Modifications, Problem Solving and Schedule: When discussing changes and modifications, Mr. Rosul worked with us to find solutions that would limit additional costs and minimize delays.  If I found a problem, he would fix it if possible.  Unfortunately some of the problems were discovered much too late, such as the incorrect drain that could not be replaced without tearing out the entire shower floor.   He did a good job of sticking to his schedule and the occasional delays were outside his control and involved delayed delivery of cabinetry & appliances, as well as holding off on tasks (such as painting) that could not be done while my wife and I were working on the brick wall.

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Overall the reno went according to plan; original estimate was for 7 days, but actually took longer. Mohammed Rosul was  accomodating in slight alterations of the plan and very responsive if things were not being done correctly according to our wishes.

Rosul was great. He was able to visit the site for a free estimate the day after I called (and left a message), he wrote up the estimate on site, and was able to start on monday (the estimate was friday). The crew was on time every day and worked late if necessary. He promised that the job would be done within 3 weeks and he finished two days ahead of time, with one unresolved issue (see below for details). During the job I asked if Rosul could make a few small changes, which required a bit of extra work and he was very accommodating without requiring a change order. Overall I would highly recommend Rosul if you are looking to have a job done quickly and well. His tile and roofing guys are excellent!
The only things you should know are that I did spend a lot of time checking in on the crew to make sure the layout was correct and to answer questions about how I wanted different pieces to come together etc. I found that the crew wanted the job to be done the way I wanted it, but this sometimes required telling them things a few times. Also, as mentioned above, there was a lingering issue with the toilet I wanted installed. It was a unusual fixture, and Rosul's plumber spent a lot of time trying to get it to work right, but ultimately we had to hire a separate plumbing contractor to finish. Rosul discounted the price he quoted to reflect that I had to pay another contractor to finish the installation. I think that if the toilet had been a normal fixture there would have been no problem.
I would definitely hire Rosul again. The price was reasonable, the work was done well, and FAST!

The contractor was very aggressive in pursuit of the job, and followed up his initial quotation several times, so I felt comfortable that he was willing to work with me.   I am in Florida and the house is a rental property in Brooklyn,  so it was important that I work with a contractor who I felt I can get a hold of, and work with remotely.   Not the best scenario to do this type of work,  but I had no other choice since the work had to be done.    After I paid the deposit his crew showed up and began the work on time.  
The started out doing a good job with the demo, and rough work,  however when it came to the finishing work,  they were very sloppy.  
It seemed that once he got the job and the money all he wanted to do is get out quick and did not pay any attention to details or design.   Everything was off-center, or installed in the wrong place.  The lighting, the electrical outlets, mirrors,  the accent tile was all installed sloppy and wrong.   They even had broken tile on the wall filled in with grout to hide the crack.    I had to hold back finial payment until they fixed or repaired the sloppy work.   Some work such as the accent tiles in the shower, couldn't be redone so I have to live with sloppy work, which I am not happy about.
He speaks very quickly, always in a rush, with a very thick accent so it is extremely difficult to understand him on the telephone.   He gave me a budget for fixtures, the sent me a invoice for cost overruns, however did not offer any documentation or receipts to justify those additional charges.  When questioned he got very flustered and rushed to get off the phone.     
It seems to me he is running a one man operation with low cost subcontractors, and no one on site to supervise their work.  It seems he is  too busy selling jobs or manage them properly.     His invoices are unprofessional and everything he does seems rushed and sloppy.   

To his credit he did go back several times and fix some of the issues to my satisfaction.   I would rate this job a C+

We bought our house eight years ago knowing that certain parts of it were in fairly urgent need of an update. We then proceeded to put the largest jobs off until a burst pipe a few months ago forced us to deal with the situation. As we were on a limited budget and unsure who to trust, we pored over Angie?s List contractor reviews for awhile before narrowing the search down to a few companies including Rosul Contracting. We liked the fact that this company was located near where we live and that the reviews seemed realistic, they were all fairly good but not entirely perfect. Perhaps Mr. Rosul was someone we could work with.
We started out with the intention to do work on the bathroom only as it seemed to be the worst of our problems. Mr. Rosul and his team proceeded to gut renovate the space and reinforce all the nearly rotten beams of the floor underneath. As we saw the extent of the work they were doing, as well as the scale of the disruption it was creating in our lives, we decided to go ahead and give our kitchen and an additional bathroom the same treatment. Although not entirely perfect on some of the smaller details (as other reviewers have mentioned) we feel that we have gotten a very fair deal from Mr. Rosul. My husband followed the work quite closely and Mr. Rosul was willing to make changes along the way to things my husband had an objection to. We got along well with the guys who work for Mr. Rosul and had a very positive overall experience with the company. In fact, there are still projects we didn?t manage to conquer this time around and we intend to hire Mr. Rosul to come back again in the future.

A very depressing experience. Contractor's truck lists concrete work first in large letters, but the concrete job was not
professionally finished. The concrete did not drain properly and was not smooth. Several spots required patches. The workers (see below) did not seem to know how to use a drag beam properly and the expansion joints (which were very few) were put in in a strange way. This was the worst part of the job, and the most important. To cover the patches even a little, the concrete had to be painted. But it still does not drain properly, leaving water puddles. The patching of the back steps was awful.
Contractor arrived days late, with a crew of four who seemed relatively skilled, but after the first day, most of the crew disappeared and only the one man described as a relative, who could not communicate in English, was left to do everything. (However, when the
concrete work had to be done, two young casual laborers were also employed for a day or two.) When it was clear that the relative could hardly do anything properly (he even painted a whole ceiling that had been painted only a few months earlier), there was no recourse but to keep phoning Rosul, who was almost never available but would rush in for short periods every few days to try to set things right.
The house is not your standard House Beautiful residence, as I am an artist, but I was clear about the work I expected and that it needed to be done properly. (I did not want to paint over a tin ceiling but only apply a clear lacquer; this seemed to throw Mr. Rosul
off, as he could not believe I wanted to do this. He had to go consult at a store to determine what to do. The answer: shellac.)  
I had to oversee the job myself every day. When I had complained enough about messiness, sloppy work, drips, etc., the two other skilled workers (electrician and painter, according to Mr. Rosul) came back at the end of the job and the relative disappeared.
The repair of the roof over the basement door and the installation of a small drainpipe may have been the most professionally done in that it seems to have stopped the leak so far.
Mr. Rosul is engaged in something of a bait and switch: he appears with a crew and then the whole middle of the job sags as the crew disappears until enough complaints are lodged and then they have to be brought back in to finish up. He wished to somehow appeal to my good will to pay him extra at the end, to make up for the money that fixing his relative's errors cost him, and I did give him $25 extra (he paid for the concrete paint), but that did not seem to appease him very much. Mr. Rosul exudes a lack of concern about the job, which does not make for good customer relations.

Excellent. Very professional, and respectful team of workers. Cheerful, honest and very responsible craftsmen.
Top quality materials and accents/ fixtures. He was able to make more use of space and making it more efficient use of space in redesign.

Lead guy who did estimate(Rosul?) was very personable and knew his stuff. Gave an estimate after 10 minutes or so. and, he had social skills unlike some of the contractors who came to give estimates.
He and his team were very professional and courteous. Did the job in the time he said it would take and it seems to be very good quality work. When we had a concern after the job was done about one detail he came back and took care of it. Would definitely use him again

Mr. Rosul does what he says he's going to do, when he says he's going to do it...a quality that more contractors would do well to emulate. My wife and I hired him to renovate two bathrooms and repaint our entire apartment. For reasons far too numerous to get into, it had to be done on a very strict schedule and we were left high and dry by another contractor, a friend of mine actually, who strung us out for almost two months before telling us he couldn't even start the job. By then, we were desperate and had only reviews on Angie's List to help us make our decision.
If you're stuck for a contractor, Mr. Rosul and his crew will do a very quick job, and generally speaking, it will be of good quality. I don't say "outstanding" because, frankly, the work was not outstanding. It was good. His guys didn't really clean up after themselves each day, and then left a lot of little things undone at the end, or rather, done not so well. A few of the things I asked him to come back and fix, like some substandard plumbing, cracked grout and messy calking, which he did without question and without charge, but most of the things, I plan to redo myself over time.
Overall, I think he does good work, though if I have a job of this scale ever again, I will probably bite the bullet and pay a bit more for higher quality workmanship elsewhere. Nonethless, I can't say enough about how he did the job when he said he was going to do it, and with very little lead time, I might add. Mr. Rosul is a very nice man, his workers (though messy) were good and if you can get past trying to understand him over the phone (very heavy accent), he'll work hard for you.

2 weeks after I purchase my very first home, my basement doors get kicked in by some thieves. Apparently in cutting corners, the previous owner's contractor installed a bathroom door as the exterior door to my basement! Suffice to say I was in a bind. After calling and interviewing several contractors to replace the door to a metal one, Mr. Rosul came in with some really neat and tidy ideas to fix the situation. Since the kicked in door was a diminutive 24" x 75", Mr. Rosul suggested that we open the doorway to accommodate a standard, outward opening metal door! He came in with his team on a Monday and worked his magic. The door is now plumb and is kitted out with some super industrial looking locks. He also cut and replaced a second basement entryway door for me!
My next project was with the steps leading to the basement which were paved to cause any falling water to flow directly under the basement door! Talk about nightmare waiting to happen... Again, Mr. Rosul came up with the brilliant idea of paving the water path toward the sitting dry well. The prior dry well had only a 1 gallon capacity and super slow drainage capacity. Mr. Rosul removed that and replaced it with a 5 gallon receptacle that withstood this past week's rain storm! Fingers crossed going into the winter where the true test will be in accommodating water from melting snow. 
Lastly, I wanted to get my bathroom floor tiles to look like new. Mr. Rosul went out and purchased grout that would match my tiles, asked one of his crew to dig out all of the old grout from the tiles and skillfully added new grout. The bathroom looks like new!
Mr. Rosul also took care of small items that he'd noticed didn't look right from previous contractors: apparently the hardwood staircase was refinished by a novice in that there were wood finish footprints tracked inside of the bathroom and foyer tiles. I found Mr. Rosul scraping away at it one afternoon after the work was near complete.
In all, Mr. Rosul is an extremely flexible and knowledgeable contractor who cares about the work that his crew puts out. If you see something that you'd like fixed better, just point it out and he will get on the case!

Sensational! this is a rare find in contracting! they were incredibly prompt, polite, professional, fast working. they are also uniquely honest, fair priced,  and they fixed several items free of charge. i can't say enough good things about this company! they would be the very first company i would call if i need more work done! i give Rosul Contracting the highest rating possible and they deserve it as tithe work they did was flawless!!!

The Bottom Line:  We really liked Mr. Rosul and would definitely use him again. His prices were fair, his team worked consistently and finished ahead of schedule, and above all he was trustworthy, fair, flexible, and responsive. He was the only one of the bidding contractors who understood that it was of paramount importance to retain all of the detail in our century-old brownstone, and never suggested the lazy expedient of ripping out a wall and sheetrocking to make it all look new. He was willing to undertake the work of fixing bad walls instead, and also of painting considerable detail.
Cons: While the quality of workmanship was generally pretty high, it was important for us to inspect at least once a day in order to catch small flaws. One of the five regular workers was not up to the standards of care of the other four. When we complained to Mr. Rosul, he was removed from the job and his errors were corrected.
Pros: Mr. Rosul was easy to communicate with, was willing to undertake new projects and to switch course midstream, and to correct problems as they arose. The crew was scrupulously honest in functioning inside our home, hardworking, competent, and very likeable. Mr. Rosul gave us the lowest bid of several alternatives, and also a fair estimate of how long the work would take. The crew arrived on time every day, Mr. Rosul came by personally almost every day to see how the job was going, to discuss any issues, and to supervise various subcontractors. Unlike what so often happens, the work did not slow down as the project neared the end. The areas that needed wall repair came out beautifully. We are very satisfied with the end product.
 

Rosul Contracting previously provided services at our house last October in the form of removing siding from the rear of our house and replacing it with stucco. 
We were very pleased with his services so we contracted Rosul again to do extensive renovations to the back of our house, including knocking out the back of our existing house and adding on a new bedroom, sun-room, kitchen, including installing kitchen cabinets, and ceramic floors, plus since the kitchen is inside the house he had to vent the kitchen to the rear of the house.  He installed rear deck and extensive ceramic stairs to the basement, metal railing, plus more metal work from back of house to the deck, plus awning to prevent water from going into basement, concrete extension on ground, plus dry well to absorb water from roof, etc..
The hardest part was that he also had to extend the basement since the house was now bigger than it was before and the old basement no longer reached the outside of the house.  Extending the basement included extensive work digging up the backyard  and installing cinder blocks and cement to  create a tunnel leading from the old basement exit, to the new back of the house. This tunnel was approximately 12 ft long, 6ft across and 8ft deep. This also included removing a tremendous amount of debris from the yard to the containers that he provided outside the front of the house. This task was very difficult because we live in an attached house with no access to the backyard except through the house so that all the materials and debris had to be taken from the front yard to the backyard, and from the backyard to the front yard through the house which was very time consuming, tedious and laborious, but his men worked very hard to carry this out in an efficient manner.  His men were thorough and very accommodating. They stated that Rosul told them to cater to all my wishes and they did that.  Anything I asked them to do they did, and were very respectful and courteous.  Rosul supervised the work and came over different times of day to assess what was going on.  When he saw that there were any problems he rectified them right away.  He used several workers in order to speed up certain parts of the work which could be as many as 6 at a time.
This job was also extremely difficult in view of the fact that the weather was very cold and snowy and sometimes it was too cold to work outside, or the ground was too snowy or frozen. We were satisfied with the fact that his workers were  polite and courteous and very punctual. Rosul was very polite and respectful and very attentive to our concerns.

Rosul consulted with us over the phone.  Couple days later he came to our home, gave us a price which we thought was reasonable and we filled out a contract for replacement of the siding on the back of our house.  Next day he sent a couple of men who began to remove the siding for replacement.  After removing the siding it became apparent that there were two old layers of siding underneath the top layer and that other contractors had placed siding upon siding instead of removing the old one and assessing the condition of the actual back of the house.  His men were thorough and removed all the old layers down to the original house and realized that the original wood on the house was rotten and that there were bricks underneath everything which was surprising to us since it is a frame house.  There was obviously a lot of noise during the removal because there was a lot of wood and bricks falling into the yard plus noise while nailing in wood and siding. This only lasted for a few days.
Rosul supervised the work and came over different times of day to assess what was going on.  When he saw that the foundation was rotten and falling apart he suggested that it would not be prudent to put up more siding but that stucco was recommendable since it was more sturdy.  We agreed and he gave us an increased price in order to place stucco instead of siding.  HIs men, sometimes 3 men, removed all the rotten wood and old bricks and replaced them with stucco.  This inclued removing the old wood and bricks, then placing plywood, wire mesh, concrete and then painting. They finished in a reasonable amount of time and we were satisfied with the fact that his workers were  polite and courteous and very punctual.
He was very polite and respectful and very attentive to our concerns. We have now contracted with Rosul to add an extension to the back of our house.

I read a positive basement renovation post on here and on Brownstoner about Rosul Contracting Corp and blindly hired them to finish my basement and I wanted to recommend them further.  They broke up and leveled my cement floor, put in a new staircase so you don't have to duck to go up and down them, added a tiled bathroom, moved all of plumbing pipes and drywalled the whole place, added recessed lights...etc.  It looks great. They finished ahead of schedule (it only took 3.5 weeks) and stayed on budget, and they did a good job!  And Mr. Rosul is a nice guy with a nice team who worked 6 days a week. So for all that I recommend them.  As mentioned in the post i read before i hired them, their finishes are not great and occasionally sloppy (tiling was a little wacky) -- but that doesn't seem very unusual.  And the price was right.  Unlike most contractors I've dealt with, I'm would hire Rosul again.    Thanks Muhammad!

Everything went very well.  Mr. Rosul started the job on time and completed the job on schedule.  Mr. Rosul did some extra work without charging extra money to my original contract.  My two family house is 100 years old and as Mr. Rosul worked new problems were found, Mr. Rosul fixed them too as he went along.  I am very pleased with the work done.  I highly recommend Rosul contracting Corp.

They did a great job and I would highly recommend to others

Rosul and his workers were very professional, he took me to pick out my cabinets and granite countertops. They were all very nice, trustworthy, hard working and always on time.  They were able to complete the job with in less than a week. I am very happy with my kitchen and yes I would hire them again.

They were very nice and hard working, but were also careless.  When they moved the furniture in both my bedrooms for painting, they scratched up both the hardwood floors in several places.  There were some parts of the walls that weren't covered very well with paint and they told me it was the reflection of the light.  I was so tired of having them here for 3 weeks, that I told them to just leave me touch up paint and I would fix it myself. 

Everything went very well.  Mr. Rosul came in with a team of 6 men and worked 6 days a week for over a month until the job was done.  Mr. Rosul took me to shops to select my kitchen cabinets, granite counters, sink, tiles, flooring, everything.  Customer satisfaction is very important to Mr. Rosul, he aims to please.  I now have a new kitchen, bathroom, ceilings, floors, New electric wiring complete with its own circut braker box for the floor.  Top of the line appliances, new stairs, walls, high hat lights in the ceilings.  I can't believe it is the same apartment.  The apartment is now complete with fixtures, trims, moldings everything new.  I think the price was very good considering the amount of work done and the time spent doing it all.  All of his team are professional workers who do everything according to code.  I am very happy with the work done and he is now working on the 1st floor of my 2 family house.

Mohammad Rosul and his crew are very capable contractors. Generally speaking my experience was positive. Specifically, these are the things that stood out:
1) Crew was very punctual, and showed up every day (including Saturday) until the job was completed. They were late just one day (by an hour or two), and Mohammad promptly called to explain the situation.
2) Mohammad spend at least a half day each day at my home supervising his crew and making sure that the work was up to his standards.
3) Mohammad was generally very receptive to my concerns throughout the project, and was eager for me to be a happy customer. He was very easy to work with.
4) The quality of work was generally good, and no corners were cut. I would say that there were some minor things that I had to point out that needed to be revisited, but even then, Mohammad was always willing to remedy the situation in one way or another.
Considering the scope of the job, which covered almost the whole house (while my family and I were still living there), I would say that the whole crew was generally careful and considerate. I would definitively recommend Rosul contracting, and would use them again in the future.