Hudson Contracting Inc

This is the second job performed by Hudson Contracting during the last 5 years and I am as satisfied today as I was when they did the initial job. Asm and his crew are great to work with. They are responsive in preparing a detailed and price competitive quote. Once the job began they ensured that dust and trash were kept down to a minimum , cleaning up at the end of each workday. During the course of the weeklong project either Asm or his brother stopped by at least once a day to ensure the project was progressing to their satisfaction and finally when the job was completed an inspection was conducted with me to ensure that I was happy with the job. I hope that I don't need another project to be done in the near future, but when I do I'll call Asm because I know that with him we'll get a quality job at a fair price.

We had a really good experience working with Hudson Contracting two years ago when we undertook a big facade restoration project on our landmarked Crown Heights row house and decided to reach out to Asm, the owner, about undertaking an interior project this winter/spring - namely gut renovating our kitchen and bathroom. Admittedly, Hudson Contracting isn't known for interior renovations; however, Asm proved to be a diligent, details-oriented and hands on contractor throughout this process. Upon opening our floors we found 7 rotten structural beams (a homeowner's nightmare!). Asm quickly negotiated a reasonable additional quote to undertake the process of replacing the beams and bringing our refinished basement, a causality of the process, back to it's pre-renovation state. For the kitchen, we enlarged the existing window (involving external facade work), upgraded and added new electric/plumbing, moved and expanded the kitchen entryway, combined two existing pantries into one and installed new flooring, walls, cabinetry and all the other little details that come with the process. The bathroom underwent a more traditional gut with new walls, floors and electrical/plumbing. We also swapped out the existing tub for a standing shower. Overall, the project took about 6 weeks and was very reasonably priced. Asm was on hand most days to check on things, which was comforting. My only complaint was that some of the work dragged out, because various workers were on other jobs and/or unavailable to come during the weekday (understandable since Hudson doesn't have electricians/plumbers on its payroll, but frustrating when you're living in a construction zone).

Asm coordinated the Landmark's approvals, the separate scaffolding contractor & completed the work in the tight time-frame agreed upon. All went well.

Great - Good job - fast efficient and provided numerous good suggestions that we implemented. Would recommend to any landmark building needing small-medium brownstone work.

looks awesome, work was done professionally, too soon to say how durable it is but every indication is these guys do great work.

The work was done to a high standard, the workmen were punctual and very neat. They replaced many bricks that were deteriorated and were responsive to my request regarding numerous details as they came up. The new floor is excellent. You will pay a little more but the quality of the work is very good.

Asm was easy to deal with and very accommodating to special requests. His workers were professional and respectful of building occupants and neighbors. A couple of times I noticed things that needed to be corrected and he and his workers were responsive and addressed the issues right away. I interviewed 5 contractors and Asm's knowledge and proposal was the best out of them. For example, he knew to use "soft" mortar on old (100+ year) brick, otherwise the brick can be damaged over time. This was a 3-story, 2-family row house in Brooklyn, NY. There were multiple layers of paint on the brick. They were able to remove ALL of the paint. The bricks were difficult to repoint since they had tight (1/8") joints. They did a great job of repointing these with mortar neatly in the joint with no mortar outside. There were 4 brownstone lintels that had flower designs in them that were all chipped and broken. They recreated these patterns almost exactly based on a picture. His carver was truly an artist. See pictures. I would definitely hire Asm and Hudson Contracting again for a masonry project in NYC. He was easy to work with and very professional.

Our brownstone has 3 units (condo'ed) and has a side wall that is exposed, overlooking a neighbor's yard/driveway. The wall was in need of re-pointing, and the building had just come under LPC jurisdiction within the past 1-2 years. I interviewed 3-4 contractors including Asm. He had answers to all our questions, said he had extensive experience with the LPC, and was confident he could compete the job and manage the work, including the fact that the work would be done using the neighbor's yard for staging. We signed a contract with him, including a warranty for work of either 3 or 5 year (I forget which). His contract also included this language: "(Land mark recommendation Removing Mortar From Joints Defective joints must be scraped out by hand , not with electric saws or tools. However, in certain cases, the Commission will consider alternative mortar removal methods (such as diamond-tip or carbide-tip grinders) for horizontal joints in 100-percent re-pointing jobs when the contractors have demonstrated adequate skills with the grinders. Both chisels and grinders require skill and concentration to handle, and special care must be taken not to chip the edges of the stone blocks or bricks or enlarge the original spacing between them” We got permission from the neighbor to use their yard and he started work. His crew used power grinders for a lot of the work. Within a few days of starting the job, our neighbor notified us that there was a vertical crack in the wall, running almost the full height. We hired an engineer to assess the crack and were given instructions on how to integrate metal "staples" in the crack as part of the re-pointing job. the Engineer also notified me that LPC had specific guidelines for power grinder use, and Asm's crew was not adhering to them. They crew was doing vertical cuts in mortar with the grinders (LPC says hand tools only) and his cuts were of uneven and often insufficient depth. He thought there was some cause for concern. But left the matter up to us to decide. He did show me some NYC commercial building guidelines for re-pointing that were clear in the required criteria. I tried to sort this out with Asm, reviewing LPC guidelines and looking at the work to date. He was less than fully agreeable, and said I was misinformed a to LPC rules, and too worried about his work quality. I asked him to tell me where the LPC defined the guidelines as HE understood them (and that were OTHER than what his contract stated (see above). After a week he could no procure such info. He offered a longer warranty (I understood 10 years). He said: why would he do poor work and want to come back? Etc. We reached an agreement that his crew would exercise more care (no cutting into bricks, consistent cut depth) and tried to proceed. Although it took numerous conversations to get to a place where I felt he understood the extra steps involved in the metal staples. Parallel to this process, time-wise, his mortar samples sent to the LPC were rejected numerous times for being the wrong color. This is despite him sending 2-4 samples per round of application. At this point, I was in email contact with the engineer, who said there were companies with premixed mortar colors that the LPC usually accepted. I do not know what this says about the mortar Asm used, or the LPC staff. Take it for what you will. Somewhere in the process of grinding and mortar samples, the neighbor's family (with a child in contracting related field) objected to the safety measures on the site. The scaffolding was not code, the dust collection was not sufficient etc. They insisted on a contract agreement to allow work to move forward. Asm was unable to negotiate this with them, nor was he able to participate substantially in the discussion of terms. There was ill will and distrust between him and neighbor. As an observer, (but not objective) I would say the ill will was at least 1/2 his responsibility. He did not show much of any understanding of how to placate an upset neighbor, how to demonstrate professional responsibility etc. Despite this, we agreed to resume the job, and let Asm know we would be keeping a close eye on work. There was at least 1 time when we agreed upon an on-site meeting with Asm and his site manager, which he postponed with less than 24 hours notice. During a time when relations were rocky. We were left with the impression that he did not value our time. Eventually (august?) the work resumed. Within 1-2 work days, it was clear that the workers were still using power grinders in vertical cuts. We stopped work, and called a meeting with Asm. He had no real reply of substance. We fired him, hired another contractor for about the same fee and the job went fairly smoothly. He received I think $5,000 of a $14,000+ contract

The work looks beautiful, they showed up every day on time, were very responsive and got the work done. We are very happy and would hire them again.

By the time I called Asm of Hudson Contracting I was at the end of my rope. I previously had some work done on my roof, twice by a company that clearly had no idea what they were doing and the end result was a leaky roof. Add that to a very rainy July and you can imagine how high my stress level was. I had a list of roofers/contractors who I interviewed via phone and it is amazing how rude some people are, even when you’re trying to give them business. But not so with Asm, he came by to inspect my roof and advise the work that needed to be done. He detailed every step needed and sent me pictures throughout the entire time they worked on my roof and repaired the interior damage. He was also very sensitive to the fact that we had been living with the leak for almost a month and was very diligent about completing the work as close to the deadline as possible. I waited awhile before I wrote my review because I was burned before and I wanted to make sure there were no additional/subsequent issues. And there were none. I am very happy with the work done by Hudson Contracting and plan to use them on future projects.

Asm and him crew did great work, cleaned up the site well each day and completed the work quickly once they got started. They aren't cheap, but it is high quality work.

Smoothly! I met with Asm in the fall to discuss our timeline. He obtained the appropriate city permits in a timely fashion and the overall timeline was adhered to for the entire job. His workers were professional and cleaned up at the end of everyday. They did excellent work and responded to our requests for repairs/touch-ups as needed. I would not hesitate to hire Hudson contracting again!

The facade work went beautifully. We get complements all the time on how good the brownstone looks. Asm's workers were true artisans when it came to carving the details, and were very skilled and careful with all aspects of the brownstone work. We were less happy with the repointing, but Asm explained that the problem was due to one worker, who he fired. The workers he brought in to address the issues were much better.

Asm impressed me from the start. He came to the property to give a quote on the work needed and was very thorough. He listened to my questions and concerns and took the time to explain his suggestions in detail. I received quotes from several other contractors, but I ultimately chose Hudson Contracting because of Asm's honesty and willingness to give suggestions on ways to approach the job. The job took approximately a week due to weather. Asm's team was respectful and pleasant. His brother was on hand to supervise the team from time to time who was also very cordial. At the end of the job, they walked me through everything that they had done. I was extremely satisfied with the quality of work I received. The team also left the property spotless, which in my experience with other contractors rarely happens at the level that Hudson had done before leaving the premise. I highly suggest Asm and his team. I already have plans to use them for a future project.

It went very well. Asm was very friendly and easy to work with. He took the time to patiently explain, in detail, the pros and cons of treatments to all aspects of the work that my very large, 3 story, 3 family and neglected building needed to bring it back to sound and attractive condition. Starting with the foundation which was painted brick, which is exposed on three sides of the house up to 9 feet high, he stripped all the old paint, repointed the mortar in many places and took out broken bricks and replaced them where needed. Next his workers got on ladders up to three stories high and power washed the entire building, scraped out and repaired all cracks in the traditional stucco and put on two coats of specialized water proof paint that would fill hairline cracks and he had that paint custom mixed to a color of my choice. His workers also did my detached garage and helped me out with damage done to the foundation from English Ivy gone wild. He did little extras for me also....replacing a piece of aluminum siding on a second story window that had fallen off some time before, that large crack in the garage foundation, replacing rotted out wood around the garage door. This job was done in two stages: three side of the house - back and two sides plus garage. Then they came back several months later after construction work was completed on a major 2 deck porch replacement to go through the same process for the front of the house. Finally, when Asm came back with his team I pointed out multiple places where I thought more repointing need to be done on the bricks. Without any trouble, Asm marked each spot I pointed out and the problem was taken care of. I have to say that I suffered from sticker shock at the cost of all this but the job was a difficult one and it was beautifully done, all the neighbors have given me compliments. I feel that Asm knows his business and I was in good hands. My house is now an asset in the neighborhood and I am proud of it. I would hire Hudson Contracting again without any trouble.

Asm, the proprietor, was very easy to work with. Every project was done exactly the way I wanted. The workers were always prompt and polite and happy to make adjustments when necessary. Pricing was fair and totally up front. I received a seperate contract in advance for each project and there were never any surprises. Overall, I would highly recommend Hudson Contracting.

Asm was very accommodating. His team came and completed the job in two weeks. The quality if his work was excellent. He paid attention to details which is always important to me. Even when we ran into complications with supplied materials he did his best to get them resolved and keep me happy. His price was very good in comparison to most Staten Island contractors, $12,500 + $2800 (materials)

Asm and his workers at Hudson Contracting did an absolutely superb job. Tremendous attention to detail with top quality execution every step of the way. Asm is easy to speak with and he was attentive throughout. His employees are extremely pleasant and extraordinarily skilled and hard working. Recommend highly!

Asm and his team were excellent.  The work came in on budget and on time.  The workers were professional and punctual. Asm was responsive and always available to address any issues.  Definitely recommend them. and use for future work.

The work went relatively smoothly. There were lot of weather delays due to the time of year. The workers were very respectful and careful. Asm the owner was responsive and communicative. They did a thorough job and house looks great

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Knowing how difficult it is to find a good, reliable and economical contractor, with a license and insurance, I spent quite a bit of time doing my research both on Angie's list as well as asking for references from friends and relatives. I ended up interviewing about 10 prospective contractors and once I had a few in the price range I wanted to pay, I used he evaluations on Angie's list to finally select Hudson Contracting. <br /> Once the contract was signed, the crew showed up on the agreed upon date and the agreed upon hour. No small feat in today's world. There were 3 men on the crew, one of whom was Asm's ( owner) brother. Based on previous experiences with other contractors I thought I would need to "supervise" them to ensure the work was being done to specifications. Almost immediately I realized that this crew was excellent. They first scraped all the loose materials from the previous application. Once this was completed they power washed the walls. Then applied waterproof mortar where it was required. After the new mortar was applied they then applied the thoroseal with a brush. Unlike some other quotes I received, this contractor applied two coats. All windows were then caulked. And the bonus was that the crew actually cleaned all the windows with Windex. What contractor does that?  <br /> Once the walls were finished then they tackled the roof, applying liquid roof and silver paint. The roof looked like new. This repair should push out replacing the entire roof 2-3 years.  <br /> Once they finished all work, they cleaned up the entire job site and left it cleaner than when they arrived. On the final day, Asm, the owner came by to inspect the work to ensure it met his standards.  <br /> In summary, Hudson delivered what they promised to do at the agreed upon price. There were no surprises, which sometimes happens with other contractors.  I definitely will use Hudson for any future work. <br />

The workers were very professional. Their work was meticulous and detailed, and very artistic.  They were able to reproduce all the detail that was originally on the sides of the stoop and the stairs.  The whole project did take about 6 weeks to complete as they had to wait for each coat of cement to dry completely before applying the next coat.  One of my neighbors hired them after seeing the work they did with us.  We had originally worried about using the steps while work was in progress, but Asm and his guys planned it so we were very minimally inconvenienced.  <br /> <br />