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    Andrew G.

    They did a great job repairing some damaged plaster to my 1925 craftsman home in Renton! I will recommend them to my family and friends. The photos of before and after speak for themselves!

    Sylvia P.

    Disappointment and underwhelm are the main feelings I was left with after working with Ornamental Plaster Arts. We have a 1919 craftsman home with lath and plaster walls. There were hairline cracks and some loose plaster throughout our home. In the beginning of September 2022, we hired Hamza to replaster the walls and ceilings in our kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and office because his reviews were overwhelming positive and he didn't have any claims or reports on L&I contractor information. Plus there are very few contractors who are even doing plaster repair work. We were initially so excited to be working with a master craftsman but soon became concerned about his work. Before beginning the job, I asked him if the product he uses on the wall is a lime based plaster. I wanted a plaster skimcoat because it is more resilient to scratches and gouges. He assured me it was. However, I found out he used joint compound on all the walls and ceilings. For anyone unfamiliar with the difference between joint compound, hot mud and plaster, please see this great Youtube video by See Jane Drill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoF5F9AuZ98 Basically, joint compound is intended to repair small holes or smooth the taped seams on drywall. It is NOT intended to skim coat walls and ceilings. All of our durable, scratch resistant plaster walls are now covered with a layer of joint compound which mars and gouges VERY easily and is not appropriate for bathrooms or kitchens that also have higher humidity levels than other rooms in a home. When I asked him what product he used he lied to me and said he used USG Imperial. However, I took pictures of the bags of joint compound in the trash bags left in my home (see attached pictures). His workmanship was very sloppy and substandard. See attached pictures. He left two large bulges in our kitchen, lots of unfinished edges, trowel marks and general poor quality work. Our kitchen light fixture was broken by either Hamza or his assistant. I waited to see if he would mention this damage but he didn't. I had to bring it up to him a couple days into his work, at which point he blamed it on his assistant. He did offer to pay for the fixture, which I simply deducted from his final payment. Hamza was very messy and did not protect our hardwood floors, baseboards, cabinets, air vents, sinks or bathtub. I asked him before he began if I needed to empty all the kitchen cupboards or tape them up. He assured me he would handle it but he didn't drape or tape up the cabinets so everything inside the cupboards was coated with dust. I had to remove everything, wash it and put it all away again. There was thick dust and debris in all our ducts and air vents. I had to pay a company to clean them. Large globs of joint compound were left around the crown moulding, door mouldings, in corners and on my floor, air vents, countertops and bathroom sink and bathtub. There are also large pink drips and splatters from the plaster weld product he used as the adhesive layer before applying the joint compound. I talked with him about the mess and the sloppy edges and corners mid-way through the job but he didn't correct the problem. At the end of the job, he 'cleaned up' all the layers of dust by pouring a large amount of water on my hardwood floors and sopping it up with towels. There was so much water that it was coming through the ceiling in the basement. I found communicating with Hamza very difficult. He didn't listen to our concerns and spoke to us in a condescending way. For example, when my husband asked him about the water pouring into the basement, he told him to go check our plumbing pipes. I was so ready for Hamza to be finished working on our home so I could find someone else to repair his sloppy work or do it myself. To date, I have repaired the sloppy work in my bedroom and office. I painted these rooms with 3 coats of a quality base coat and 2 coats of a pre-limewash primer and 4 coats of limewash. Even with all these coats, the walls still scratch/mar easily. I have still not found a contractor to repair the kitchen and bathroom. I may re-do all the walls and ceilings with a microcement. I asked for a half of my money back but Hamza said he would not refund my money and that he did a great job for me. Again, I felt communication with him was poor. Please be aware if you hire him for a job, and get in writing what product he is using on your walls for the plaster repairs or skim coating.

    Great job! Great attention to detail! We love the results. The crown molding looks amazing and the medallions are perfect for our room. Couldn't be happier!

    Before/After, plaster repair and mold remediation, 72 year old home, Renton; by Hamza
    Baker S.

    We found Hamza on a fluke, and couldn't be happier that we did. As first time homebuyers we were nervously excited about our 72 year old home, and it's plaster walls. It is important to us that we retain the integrity of the home, and of the stories it holds-- when it came to plasterwork, we needed some general maintenance and some more serious repair. When our original plaster guy no-showed we panicked-- the snowball effect on the other subcontractors and work to be done would be devastating. We stumbled upon Ornamental Plaster Arts on Yelp and with no reviews, hoped for the best. Hazma, and the work he's done, is beyond "the best". He was responsive, communicative, and clearly an expert at his craft. After looking at his website and the complexity and depth of his work, our flat plaster repair is clearly beneath his skill set, but Hamza didn't treat it, us or our home that way. He genuinely treated it like it was a cathedral. He enjoys his craft and it shows in the final product. We had a decades old repair-gone-wrong in the living room and fairly extensive repair in our kitchen from old plumbing work, the removal of old wood burning stove venting, some weird mold etc. He took it all down to the lath, built it back up, and patched a number of smaller scale holes/damages left from our re-wire. AND as a bonus Hamza is kind, funny, and knowledgeable about the quirks of old homes. We found our guy. It'll be Hamza and no one else.

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    Lena A.

    Hamza and his crew fixed 2 of our bedrooms. They fixed the lathe and plaster and did several coats. Our house was built in 1908 and when we went to remove the 5 or so layers of wallpaper the plaster walls were damaged. He came out really fast and gave us a quote on the spot. Within a couple of weeks, he was back to prep the room and was able to finish the entire project it just 1 day (2 if you count the prep). He is very friendly and I really trust his work. We contacted a lot of places before deciding to go with them and I am so happy we did. They are very honest, courteous, and do the job really well. I highly recommend them for anyone looking to repair plaster walls!

    We could not be more pleased with how the ceilings turned out!

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    Thank you, Younis! It was a pleasure working with you.

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    It was a pleasure working with you Brooke!

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    Excellent work for drywall repair, showed up promptly, and great pricing

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    “Hamza did an excellent job repairing our plaster ceiling that was damaged from a recent HVAC installation.”

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