To say I am thrilled with the results would be an understatement.I have a small one-bedroom condo in a 30 year old building where the popcorn finish was sprayed directly onto concrete, and had been painted at least once. I searched for a contractor for over 6 months, wanting to find someone who understood the difference between removing from drywall and removing from concrete. Several contractors told me 'no' on the phone - they didn't do apartments because of the extra challenges. I finally found Stucco Master. Mustafa was thorough when he came out to give me a quote, measuring everything and explaining his process. It makes a huge difference that he is a plasterer by trade, rather than a drywaller. His quote was right in the middle of all the quotes I received; price was a consideration, but not the primary factor. After meeting with him, I decided to also have him repair some walls and trim (holes from mounted shelves, poor quality where a wall was added but not joined properly to the ceiling, water damage from the apartment upstairs, wrong material used to join baseboard seams together, etc) and prime/paint all the walls, trim and doors. I had smoked in the apartment for 19 years, and of course the smell had become embedded in everything, but he told me he could solve that as well.The results? Perfection. The ceiling is perfectly smooth. The line where the walls meet the ceiling are all straight (I was told by several people not to expect this, since the ceiling was probably wavy). The transition between the kitchen (which did NOT have popcorn finish) and the hall (which DID have popcorn) is seamless. The trim looks amazing - I really hadn't known how bad it was until it was fixed. The smoke odor is gone, thanks to him adding a mild but lovely scent to the primer throughout. Even though he had to work some very late nights (while respecting the condo rules about noise), the work was done on time and on quote. I can't say it enough - I am thrilled with the results. Thanks for your hard work and commitment to perfection!
