In 2017 my family moved to Littleton, Co. I lost multiple house bids in this market. So we offered more than asking price and purchase a house. One month later I watched as water rushed in around multiple windows. In 23 years no previous owner had re-chalked the windows. I found the #1 stucco inspector in Colorado and they found as much as 60% moisture in multiple walls. Being new to Colorado, as asked them for a good company to do the moisture remediation and repairs. They said they only gave two companies referrals. SDR or Stucco Done Right was one of the two. The small American family owned company came out and did a few inspection and estimate. As did the second company. After asking dozens of questions I chose Alex and Gladys at SDR. Hiring SDR was the single best decision I made in the three years we have lived in this house.
The orders I gave Alex was cut 1'x1' test holes in the stucco until you find good wood then perform any remediation needed. The issue was the entire 4000 sq ft house was rotten. The plywood was rotten and had black mold. The 2"x4" studs and all surrounding wood was dry rotten after 23 years of owner neglect. This house was in Architectual Digest in 1996 when it was built and is a well know house in Roxborough Park community. " Casa da Roca Roja" the Red Rick House. It deserved the best and SDR with Pedro as Team Leader did it not once but three times.
We could not afford to redo the entire house at one time. Plus replace and repair every wood frame window. So SDR worked with us to do it in stages. When Alex saw the tremendous damage the house had and saw evidence of how the previous owner intentionally hide the damage using paint and soft chalk he was pissed. And he understood the situation my family was in and my limited disability income. So to stop me from filing bankruptcy, he cut his price as much as possible without being asked! And starting in late October 2017 his company started and installed three stories of scaffolding around 1/2 the house. I watched his men work in the rain and bitter cold, shoveling snow and ice off the scaffolding to work every day. Literally every bit of exterior stucco, foam, insulation and almost every bit of wood stud framing was removed from half my house. They worked with installers of Familia Windows in Denver to repair or replace all the windows from half my house, (North and West sides)!
They worked through Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years. In the worst of winter. They showed up every day at 8am, Saturday's at 9am and worked until dark. If there was a delay or weather reasons to unsafe to work, the owner Alex called or drive to my house to discuss.
No one reading this will have a house worse off than my house. Contractors grade the work level of a project. My have was a 9 or 10 out of 10 for difficulty. And that grading was given by a separate stucco contractor. Difficult because I chose to keep the rounded parapets and no cheap aluminum ridge caps. All stucco around the windows had to be rounded off. And this house has a great number of smaller and larger wall sizes and angles. Not a square or plain rectangle house. And everyone including the Douglas county inspector and stucco competition stated the work done was incredible.
After SDR finished the worse half of the house. We had spent our life savings. So we had to get a new house appraisal and a new loan to borrow more money to get the second half of the house done. I contacted a total of four stucco companies and SDR was one of the four. I was amazed at the high prices quoted, I think because of the neighborhood this house is in and them thinking we were rich. SDR was not the lowest but third of the four. And the other three estimators did not impress me with timing, appearance or knowledge. When you hire SDR you get real employees that have stayed years with Alex. And you get the owner on site all the time. He reviews the work at least weekly. No subcontractors with SDR. Alex has full control over the crew and the work. If there is a owner concern, he addresses it immediately. No arguments or email exchanges, it's yes sire, we will fix it! So he has done my entire house down to the studs and more, top to bottom and does not cut corners. He stands behind his quality work so he will turn down a job to patch and paint and not repair moisture damage because it will come back and re-damage the work he has done. So it is really "STUCCO DONE RIGHT"!
So I have hired SDR three times in three years and they have removed, performed moisture remediation and re-stuccoed my house twice in those three years and I would never hire another stucco company but SDR. I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone and I have referred them many times in my own neighborhood. He is always on time or he will at least call and notify you as to when he will arrive and why he is late. Most contractors in Colorado don't! read more
