After reading some of the poor reviews, I really had to chime in here because I had an excellent experience using Alure for my kitchen remodeling project (completed in late October 2015).
In 2003, we hired a company no longer in business to build (and you can guess why) an expansion on our house. While the demo crew and framing crew were great, the finishing crew constantly told us, "Mr. B, there is a problem" without recommending solutions. And when they did recommend solutions, these turned out to be the wrong solutions which required significant investment in correcting during the last 10 years. Also, the crews would tell us they were coming the next day, but never showed up. This went on for 3 months.
With Alure, we got exactly what we wanted - an excellent home improvement team that proved excellent service, friendly, knowledgeable crews from demo, plumbing, electrical, flooring and cabinetry, who all solved potential problems or helped made aesthetic choices. Most importantly, the job was finished before the scheduled completion date (week before Thanksgiving). Really, what more can you ask for? When we sign-ed up with Alure, we wanted a one-stop shop to make the remodeling of our kitchen easy and limit the infinite amount of choices for cabinets, backsplash, flooring and other items. Our design specialist was very helpful in guiding us to the look we wanted for our current disaster of a kitchen that the town of Oyster Bay would have condemned if they saw it.
When we met with the project manager, Mark D, prior to starting the project, we told him about the issues we had with our prior project. All I can tell you is that Mark was unbelievably helpful, available and SOLVED ALL PROBLEMS. Any time there was an issue, and most of these issues were only revealed during demo, for example, an AC duct had to be moved due to the original poor design of the kitchen expansion back in 1965. Mark gave us a perfect solution that didn't cost anything extra and actually was more aesthetically pleasing that the prior AC duct.
Other issues only came up because of the impossibility of picturing every single detail when drawing up plans and before actually putting the thing together. For example, it was suggested to put in a electrical outlet on the side panel of one of the cabinets; however, when they drilled the hole, it is the first thing you would see when entering the kitchen. The solution - put finishing panels on the side to cover the whole. Perfect, easy and something we should have thought to do at the get-go. The side panels were a great finishing touch.
Same with electrical. We had under-counter lighting but didn't put one underneath the cabinet by the sink because it had an in-cabinet light. However, when you turned the under-counter lights, it looked like a bulb blew out. Solution - install an additional under-counter light. Again, something you wouldn't know until it is installed and flicked the switch. Luckily, the Electrician, Bob S, was extremely friendly and easy-going and did excellent work.
Another thing was any damaged cabinets or items were quickly replaced. Luckily, the appliance garage was damaged and wasn't sent over until the counter was installed. When we put the damaged appliance garage in place to see how it looked, we HATED IT. So, luckily, we avoided installing something that we would have regretted.
I really had to give a shout out to all the individual crews. They were really diligent, caring, friendly and added value to the project. As I said above, when we had decisions to make on what to do, they always had excellent advice, both from a structural as well as aesthetic viewpoints. They were even sincerely complimentary about our choices. Again, another shout out to the project manager Mark who was always available to respond to e-mails or phone calls without any complaint and most importantly, EVERY ITEM ON OUR PUNCHLIST was fixed immediately without question or additional costs. Anything added to the estimate was because we added items such as the side panels, extra lights or replacing a really dingy baseboard heater.
I would recommend them without hesitation. read more