truth be told i would give less than one star if i could. We had a terrible experience with this company. our sales lady was nice and professional, but the subbed-out labor and project manager did not leave us with anything other than a terrible experience. rather than write everything out, ill copy and paste our detailed complaint to carpet den's management team to which we still have not received a response. a one-week job turned into a month of work. I do not recommend this company to anyone. the house issues still were not 100% taken care of correctly or properly addressed and ultimately, we signed off on everything just because we didn't want them in our house any longer. Here is our letter. Decide for yourself. i hope if you go with them, you have a better experience than us but we will never use them again.
As you know, we have already had conversations with you in email, text, and over the phone regarding our flooring project. We thought it would be best to write to you in detail regarding our experience since it has unfortunately been a negative one. We are disappointed with our project for the reasons listed below.
There were multiple issues from the start and throughout the entirety of the project. First, the initial proposed schedule was that this project was only supposed to take a week, with 1-2 days in the middle designated for our general contractor Eric to tighten some screws in the subfloor. However, due to multiple issues with the subcontractor Yuri, the project did not follow the schedule. Work was started on Tuesday 5/28/24, and is still ongoing. Yuri's portion should have only taken a few days for demo and install, but the project is currently unfinished with a hope of completion for Wednesday or Thursday this week by a different installer. That makes 22 days as of today, and 24 days total if we are able to move back into our home on Thursday this week.
This past Thursday, 6/13, I checked out my dog from boarding, as they no longer had room for an unexpected extension, recording a total of 17 days of stay. This project went well beyond twice the length of the proposed schedule. For close to 2 weeks, there were additional costs incurred due to being displaced from our home for dog boarding fees, meal costs, and other misc items since we did not have the best access to our home and belongings. Fortunately, we had somewhere to stay, or there would have been hotel costs on top of that. As you know, we have a 9 month old and a three year old, and being displaced from their home has caused disruptions in sleep as well as a change in behavior since they can't fully grasp what is going on. All they know is they aren't home, when we told them we would only be going away for a few days. In addition, Kayla works from home and has not been able to access her office and equipment as easily than if we were not displaced, and it has created work challenges for her.
When it comes to the first attempt of installing our LVP, the quality of labor by Yuri's crew was beyond dissatisfying. Not due to any existing nature of the house itself, there were many areas where we stood firm on problems with the floor. We felt we had to fight to have our concerns addressed and not be dismissed. The first issue was our laundry room was not installed with the LVP, but was left demoed and we were told the work was complete. Along with that, multiple planks were cut too short from the wall, beyond what baseboard/shoe mold would cover, leaving gaps at the wall that were beyond tolerance. There were joints in multiple locations that were not flush, leaving the boards to make popping noise as if they weren't secured properly. Gaps were left between planks large enough to see the subfloor below. Our entryway had a lack of color blending with 9 or so planks, all light colored, making an eyesore in our main walkway. Yuri replaced some planks, but we are worried they are damaged as that area pops and creaks when you walk on it now. Lastly, our house was left in deplorable condition upon "completion." Yuri's team didn't even run a simple broom over the floor and they left garbage inside and outside the house in multiple locations. The dirt, dust, nails, staples, and debris left is what made the gaps between planks even more noticeable. We outlined these issues in our prior emails if you need further explanation. These examples all show evidence of poor workmanship and lack of quality control. Rather than take us seriously, Yuri and Matt initially tried to tell us that no floor would be perfect and there are tolerances for our examples. Only when we stood firm, and spoke with you, did Ryan/Yuri seem to relent and attempt to work with us. read more