This was a large project to rebuild a two story porch on a late 19th century multi-family building. This building had been converted to Condominiums in the 1980's, and the workmanship was pretty low quality. We renovated a bathroom in one of the units and that led to rebuilding the front porch. It's hard to tell from the "before" photo, but the porch was in a dire state of repair. The roof had been leaking for a while. Two of the columns were completely rotted away, nothing was holding up the porch but the stucco cladding. The porch floors were one one barbecue away from collapsing.
