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\nHello, My Name is Cassandra Barrera owner of CN Stucco Construction. We have been in the industry for more than 10 years of experience, we focus on commercial, residential and anything involving Stucco, Eifs, plastering. Are books are open for anyone needing our help. Our prices are very reasonable, always keeping in mind our lovely customers.

"I apologize in advance for the long comment.  I?ll do my best to impartially lay out the facts of what happened on this contract so that the reader can make their own judgement.
 
I initially contacted 5 contractors to get bids on re-stucco for my house.  The house is large, almost 5000 square feet plus it is surrounded on 2 sides by a stucco wall enclosing the swimming pool and adjoining patios.   There are also over 150 windows of various sizes throughout the house. We chose BlueSky for several reasons: 1. Many positive Angie?s List recommendations.  2.  Price was in the lower half of the bids received.  3.  Mr. Esparza seemed genuinely interested in ensuring our requirements were met.  We were told that there would always be a supervisor on site and that Mr. Esparza himself would usually stop by once or twice per day to address any concerns.  He assured us that they would clean up after themselves every day after work so that there would be no garbage blowing around the neighborhood.  We were told that the job would take 8 days.  We increased that in our minds to 10 because we thought 8 overly optimistic.  We told Mr. Esparza that we like to be involved in the work that is done at our house and he encouraged that.  He told us that since we know the house better than anyone else we should point out any discrepancies.  We signed a contract and work was to begin immediately.
At this point I?ll say that as a rule we treat the folks who work on our house very well.  We often order lunch for them.  My wife will bring them snacks, coffee in the morning, ice water and sometimes even cook them lunch.  The workers had no safety equipment and at one point we noticed that they were applying stucco to the underside of a column and stucco was falling into their eyes.  My wife supplied them safety glasses.  We are also demanding of good work and will point out things that are wrong as soon as we see them so that they can be fixed immediately.  We have dealt with numerous contractors this way and have never had a problem.    In this case, unlike what was promised, there really was no supervisor on site and we only saw Mr. Esparza twice after work started.  At one point we were unable to contact him for 3 days.  He later apologized and claimed he had a family emergency in Mexico.  We were understanding although I think that maybe a text or email to his clients would have been appropriate.
The workers did a great job of sealing all the cracks and rebuilding the parapets.  There were some areas of concern including a column that had to be adjusted 3 times because it was crooked.  No problem, we dealt with the 1 or 2 English speaking members of the crew and got it taken care of.  Garbage was not completely cleaned up at the end of each day, my wife and I walked around the property picking up little pieces of blue tape flying around without complaint. I believe proper supervision would have been helpful here. Part of the contract was to dig down 4 to 6 inches around all of the walls, I think this is common practice based on many of the bids I received.  In a number of areas this was not done, I pointed out areas that I saw to the workers and they took care of them.  There are still, however, several areas that have been missed.  Again, proper supervision would have been helpful.  I thought that overall the stucco work on the house went very well.  My wife and I were happy with the work that was done and we thought that the remaining concerns would be taken care of after a walk- through with Mr. Esparza.  This is the point where things start to get a little strange.
 
On the final day of work (Day 16, a bit longer than the 8 day estimate) I received a ranting call from Mr. Esparza.  He was on a cell phone and was yelling and talking so fast that I could not understand a word he was saying.  I asked him to calm down, told him that I could not understand him and he finally told me that he would call me back on a land line.  When he finally called me he was livid.  He asked me for money immediately, prior to the walk-through, to pay his workers.  He told me that my wife had mistreated his workers and caused 3 of his best workers to quit, he made disparaging (I won?t elaborate any further) comments about her ability to speak proper English (She is Asian, has a degree from an American university, and speaks English well although with an accent), he accused her of following the workers around and watching them so closely that it made them uncomfortable and that she disturbed their lunch.  I tried to have a conversation with him but he hung up on me.    I was quite taken aback by what I can only describe as a tirade.   I responded to him with a text message letting him know that I would be happy to pay in 2 installments, explaining that I have heard no complaints from him until now, and finished with the following statement ?We are very happy with your workers.  I have never EVER been spoken to as unprofessionally by a business owner as I have been by you and am very disappointed?
A couple of hours later Mr. Esparza stormed onto our property after refusing to acknowledge my wife and I,  even after my wife greeted him.  He climbed onto the roof, walked around the house, glared threateningly, gave some orders to his workers, walked to his car and left.  Later a worker handed me a piece of paper requesting $10,000 in 2 checks.  I was confused about exactly what he wanted so I gave the worker $5000 in one check, unsuccessfully attempted to call Mr. Esparza, and sent him on his way.  Mr. Esparza called back a short time later and still seemed quite upset.  I had a difficult time understanding him but he explained that the job was done well (with a few exceptions, this is something I agree with), that he had to fire 3 workers because they refused to come to our house (a change from his original assertion that they quit)  and that he made me a fair offer but that I had only paid $5000 and that we were in the wrong for not paying him $10,000.  I believe he wanted to go to arbitration which is really not necessary since we were not completely unhappy with the finished product so I wrote another check for $5000 and he sent his worker back to collect it.  At this point I have paid him all but $4,149 which should be paid after a final walk through and any corrections.  My dilemma is that my wife is uncomfortable to the point of being fearful of having him on our property, and I really have to agree with her.   I can probably pretty much forget about the warranty, if for no other reason than I don?t want to deal with him again.  At this moment he has sent me a message forgiving the money not paid and essentially calling me a deadbeat, which I am not.  I will probably hire someone else to do the touch up work, subtract from the total, and send him the rest.  I spent 28 years honorably serving our country in the military and I always pay my bills.  I just cannot tolerate his behavior.
Now for my thoughts.  I am really conflicted about this.  Until a few hours prior to project completion I was ready to give Blusky an A rating and was even going to recommend them to several people I know who need stucco work.  The work appears to be done properly with a few exceptions and thanks to our involvement, pretty much the way we wanted it done.  I was home the entire final week of the construction and neither my wife nor I was ?Big Brother?, although we did inspect the work and ensured things were being completed to our satisfaction.  Often the workers would ask us to look around to see if we found anything that needed attending to.  On the other hand, I have never dealt with a business owner who has berated me and acted as unprofessionally as this.   I believe"

"Hailstorm caused crack in stucco and water leak into inside of house. DelaRosa inspected and demonstrated deep knowledge about what caused the leak and how to fix it. They resurfaced, sealed and repainted the whole frontal area that was covered with stucco and then painted in exact color of other parts of the house. Work was very professional and made with notice to detail. Can strongly recommend."

"My experience with Jaye was excellent. I hired Jaye?s
company for two projects. First and most importantly, I wanted a recently,
poorly built limestone fire pit and limestone propane shell fixed. Secondly, I
had his company clean and seal all of the limestone pool and spa coping, the spa
limestone surround and the newly built limestone fire pit and propane shell ? a
very big job considering the amount of limestone involved.
At the beginning of June, 2014, I contracted a Cedar Park
concrete company to replace a 25-year-old deck with a decorative stamped
concrete deck and to build a limestone propane fire pit and a limestone shell
to hide the propane tank. Both of these latter structures were attached to a 9?x9?
limestone spa. Although the decorative concrete deck turned out to be very
nice, the fire pit and propane shell were very poorly built and very
unattractive. After two months of failing to have the issues with these
structures resolve with the Cedar Park concrete company, I decided I needed an
expert opinion regarding the quality of the fire pit and propane shell. I found
a highly recommended stone mason from Angie?s List and arranged a meeting with Jaye
Stark from Mason Man.
Jaye was a very diplomatic, soft spoken man. He did not
criticize the original builders personally, he just pointed out the major
problems with both the propane shell and fire pit stone structures and there
were many. The main problem, outside of the poor esthetics of the structures, was
that the entire fire pit and propane shell structures were built with flaws
that would affect their stability. As it turns out, the man who built the
structures had hammered a piece of wood into the spa limestone to support that
side of the propane shell, which would eventually rot and compromise the
stability of the structure. Jaye pointed out that the grout lines throughout
the limestone pieces in the fire pit and the shell structures were way too wide
and would crack within a year or two, causing the structure to be instable down
the road. He recommended that the shell be completely rebuilt and that all of
the limestone on the fire pit be removed and replaced. I decided to go forward
with his suggestions and hired his company to complete the work, and I am very
glad I did.
The fire pit and the propane shell that was replaced by
Jaye?s company is beautiful; it is what I initially envisioned it would look
like. I have attached pictures of the before and after the construction of fire
pit and propane shell built by Mason Man.
Jaye?s team of workers were excellent. They were courteous,
they did beautiful work and cleaned up after the work was completed. I was most
impressed with preparation work they did before the actual demolition and
construction began; they covered everything. The Cedar Park Company did not
cover anything and stone dust was everywhere. The work was completed in a week,
and the cost of the project was very fair. They cleaned the sealed the limestone in two days.
If in the future I decide to have more stone work done, I
will not hesitate to call Mason Man."

"Very good company, our patio is awesome, we recommend Mid Atlantic. No problems at all. They removed the old patio also, and left our backyard nice and clean!"

"Initially a paint job, turned out I needed some board repairs too (house and deck). They fixed all that up, did a wonderful job making sure all was painted well (no slop over, no under paint). Trim was nice an sharp, painting against glass too! Hard working, mindful of their work, sun up to sun down workers. Respectful and professional. I've already contacted them for another job!"

"They were extremely professional and very attentive to details. They finished the project faster than estimates and I consider them one of the most skilled stucco refinishing crews in the Metroplex. If you have aging stucco on your house, choose Highland Stucco for a no-hassle solution that will deliver a like-new finish to your house regardless of the complexity ( three stories high in parts)"

"I needed a wall on the side of my house done to match the color of my home while enforcing it with stucco while making it look esthetically nice. They were affordable and cleaned up after themselves. Will be contacting them again for future projects."

We have more then 18 yrs of experience in concrete, stucco and E.I.F.S field. We have 11 professional and experience members.