I felt I should update this review to respond to comments from Eldar D. who doubled down on their poor customer service by lying repeatedly in his response. I will address each below:
ED: "As with many older houses, in this case an 80 year old floor, much has happened in their past lives, resulting in a majority of rusted nails."
That simply not true. As you will see from the photos I uploaded, the majority of the nails were not rusted. As shown by by the after photos and confirmed by 2 different inspectors the nails rusted after Amber cut corners by not setting the nails and then used a water based product on them without warning us rust would be a likely result.
ED: "This was pointed out to the owner and General Contractor upon the initial review of the floors, prior to any work taking place. It was recommended to Jay (the owner) that if he wants to mask those rusted nails (as they cannot be eliminated), a stain would work best. Jay declined and went against advice by choosing to use a natural water-based finish, which enhances those rusted nails.
That is a bold faced lie. I was packed and well out of my home before anyone from Amber showed up. Certainly no one "warned" me and Jason L. The general contractor says he wasn't warned either. My first contact with anyone from Amber was a meeting set up by my contractor which occurred after you had ruined my floors. Your rep then unapologetically told me to hire an inspector because this was a "preexisting condition" even with photographic evidence to the contrary.
ED: "There is nothing that we, or for that matter any other flooring company can do to remove those rusted nails, short of full floor replacement. This was offered as well in the initial review of floors prior to any quote. Even the action of setting these nails, which we did, would not alter the rust surrounding the nail itself."
That's more B.S. Eldar D. I also brought in another flooring company who, after critiquing the poor quality of your work, said they could "fix" it by resetting the nails (as should have been done initially) and refinishing the floors. This would cost about $2K, required me to move out of my house again for a week, and take another 1/16th of an inch off my floors. All those things suck for me...had Amber done this right the first time we wouldn't have to make such a choice.
ED: "Upon the conclusion of our work, the customer Jay enlisted two inspectors who refused to release the reports. However, the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) inspector agreed with our conclusion, saying that the floors and their conditions, including the rusted nail heads, are of pre-existing conditions, as shown in attached picture
Now you are just living in a fantasy world. The two inspectors (both NWFA credentialed) not only released the reports, they gave their opinions in person to me and the general contractor who hired you. They didn't agree with you or the contractor from AT6 who plead your case. One said I should sue you in court the other said "any flooring professional worth a darn would have set the nails." The photos clearly show a floor that went from about 20% visible nails to 90%, That was you Eldar and you crappy work. And the readers should know the NWFA is hardly a consumer watch dog. They likely side with the vendor 99% of the time since they are an industry "self regulating" group made up of other flooring contractors and chemical suppliers. Eldar, when your own kind are throwing you under the bus it's time to face reality.
ED: "We urge you to make the reports by the inspector's public, and if it is discovered that any of our work created the rusted nail heads, we will return your payment. As it stands, your statement is defined as slander, further evidenced by the list of negative online reviews on Yelp you have made to several companies.
Finally your first and only attempt at resolution. Thanks Eldar a full refund is the least you could do for ruining my parquet floors. I am going to hold you to that since I have not completely paid my general contractor. When I can get him to finally tell me how much you charged (it is all lumped in to the $500K I paid for my remodel) I will remove the cost of the floors since you have generously offered in writing to refund the cost.
Regarding my reviews...I am hardly the only person that has given you a low review. In fact Yelp has 20 Amber floor reviews (1/3rd of all your reviews) at 2 stars or less. That is likely 50% or more given how many fake reviews you have listed. Not sure if you use a troll farm or just have your family add fake reviews but you aren't fooling anyone. It's obvious from the ones Yelp "unrecommended" and the 2 recent reviews from people with no history that you pay more attention to your social media then you do to the quality of your work. read more