Wassim and Jiji were very friendly and patient. The project is completed in June to to install 15…read morenew shutters in my house. I interviewed three other companies before deciding to go with them. Unlike the constant negotiation and bait-and-switch tactics I experienced with other stores, Wassim and Jiji provided an honest and fair evaluation and pricing. I'm very satisfied with the results. Even when one of the shutters was ordered incorrectly, they immediately took responsibility and resolved the issue without hesitation. They are honest business owners who are truly passionate about and proud of their work. I highly recommend Wassim and Jiji to anyone looking for an honest, trustworthy, and reliable company to work with.

Slats is the best. Very easy to work with. George got my requirements before visiting my home and…read moremade suggestions that I hadn't thought of and that saved me money. The installer came to measure and again to install the blinds. Everyone confirmed visits and arrived on time. I am very happy with my blinds. I have two rooms with different blinds that work well.

We recently worked with Lal from Budget Blinds to replace some cellular shades in our home and to…read moreadd some additional cellular shades to other windows. We also chose to install an exterior solar shade to a set of sliding doors for our deck. Working with Lal was a wonderful and seamless experience! He is highly responsive, answered all of my questions, and installed our shades quickly and efficiently. The price was also exactly what I was planning to spend so that was great. We LOVE our new shades. We now have blackout shades in our bedrooms and light filtering shades on the windows in our living areas. We are sleeping better and our home is noticeably cooler (especially with our exterior solar shade for our sliding glass doors). I think the photos speak for themselves :).

I had a terrible experience and cannot recommend Budget Blinds of Berkeley and Richmond…read more I spent nearly $3,000 on custom shades specifically because I wanted the guidance of an in-home consultant. Instead, I ended up with multiple problems that I believe should have been prevented during the consultation, followed by an installation experience that became defensive and confrontational. The biggest unresolved issue is the headrail color. I chose Natural Tan fabric, and the paperwork said "Rail Color: DEFAULT." No one explained that the default headrail would be tan, or that white was available instead. All of the window trim in my home is white, and I would have chosen white had that option been explained. I'm not a window-treatment professional. That's exactly why I hired a consultant. When I raised this on installation day, the salesperson/installer argued that I should have understood it from a blue shade sample I'd been shown with a blue headrail. It wasn't until then that he told me I could have ordered white headrails to match my trim. The owner later offered to remake the shades with white headrails at wholesale cost, which would still have required me to spend more than $2,000 to correct a choice that was never explained to me in the first place. There was also a major misunderstanding about a front-window shade. I specifically asked whether they could make a shade that was both light filtering and room darkening, operable from the top down. He told me yes, absolutely, and when I mentioned that another company had told me they didn't offer this, he assured me that Budget Blinds did. Someone else present at the consultation came away with the same understanding I did. What arrived was a 100% blackout shade, not light filtering. When I raised this during installation, the salesperson/installer became defensive, argumentative, and confrontational in my home, to the point that someone involved by phone asked him to leave the property. The owner never addressed my concerns about the installer's behavior. Her position throughout was essentially, "You signed the quote, so the responsibility is yours." That may be her contractual position, but it sidesteps the reason I hired an in-home consultant in the first place, which was to explain important product and design choices I did not know enough to ask about. There were other issues as well. A door shade did not provide the side-angle privacy I had asked for, one shade arrived with a cracked headrail and had to be replaced, and when the installer later returned for that replacement, he arrived almost three hours before the scheduled appointment without confirmation. The owner did acknowledge that this violated their scheduling policy. To the owner's credit, the damaged shade was replaced and I received a credit for the returned front shade minus a 25% fee. But overall, the experience was stressful, adversarial, and far below what I expected from a custom in-home service. The shades themselves are functional and reasonably attractive, but I'm stuck with large tan headrails that don't match my home. I would not work with this company again.

Highly highly recommend. Exceptional service on a full house automated blind renovation. Great…read morecommunication throughout, very friendly, and very responsive with the few minor tweaks we needed to do to get everything working and looking perfect. Would happily work with them again in a heartbeat.

Ed is a marvel at product knowledge and customer service and satisfaction is not a lost art…read morehere...above and beyond. As an added bonus, you get to work with an incredibly interesting man and talented in many different artistic genres!

The owner is a genuine. Good old fashion style of business with all the modern/updated window…read moretreatments, like the days when people were honest and had good pricing. No pressure. I love my motor shades, serious luxury for windows out of reach. Why didn't I do it sooner is the only thing I keep asking!!

Had a remodel done and all the wooden blinds wands were broken . Couldn't find anyone that could…read moredo the repair or was referred to the manufacturer. Found City Shading from Yelp and its owner Kevin was able to quote me a fair price to repair those wands if I could drop off at his shop. He completed the repair in a timely manner and it looked great ! There aren't any blind businesses that would even consider my repair, but Kevin did ! Thank you Kevin !

David is very knowledgeable and helpful in selecting various roller shades for our house. Yeyo did…read morea wonderful job of installing them. They not only look great, but also serve the function of each room very well. We highly recommend iHomeShutters and would definitely use them again in the future.

Amazing service, Yeyo came out and had our honeycombs installed in a short amount of time, super…read morenice guy. The shades look beautiful and work great. Thanks!

They did a great job of finding and installing quality cellular shades that I could afford. There…read morewas a mix-up on the colors of two of the blinds, but that seemed minor once they were up.

I can't express how satisfied I am with Budget Blinds and the entire team. I purchased my beautiful…read moreblinds over 5 years ago. We recently adopted a new addition to the family our beloved dog "Lulu" a puppy, with that said she is going through terrible two's mischief and shredded/tore the blinds. After much thought allowing some time to pass & I decided to bite the bullet and invest in replacing them. I reached out to Budget Blinds -Oakland, Deirdre did some research learned they were still under warranty. I I could not believe with Deidre due diligence she surprised me with a minimal cost if any on my replacement of mY beautiful blinds! I can't emphasize the level of professional & excellent customer service Budget Blinds-Oakland provided me. You don't find c/s like this these days! I highly recommend your next purchased here you won't regret it! Thank you for one super happy customer! I will be returning for some pretty epic motorized sliding door blinds!

I want to write about the designer Gerald. He helped us a lot with his advices and precise work. He…read moreis very punctual and very nice. Highly professional. I highly recommend him to other costomers. Thank you, Gerald. Laura Podok.

Very happy with our new shades through Bay Window. Gerald came out to show us samples and Alexis…read moredid a great job installing. The team was responsive and when we realized that two windows were asymmetrically spaced, they replaced the valence to help with the cosmetic appearance at no extra charge.

Very good help on choosing the right fabric for our 3 rooms…read more Good communication in person and by phone or email. It was expensive, but definitely worth the price. We didn't mind waiting 2 months for them. The draperies were hung excellently. They are a real uplift to each room.

In the end we got what we had asked for 6 mos earlier. It was a strange experience but just as I…read morewas going to go elsewhere, the job got done at a correct price point. No idea why we couldn't reach this point earlier.

Had a great experience with this company. We needed to replace the sheer drapes in our master…read morebedroom, and replace the lining of the drapes in our family room (they were sun damaged and we did not know relining them was an option). Aleksandra was great. It was easy to set up an appointment with her, was punctual, she was very knowledgeable about providing options for us, very professional, and gave us a very competitive quote. Tony removed the drapes in our family room and came back later to install the new/relined drapes. He obviously has a lot of experience with this, worked very quickly, and was also very professional. Most importantly we are very happy with the result.

We used Bay Area Window for four skylight shades…read more Design (Aleksandra): 5/5 Aleksandra was communicative and responsive throughout the process. She provided meaningful options and we are happy with the design. We discussed with Aleksandra that we wanted the shades installed as close to our skylights as possible, and she confirmed with the installer that that was possible. Install (David): 2/5 We did a walkthrough with David and again explained that we wanted the shades as close to our skylights as possible. He asked, and we told him, that we also wanted the solar recharging panels to be on the side where the shade collected when opened (so the panels would be less visible). To be fair, David warned us that he would likely scratch the walls and may leave gaps because the coverage around our skylights was uneven. Both of those came to pass (which I am separately fixing), but that is not why we are unhappy with the install. Rather: - Despite the fact our ceiling is flat and our skylights are flat, David installed the shades at a slight angle. When I confronted him about it, he stated he was trying to follow the wall around the skylight. I disagree that his approach accomplished that. In any event, if there were options as to how the shades were going to be installed, we believe David should have conferred with us before unilaterally making a decision. - David also installed the solar panels on the opposite side of where we discussed. David stated he had no recollection of our prior conversation. We disagree that we never discussed this, but as above, if there were options, we believe David should have checked with us before installing. After confronting David about the shade with the most severe angle he begrudgingly reinstalled it (photos attached). Aleksandra did offer a partial refund and offered to have David come back out and reinstall the shade. However, we do not have the availability to monitor David the entire time he is here, which appears to be the only way to ensure things are done as we discussed. Additionally, the 3 of the 4 corner covers have fallen from the shade that David reinstalled and we do not relish the same thing happening to the other shades. The upshot is Aleksandra is easy to work with, but if you get David to do your install you may want to supervise his work.

What a scam. I placed a order with them back in May. After placing the order, they switched the…read moreblinds to a different color due to "backorder" of the original color I ordered, okay fine - no big deal. 1st Surprise, the "new" color is actually backordered as well - no email, no communication, NOTHING until I reached out to customer service in June to see what is going on. Apparently the other color was backordered too. Okay, understandable with what is going on. Fine, now i've waited until August and the shades are being delivered. I was traveling and wasn't able to schedule the installation until mid october.. BUT the installer doesnt show up. OKAY fine, reschedule the installation AGAIN. They finally show up on Oct 30th (Thursday) and install the blinds. 2nd surprise - One of the blinds doesn't fit! It can't be pulled all the way down window frame, okay fine - maybe one of my window's is warped, but why bother sending someone to 'measure' the window if it's not going to fit my whole window? It's only one window, so whatever, I'll live with it. 3rd surprise - Nov 1st (Saturday) comes around and I pull the blinds down during the day and notice there are small cuts in the blinds! Why bother paying for installation if they're going to be damaged from the install?? Maybe my fault for not pulling the shades and inspecting them prior to the installer leaving, but who would THINK that that would happen. I immediately write in to customer service and explain the situation. What's their solution? a 25% discount on a NEW order. I just spent 3k on a product that took 6+ months to be installed only to live with blinds that have small cuts. After all their claims on having a superior product, a 'professional' measurer, and a 'professional' installer, all 3 had issues. SAVE YOUR MONEY and go somewhere else that'll get you an actual quality product, or a mediocre product for a better price. They're both expensive AND a crap product.

I outfitted my new home with their shades almost four years ago and one immediately stopped…read moreworking. I stopped in the shop to get it serviced and received a call within a couple days as well as f/up emails to replace the shade under their lifetime warranty. They sent one box for the shade which was 'lost in transit.' The tech picked up the broken shade which was then 'lost in transit.' And then I was ghosted. I have a paper shade in its place and have heard nothing. While they have a brick & mortar, that's no guarantee that they'll stand behind their product post-purchase.