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Attempt #3 looks like cake frosting, crud is all over the hardware.
Pamela A.

I had high hopes for this bathroom remodel but it fell short in almost every way. The job experience itself and the finished product are both a huge disappointment. Stop and read the other reviews. You will see AKB has two major weak points: excessive delays and shoddy workmanship. This should be a major wake up call, and instead of arguing with his yelp reviewers, the owner should fix the problem. Other reviewers say the same thing: Michele is the strong point, Johans is the weak point. Somebody should tell him his responses to the bad reviews are only compounding those statements, and he's embarrassing himself. Those replies are the kind of lip service you can expect from Johans if you have complaints or something goes wrong with your job. I have no doubt he'll try to excuse away my review, but all you have to do is look at my photos and ask yourself if this is the kind of quality you want in your home. This job went south in the very beginning when my foreman was pulled off and replaced with another. AKB has some quality people, and some not quality people working for them. Lead designer Michele is a no-nonsense, get things done powerhouse who I believe is the backbone of this company and the only person earns this AKB new business. The owner is a cheap BS artist who will try to feed you crap when the job goes south. Even his workers complain about him. This is the second time I have used AKB, so you can believe that my review is based on thorough experience with this firm. They did our kitchen two years ago, and while there were both hitches and delays in that job, it was completed to satisfaction. However I learned a dislike of the owner's cheapskate antics. The rumors of his retirement also mentioned by other reviewers are coming from inside his own house; and the first thing I asked Michele when I contacted her about this bathroom was if he'd retired yet because I'd found him so unpleasant the first time around. I should have known better, so in a way I have nobody but myself to blame. We hired AKB to renovate a master bathroom into the existing bedroom closet, and extend the hallway linen closet. Frankly, it was outrageous the way we were treated as a repeat customer. A project that was supposed to take 5-6 weeks took 10 weeks simply because workers didn't show up as promised, and so much bad work had to be fixed. Up until the very last day instructions were still not being followed and items were installed wrong. Michele creates a great book of all your appliance and material specs, but the workers ignore it. Most of them are simply hammer and nail guys with no design skills. (Note the drain photo) On the last day American Kitchen and bath were at our home, they installed our barn door rail backward, despite detailed written instructions. Apparently the difference between "left" and "right" is too complicated to discern. I'm quoting the final communication from Johans verbatim here: "First of all my apologies for the delays and setback we had during the remodel of the bathroom, and yes I am as frustrated as you are because we do take great pride in what we do and whatever could go wrong did, for many reasons." Yet the very next line is "We're not sending Ron back out to fix the incorrectly installed barn door, instead we'll credit you for the door we ruined." With all the delays and poor work being done, I would have thought they would try to fix the situation by hustling to get this job done, and done right. Instead, nobody showed up for three days and a driver came out to receive the city inspector. No surprise we failed our inspection because nobody bothered to read the inspector's correction notice from FIVE weeks earlier. So after this job was carried out with the finesse of the Three Stooges, there was never an increased level of "we screwed up again and again, let's get out there and bust ass to get this job done right." Only more lip service from the owner. This job was a 10 week nightmare.

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Ross L.

American Kitchen & Bath remodeled the kitchen and bathroom in both units of my duplex. The first project was completed in 2015 and the second in 2017. I continue to be satisfied with the results. I can't say that everything went exactly as planned, but few projects ever do. The jobs took a little longer than expected, but the owner, Johans, communicated well when issues arose and worked on getting things back on track quickly. Johans is committed to quality work and excellent service. He wants his customers to be satisfied and follows up to make that happen. It's hard to find contractors that do great work in the bay area at a rate that makes sense. Based on my experience, American Kitchen and Bath was able to deliver.

My parents had AKB redo both of their bathrooms, so when we bought our first house and were ready to remodel they were the top of our list. I've never been involved in a remodel before but am obsessed with HGTV reno shows so I was very excited to get stared on our master bath. I came in with a very specific vision, and Marco, the design guru, not only encouraged my creative freedom for the project, but also gently suggested some alternative ideas for my vision. He even picked out our shower door, which is stunning. In the end, the final product was even better than I had envisioned. What really impressed me with AKB was their customer service. Our foreman, Jeff, was very personable and a delight to have at our home working on the project. He was always so sweet to our baby girl and dogs (even when they tried to escape one day while he was working) and very easy to talk to. It meant a lot to have someone we could trust in and out of our house every day. He even found some silly 80s pictures in the attic the old owner's left behind and brought them down for a laugh. I also appreciate that the owner, Hans, was very accessible. He was easy to reach via phone if need be, and even came by a few times to say "hi" and check on the project. I noticed some of the other reviewers were upset with the timeliness of their projects. Since I had never done any Reno before I was unaware of how lengthy the project could be. But it was all worth it in the end, because AKB didn't stop until the bathroom was completely up to our standards. When we are ready to Reno our guest bathroom, AKB will for sure be the ones we call!

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