This review is a longtime coming. Chris did our windows last fall...and winter. That's not a mistake, the autumn leaves fell and winter came (as much as it ever does here) before our windows were done.
Chris from Alta Sierra did such a good sales job that we went with him on the spot - our entire family loved him! He told us when he issued the contract that in order to get us scheduled, we'd have to pay a sizable deposit - it was impossible to add us to his schedule until we'd paid the deposit.
No issue, we paid the deposit.
The glass, he told us next, that was the issue. Darn those Milgard manufacturers, everything takes longer than you think they will. He is scheduling us, but it wouldn't be for 6 weeks.
Ok. Not great, not what we were hoping for, but we had things locked in on the calendar, we had time planned to be off work, we were ready.
The week of the planned installation rolls around. It is tragedy every day. On day one Chris twists his knee (emails us to let us know mid-afternoon, after ignoring a variety of calls and emails from us all day asking where he is). But day two, he promises he will be there even if he has to take a boatload of painkillers. On day two, there is an equipment malfunction. Again, doesn't show up, just tells us he has an issue with the truck and it is at a mechanic. At day three, he tells us he threw out his back at the job he was at on day two. We said "You were on a job yesterday? We thought you were at the mechanic!" Chris responded "...yeah." On day four, Chris shows up with a buddy, they work for 2 hours and leave without finishing anything. He tells me his "buddy" was some guy he found on craigslist but he's sure he can do his job. On day five, Chris is working on the second story of our house. Hooray! He's there, he's working, all is well? He takes a phone call 30 minutes into the job and has to leave. Sorry, family emergency.
We reschedule for the following week during which Chris finishes one solitary window, leaving everything else unfinished. For the following month, Chris pops in and out, arriving unexpectedly and with no warning and working for 20 minutes then leaving. You'd think we were his side gig, but we had him replace all of the windows on our second floor and several windows on our ground floor. We try to insist that we need the work done - he'd promised it would be done by October, and here it was November and the work was still not done. Chris repeatedly promised to show up and then ghosted on us, with a variety of increasingly implausible excuses. He ignored most of our messages and was cranky with others, insisting that he had NOT promised he would show up on Day 52, and then reluctantly acquiescing when I showed him the emails where he specifically said "Come heck or high water I promise I will be there Day 52 and finish your job".
I felt like I had a part time job managing Chris by the time our window ordeal was through. Luckily as a SAH spouse I had the flexibility to do so - my husband had to just grind his teeth from work.
6 months after install, we're happy with our windows. We've had a few issues, which (no surprise) Chris has not been helpful with, but Milgard has been great with warrantee repairs. And I wouldn't inflict Chris and Alta Sierra on anyone else. Steer clear! read more