Peter & Steven Plastering & Tile Work

Went so well, very pleased with Peter's work!

Flooring was installed with substructure for maximum durability. Tiles were cut to fit. Grout was measured to insure proper fit.

Old air conditioner was removed. Glass blocks were installed to match blocks which were already in place, a difficult procedure,
since the the old blocks were not quite the same size. The living area was protected from damage and debris.. The window was
cleaned after installation.

The plaster was spread carefully to make the new surface blend perfectly with the wall around it.

The provider found a metal cover which can be opened and closed easily without any visible handles or fasteners so that it
blends with the ceiling. It was firmly attached to the ceiling.

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Everything went very good. He answered my calls very quickly. He is a very polite man and shows up when he says he will. Work was done in a professional manner. Everything was clean and neat when work was finished. The extras were a nice surprise.

I called Peter and Steven for an estimate. They promptly returned my call to let me know they were too busy to take on more work at this time.

They showed up on time, and put down protective tarps and papers. They did the work very well, and it is really hard to find quality people who do plaster - it seems to be a lost art...but these guys are here and very professional. They did a really nice clean up job, and there is really nothing negative to say. A great experience. Would I use them again? Absolutely!!! And I am!

great job.

I completely agree with the previous reviewer - enough good things cannot be said Peter and Steve. Hiring them was my best experience via Angie's List so far.
First of all they are a two-man operation so they specialize in small jobs which they know they can execute efficiently and thoroughly to the high standard they have set for themselves. Steve easily agreed to come by to give me a free estimate. I was worried about tiling on wood veneer but after assessing the space, the surface and a sample tile, he reassured me it would not be a big deal and said they could take care of prepping and sanding the ledge. This was in contrast to another tradesman who had eyeballed some photos over email to give me a quote.
As they are a small operation, they were pretty booked up for a month or so but this was not an issue for me as my tile order had a turnaround. On the day, they were extremely punctual, and from the doorway immediately started laying down paper as they made their way into the kitchen. They brought in a lot of tools and equipment including a wet tile saw, but they were careful about protecting my floor and walls and kept their working space concise and I was confident they were prepared for any situation. I had spent quite some time the night before doing a dry layout and sorting the subway tiles, which was absolutely necessary since the tiles were handmade and had a multitude of irregularities in the crackle glaze, color and edges. As such, I was anxious that the tiles were to be installed EXACTLY how I had laid them out - which they did superbly.
On the first day they did the installation with Steve installing and Peter cutting; and then another half day with Peter now grouting and Steve scraping and cleaning. I must mention that I was there the whole time, supervising. When they realized that I would be at home, they were positively delighted, said they preferred the owner to be around and were not at all fazed to be watched over. In fact, being two extremely affable guys, they kept me entertained the whole time with zany stories about New York and growing up in the East Village. Bar a brief cigarette break, they worked straight through the day.
After finishing early the next day and cleaning and vacuuming up, almost as if wanting to fill up the extra time, Steve deemed it necessary to take care of some small odd jobs around the apt - totally unrelated to tiling. Suddenly, as well as a beautifully tiled kitchen, I had a switch plate and bathroom fixture installed, some new screws and anchors and some plumbing advice. Truly service way beyond your expectations!
When Steve came to give me a quote, he hadn't make any assumptions about getting the work but did say that every client, when he asked if they were happy with the work at the end of the job, said and quot;Yes!and quot;. That's quite a guarantee and that's probably what made me hire Pand S in the end. Without hesitation, I can happily chime in with their previous clients in total customer satisfaction - my kitchen looks transformed and I felt I paid a good price for quality work. If, like me, you are a new home owner looking for a couple of approachable, interesting, hard working, New Yorkers who have a very simple way of doing business and to take the stress out of a home improvement project - well, you've found them. Peter and Steve are the real McCoy.

I cannot say enough good things about these two guys. They came on the date and time they said they would. did the job in the estimated time frame, and at the price quoted, covered everything that needed to be protected and when they were done left everything the way they found it, clean and neat.Thier work can only be called highly professional from the preparation work, ie: removing the old tiles and wallboard where the leak was, installing new cement board and then installing the tiles. The bathtub area looks better then when it was new.I would highly reccomend these to any one who asked about tile work.

They gave us an estimate, but we chose not to do the work. They were very busy and could not see me right away, but that had no bearing on us choosing not to do the work. Actually, I had two people come out with estimates, one being Peter and Steven, and the other one who came out did not give me an estimate because he said that he could not fix it the way I wanted based on the person who did the work originally and it was turned out, and I actually appreciated that candor. Peter and Steven gave us the estimate for doing the work, but the other guy said if they did the work, it would just break up the work. When I called Peter and Steven, they couldn't come out for several days, but they did say that they were just few people, and I appreciate that, so I wasn't upset about that. They called me back within the same day, and they showed up when they were supposed to. I might consider them again down the road, but we just aren't going forward with this project at this time. I would call them for an estimate in the future.

They were very punctual. It was worth a whole year's subscription to Angie's List just to find these guys.

Peter and Steven arrived on time. They helped me find the grout that would match exactly, which was not an easy thing to do as the grout specification and manufacturer were unknown. They aligned the new tile with existing tile perfectly well from floor to ceiling. Before they started working they took time to protect the floor in the apartment and the bathroom as well as all bathroom furniture and fixtures. Our project involved cutting the tiles and we were concerned about it getting quite messy and dusty. Peter and Steven did an amazing job with tile installation. They cleaned up so well after themselves that you would not even know someone had been working in the apartment that day. We highly recommend Peter and Steven. It was a pleasure using their services.

What a great experience! Steve came over the previous week to see the job and give me an estimate. He knocked on each tile to check if they were sound, well-attached to the wall. Some were not and needed to be replaced. Steve told me the work would take one day for him and Peter to complete. I felt the quoted fee was quite fair. We arranged for the work to be done on the Friday of the following week.

Peter and Steve arrived on time and completed all work to my complete satisfaction. The ceramic tile walls look brand new and the new tiles are indistinguishable from the old. They removed all garbage and cleaned the area nicely.

And they were so pleasant to work with. I would absolutely use them again and I highly recommend them and their work.

I had such a positive experience with Peter and Steve Plastering. You can see this team of craftsmen take pride in doing an excellent job and exceeding expectations. The agreed to work around the electricians who had a glitch and were still in the kitchen for part of the morning. Everyone worked well together. They spent three days as they had contracted, worked very hard and did a thoroughly professional and beautiful job and cleaned up after each day's work beyond expectations. They also made sure that the furniture in the adjoining dining room was out of the way and protected with plastic sheets. They pulled out the refrigerator and two movable cabinets (into the dining room) to ensure that the job was smooth all the way around on four walls. I didn't expect the kitchen would look like a new kitchen from only plastering it. But it does. We're delighted with the job they did and the experience was very pleasant.

I think these guys only do jobs in their area, and I get that, but they should narrow their coverage area so their company doesn't show up outside the area they want to work in. If your not in the Bronx don't even waste your time calling these guys.

Just months ago, after much delay, the men employed by the contractor I hired to gut renovate the small bathroom in my 4th floor Manhattan walk-up, feeling the job to be completed to their satisfaction, packed up and I moved in. Within a few weeks it was clear that there existed a major issue with the grout work outside of the shower and along a lower section of one of the shower walls, as well as a few other places. The grout in-between the ceramic tiles on the bathroom floor outside of the shower had already begun, in the most trafficked area, to chip loose and crumble. Along the bottom row of tiles in the shower, which had been replaced after I had discovered an error to the pitch of the shower floor, the contractor had been required to re-fabricate and install a properly pitched replacement pan and re-tile. While the new pan was pitched to allow for reasonable drainage, the individual that had re-tiled either didn't properly grout the bottom row of wall tiles, or used some sort of caulk, as the grout line was falling inwards with the consistency of wet putty within the first week.

Knowing the state of the bathroom I inherited, with warped floors and chipped tiles, I was looking for a proper solution and not a stopgap. I contacted a few individuals of which Peter and Steve were first to respond. The next day Peter came to the apartment assessed the situation.

Peter felt that the person addressing the shower pan must have caulked the walls and that the state of the floors outside the shower were likely due to the contractor having used wall grout for the entire job, rather than sanded grout for the floors. The latter was confirmed when I retrieved the remaining grout from my closet, which was indeed wall grout and the only grout that I had seen on-site.

The issue, with regards to the estimate, was whether the tiles had simply been improperly placed on cement board or if they were sitting directly on plywood. I knew that in the renovation they had gone down to the subfloor and sistered a joist, but could not say that they had built back up from there properly. Peter used a hammer to lightly tap on a few of the tiles in the damaged area, finding that certain tiles produced a hollow sound compared to others. He explained that this was caused by those particular tiles not being properly bonded to the surface below, be it cement board or plywood. If the surface below was plywood and needed to be replaced it would be a two day job, if not it would be a one day job, for either scenario it was a flat rate plus materials. With my permission he removed one of the looser tiles in order to determine if we were dealing with the former or the latter. As it turned out, there was cement board underneath, but the thinset that had bonded the tile to the cement board was mixed too dry and broken down.

Satisfied that I had received a proper diagnosis from an individual that knew his field, and with the understanding that Peter and his partner Steve do all the work they contract themselves, I was happy to go forward and contract them to do work the following week. Peter wasn't sure whether it would be the following Tuesday or Wednesday, so he phoned the next day and locked in the date.

The day of the work, Peter and Steve arrived promptly and commenced with the repairs. They were affable, conscientious, and personable. They found what had been expected and finished up by the late afternoon, working within my co-op's parameters of 9am to 5pm. When they decided a tile was better replaced, they did so using the surplus I had left over from the renovation.

It's now been a few weeks since Peter and Steve did the work and I haven't seen a single sign of the previous issues. I have confidence that the situation had been properly diagnosed and the repairs carried out with great competency. I would not hesitate to contact them if the need were to arise, whether to address repair issues or new construction. As I have found, the renovating a bathroom requires skill sets from a number of disciplines. Unless you know who the contractor you hire intends to use, and their background in the specific areas to be seen to, you best go with a tradesman whose line of business directly addresses the matter at hand.

I was informed by Steve that they do not service the Bronx. Their claimed service area had been misrepresented. Exact quote: "It's a little out of our territory. We don't normally go that far up in the Bronx." What a bummer. Perhaps they should be truthful and put in their service area ad exactly where their service area covers. It will prevent a lot of confusion. Either they do or they don't cover the Bronx.

It was good. They were really straightforward. The project was kind of specialized and they worked with us and tailored it for us.

P and S were great to work with. Every day, they showed up when they said they would, they are very pleasant to have around, and the work was great. They were very good about showing me the problems as they came up, and letting me know how they were fixing things. They took care to keep things as clean as possible and cleaned up when they were done.

Everything on each of our several projects with them went smoothly.

They came for an estimate, gave me a very fair price and did the job a week later. They were prompt, efficient, courteous...they even did a few minor repairs to other things in my bathroom without asking. Overall a very good experience. I'll definitely use them again.

PETER and STEVEN did excellent work. i have never seen plastering of this quality. they are very neat and clean up after themselves. we called them to do some more tiling for our house they said they would call us back and never did, they left the job unfinished. i will not use them again.

Very positive experience. On time. Professional. Cleaned up after each visit. Did what they said they would. Would use again in future.

They were very organized and neat. They did exactly what they promised. They did an excellent job. Everything was finished as they said it would be. The job was finished on time.