While I still feel that Joel did a great job on the larger stucco repairs he did for us there was a problem with one of the smaller repairs. Rather than putting up new stucco in an area around one of our dormers where the old stucco was missing, he tried to fill the space with Vulkem caulking. The caulking all fell/melted out and stuck to the roof which was messy and difficult to remove. I think if I had notified him of this problem he probably would have come back and fixed it, but the painters actually discovered it while trying to paint up there and I just wanted it fixed so I took care of it myself. I liked Joel, and a lot of his work I'm still happy with, this little bit just left a bad taste in my mouth so I thought I should mention it.

[RenovateDSM says: This is a good example of how important it is to verify work while the contractor is on the job and before he or she is paid the final amount. Even the best contractors can mess up sometimes. Of course it is impossible to verify everything unless you are on the jobsite the whole time - there has to be a certain amount of trust. It's good that you had another contractor mention the issue so you could fix it.]