I have to admit, I never write reviews whether good or bad, but I am pretty dissatisfied.
Let me start off by saying that the warehouse is nice and that this review probably does not speak for the entire company. Jeanie, for example, was so welcoming and friendly. We briefly talked on the phone before assigning me to a designer. A few months later, I walk in and she knew exactly who I was without us ever meeting. She was great!
We were assigned to Don Rodd as our designer. This was my first kitchen renovation so everything was new to me. From the beginning, it felt like a bad match. Don did not seem interested at all in our concerns, questions or comments. Eventually, we figured out the design and I communicated it with my contractor.
After Don came out to our house to finalize measurements, I realized that in the final design, he had moved the sink back its original location. We had established that the sink would be moved. He claimed that he messed up on the measurements and it wouldn't fit. This was baffling considering we provided all the measurements and he knew the dimensions to all of the cabinets.
Not a big deal since it is a rental property, we proceed with everything. I place the order for the cabinets, counter top and a sink.
When the cabinets arrived, the contractor had told me the person delivering the cabinets were ROLLING them. The contractor and I noticed 2 small defects and let Don know right away for replacement parts. The replacements have taken 3 weeks to get in and a lot of following up on MY end to get status updates on these. To be honest, every time I have brought it up to Don on the phone, it's seems that he had simply forgot.
A day or two later, I realized that the sink had not been delivered with the cabinets. Again, I had to follow up with Don. Eventually, he sends over the sink, but it is the WRONG one. We ordered a D-shaped stainless steel sink and he sent over just a rectangular stainless steel sink. We were okay with the sink since it seemed a bit larger than the D-shaped we were looking at. Without even contacting me about this issue and letting me know, I receive a check in the mail for the difference in price. Not once did he show professional courtesy and try to contact me to let me know.
For the counter tops, we had someone come and create a template for the counter after the cabinets were installed. We were told that it would take a week for the counters to come in. After chasing Don again, he tells me that the counters will actually take 10 business days. This put our entire project to a stop. The cherry on top was when he contacted me later saying that I owed another $300 because the counters were slightly bigger than anticipated and that bringing the counters up to the second floor would be $100. First of all, I still don't understand how the counter could possibly get larger considering Don had dimensions to the cabinets AND he came out to finalize the measurements of the kitchen. Second, he had never once mentioned a fee for having the counters brought up to the SECOND floor. It was clearly communicated to him that we were on the second floor and he even physically set foot in our kitchen. Boggles my mind how something like this was never brought into the numerous exchanges we've had.
Fast forward to when the counter tops arrive. They were cut WRONG. The overhang on some edges were more than the others. The man that delivered the counter tops had to cut the counter top on site to have at least some alignment. Now, I have one edge jutting out about 4 inches where the others jut out about an inch. I expressed this to Don as well as following up with the replacement pieces and he totally disregarded it. Talk about customer service..
I am at the point where I have to accept things the way they are because we have been without a kitchen for so long and sending the counter tops back to be resized would take another 2 weeks. Things like this should have been done correctly in the first place considering the amount of money invested.
Since I am completely new to this, for a lot of these things, I thought it was just part of "the process." I checked in with my contractor and even he said that all of this is normal. He even called Don for me.
Overall this was a pretty poor experience. It seems like this company is pretty reputable based off of reviews, but I would not recommend this to any of my friends. read more