Bosco Plastering Inc

We called Charlie Bosco in early December 2013 based on good Angie?s List reviews. Charlie scheduled a time/day to review our building, got us an estimate via email a couple days later, but said he would not be available to start the work for 4-6 weeks. On Friday, February 7, 2014, Charlie called and asked if he could start our project the coming Wednesday, February 12, or we?d need to wait another month. When Charlie and co-worker arrived on Wednesday at 8am, we admit we were still putting up plastic over doorways and moving clothes and diapers out to the car while Charlie staged his equipment. When Charlie called Friday, he told us we were not going to be able to live on one floor of our 2-flat while the other floor received the work and then switch spaces for work to continue. Yet, when supplying his estimate, Charlie said this would be fine. Earlier Wednesday morning, we also had a meeting with our general contractor that resulted in some trim work repairs in an adjacent room to where Charlie would be working. Unfortunately, I had miscommunicated and did not realize my wife said this work could be done. Maybe 15-20 minutes after Charlie arrived, Charlie comes up to me yelling vehemently, ?I?m done! I quit! I?m walking off the job! ? You just don?t ****ing get it!? Charlie continued to scream while our two small children were present. My wife was holding our 2-year-old daughter who was trembling. We asked Charlie to calm down and talk, but he was adamant, complaining about our lack of readiness, the built in dining room cabinet that was present when he came to give us an estimate, but Charlie claims was built after he submitted his estimate and paying his co-worker to just stand around, etc? After trying to explain the communication error between my wife and general contractor, Charlie proceeded to pack up his materials to leave. I admit to not being 100% ready for Charlie to begin work, but being 90%+ ready, there are many other ways the situation could have been addressed without cursing, including charging us for the possible half hour delay he felt he was incurring. A small credit to Charlie ? later in the day, Charlie did call to apologize. To be clear, we cannot grade Charlie?s work because no plasterwork actually took place. This review is merely a failing grade of Charlie?s attitude for Wednesday, February 12, 2014.

Charlie was fantastic - very friendly and very knowledgeable. He advised us regarding various options and did not hard sell or try to up sell. The work he did looks great and I would not hesitate to use him again or to recommend him highly to anyone else who needs plastering work done.

Charlie and his helper did an amazing job. All were read for paint.

After we got our house rewired, we were left were quite a few significant holes in our plasterwork that needed to be patched. In addition, our house was built in 1898, so there were some other plaster condition issues that needed to be addressed. Charlie was very prompt about coming out to give an estimate and upfront that it would be 4 weeks before he could start on our job. I appreciated that he did not try to up sell us on any work and even talked us out of skim coating a closet, since it didn't seem worth the extra money and effort since it is, after all, just a closet. He was very good about communicating when he and his crew would be showing up and showed up on time. He was very respectful of our house and did not get plaster where it shouldn't be (as much as can be expected). The patching and skimcoating was seamless and looks beautiful. He even patched up a crack or two that were not on his list. My one complaint would be the plaster was not as uniform as it could have been where it met up with baseboards, but our house is not terribly well light and it was in winter, so I think it was difficult to see. It was also easily touched up with a little joint compound. Overall, they did a great job and I would happily hire them again.

Charlie was much less expensive than another company we talked to. He was very professional, a pleasure to work with, did everything the way he said he would, and finished in a timely manner. We would definitely hire him again and would recommend him to everyone.

Can't tell you too much. All I can tell you is he said he would be there in the morning. He did not show. I called to see if he was running late or some other kind of problem. Problems come up and I would understand. Never heard back. That is about it. I have no intention of calling again and that is all I can say.

I did not use them because we used dry wall instead of plastering. He came out, he was on time. He looked at it and gave me an estimate. He did everything within 48 hours or so.

The quality of his work was excellent. Mr. Bosco was knowledgeable and correctly estimated the time and effort involved. He was a pleasure to work with.

The workers were prompt, thorough, and cleaned up after themselves. They did a great job.

Charlie is a true professional, and is skilled at plaster work. Very impressive, high quality work. I also like the fact that Charlie did the work, and didn't have a big crew of subs that came in to hang drywall, sand, etc. I would recommend Charlie to anyone who has plaster repair projects, his attention to detail was awesome, he did a great job.

We could not be more pleased! Charlie is very kind and professional, personally carries out all of the work, and was very understanding about our difficult scheduling requirements. And the work is beautiful! I cannot believe that our old walls could be made to look perfect. Would use him again in a second.

I have used Bosco Plastering for many projects for many years. From small jobs to big jobs. Charlie is what you want in a professional tradesman. He is on time and keeps the space clean. He explains potential problems well and helps to solve them. Overall, Charlie and Bosco Plastering are Great! He is the best! Bob T.

very pleased with work. would hire again.

He arrived on time, did the work expeditiously, and it's been over a half year since the work was done and it's held up well. No complaints.

Bosco moved the furniture out of the room he was working on and kept the place clean despite working with plaster.The sagging plaster was secured with wire mesh that was firmly affixed to the ceiling joists, permitting Bosco to plaster over a secure base. He did a great job, even with the cove ceilings in both rooms. The rooms have a luminosity to them now. Its 5 years now since he did the work and it still looks beautiful.

Charlie was great about getting an estimate for a small plastering job and squeezing it right away. Great work, great guy.

We needed the ceiling and two walls done, but had him do the whole room and we are delighted with the results. It's been over a year and the walls still look as I imagined they did in the 1920s. Charlie was prompt in returning calls, made good on his promises for follow-ups, and was very prompt. I wish I would have found him years ago. We imagined that we would have dust everywhere, as that had been our experience when we had some work done previously by another contractor. Charlie and crew were the cleanest contractors we have ever had do work in our building.

After removing canvas and wallpaper from the walls in our house, we found that the underlying plaster needed to be touched up -- covering cracks, smoothing out the surface for painting, repairing some damaged areas. We called Charlie and he gave us a room-by-room estimate, which was very helpful so we could decide which rooms to do now according to our budget. He was honest and straightforward - no pressure. The cost is significant, but we felt it was worth it because he clearly knows his craft and knows old houses, and we learned new information about our house from him. He did a fairly complicated crown molding removal and ceiling repair job in our dining room to return it to its original look. We ended up having him skim coat the walls in about half the house, and we will certainly call him to do the rest in the future. He did the work himself with one colleague, and they arrived promptly each morning and were very professional and courteous.

It was very low-stress. Charlie is a true professional, and I will definitely recommend him highly to others.

Overall they did a pretty good job.

Charlie and his helper were on-time both days and got the work done promptly and with excellent quality. The one quibble I have is that I had to contact Charlie a couple times after I had received his estimate and I accepted it and the time that the work was scheduled. Charlie had told me that he could do the work in about a month after I accepted his quote and I waited 5 weeks before contacting him because I hadn't heard back from him. He then told me he'd schedule me in about a week's time. After a week's time, I called again as I hadn't heard from Charlie. But then I got him to schedule the work. But this is, overall, a quibble. I would still highly recommend Charlie and believe that he performed very good work.

The leaks had been fixed two or three years ago, ,but I hadn't had the plaster damage repaired. Then I applied to refinance my mortgage. Needless to say, fixing the plaster was required for the refi and time was of the essence. Charlie came to give me an estimate the same day I called him and did the work the next day! (Fortunately he had a down day before the start of a big project; otherwise, it would have been at least two weeks before he could have done the work.) Charlie and his colleague arrived promptly at 8 AM and were done before noon. They cleaned up well, and I was surprised at how little plaster dust there was to deal with. The workmanship is excellent and the plaster has cured well. They didn't mind one of my cats supervising.

They were very clean and neat. Charlie Bosco is a really good guy and I would recommend him.

Charlie came out timely to provide an estimate. He explained to me the damage that had been done by the leaky bricks and the best way to repair it. My house was built originally with plaster and lathe so I was happy to be able to make the repairs using the same style of work. Charlie suggested that I have a carpenter look at the window frame too because of the water damage and he suggested a carpenter. I choose a starting date and coordinated the project with Charlie and the carpenter. The plastering was perfect! I am very happy with the results and will use Charlie's services again.

Charlie came out right away to give us an estimate. We scheduled the work for the following month. Charlie and his team came out every day as expected and completed the job on time. They were respectful of our furniture and very friendly while here. Our walls and ceilings look amazing! I will hire them for any additional plaster work we need done in our home.