Midtown Stucco Repair

I’ve owned five homes in four cities across two states, and four of the homes were built in 1920s-40s and needed a good deal of love and care. By far, Eliseo is the best contractor and repair person with whom I have worked. Fast to follow up and great about communicating, he gave us an overly fair, affordable bid for repairing or replacing 60% of the stucco on our house and for adding window flashings. On the first day of work, he started uncovering what turned out to be a hidden, undisclosed wood rot nightmare: the majority of the house’s frame and portions of the sill plate were rotted; and the previous owner and his contractor had installed the new windows, window frames, and drywall directly onto the rotted wood. The house had little to no insulation, either. Eliseo not only stuck with us but went above and beyond: he moved and worked around other jobs to reframe the house, add new insulation, completely redo the window flashing, redo the majority of the stucco, and repaint most of the house. In fact, he went so far as to fix garage floor concrete and other issues that came up for no extra charge. It was not an easy job because of the extremely poor work of the previous owner and contractor–work that we could not afford to redo after uncovering the wood rot. Eliseo was the utmost professional in navigating the dynamics between us and the sellers who had originally agreed to pay for part of the repairs before backing out. He always kept us updated on what he was finding, let my work-from-home husband know if it was going to be an especially noisy day, and had an actual conversation about how to proceed with repairs. He worked with us, not just for us. Because of Eliseo, our house now looks like the pictures we saw on real estate websites when we were buying: the walls are straight and smooth, and friends say it looks like a new house. He guarantees his work and will repair cracks as they surface (an unfortunate reality, given Kansas City’s weather and soil). We wish Eliseo could be our general contractor for everything and plan to work with him for interior repairs. We cannot recommend him highly enough.

Eliseo never showed. Messaged me with an apology and a promised to return. No show