I had planned on giving this company an excellent review based on how the beginning of the job went, but it fell apart in the end. I called and their estimator Matt, came the same day to measure my living room as he was in my neighborhood. I came into the show room and chose the carpet and they gave me a very good price. Melissa, the manager and Matt were very friendly and helpful on the phone several times.
We scheduled our job, but I wasn't able to keep the initial install date in October 2021. This was due to my cat peeing on the previous carpet that had soaked into our concrete foundation. When I realized I needed further sealing on our walls behind the baseboard, I called and postponed the appointment. I had painted the floor and sealed everything, but odor was still coming from somewhere. Understandably I wouldn't want the carpet installed until I could get the odor out.
The job was scheduled for a Thursday in October 2021and I called on Tuesday afternoon and left them a message explaining the situation and that I needed a few more days to get the odor out. They eventually rescheduled me for November 2021, but it took many phone calls to get this date. They were trying to find someone who could install baseboard for me. I understood this delay, but would've appreciated more prompt return phone calls with an update. I had to hound them and had a hard time getting someone to call me back to reschedule my installation.
In November a very nice man came and did a great job installing the baseboard and the carpet. The only problem was he forgot to haul away the old carpet, carpet pad and baseboards! When I noticed this later that day I called and left a message right away as I didn't have the installer's cell number. They told me they weren't sure when they could have someone come back.
No joke, after 7 (I counted) phone calls and reminders I was ready to give up. I finally got a hold of Matt who seemed very annoyed that I kept asking for my trash pile to be hauled away. I had paid for the job IN FULL including the CARE state fee that is a fee that is charged for dumping.
Matt became very unprofessional with me on the phone, raising his voice and even told me I was at fault because I should've reminded the installer to haul away the old materials! The installer must have passed by this pile 10 times in that day. Why should I have to remind him to do his job?
To add insult to injury, Matt said I canceled the first appointment at the last minute and his guys didn't get paid that day. I had canceled in due time for him to fill my slot. If they were as busy as they said they were, I don't think that my 1 1/2 day advanced notice was a last-minute cancellation.
Matt also explained that if they sent someone to pick up the trash they would not make money on my job. Isn't that the way of business though, you win some and you lose some? I think that was very unprofessional to tell that to a customer in the first place. They were clearly in the wrong and didn't make good on finishing the job!
So the pile sat outside my sliding glass door adjacent to my living room for two months. All through the holidays we had to look at this pile right next to where our Christmas tree goes. Melissa, the manager did call me one day in the meantime saying she had someone in the area to pick it up. I told her we were not going to be home for 45 minutes to unlock the gate. I explained that we were having a pool installed and the man could easily go through our access area and pick up the pile as it was in our covered patio. I did tell her it could be a little muddy, but he shouldn't have a problem. She said the man could be here in 10 minutes. I really wish I had more notice than 10 minutes!
Apparently he didn't want to go through the access area and get mud on his shoes, so he didn't come. I waited weeks longer to see if they would call me to come pick up the trash, but I NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN!
I had to hire a junk hauler to haul away this pile after not hearing from them and many, many reminders. I even had them put a note on the managers desk several times. Finally we had it all hauled away for a fee in January. So not only did I pay Carpets Plus the CARE fee, but I had to pay for a junk service to haul away what Carpets Plus should have done!
All in all, I am happy with my carpet and the baseboards that the installer put in. I had wanted to do further business with Carpets Plus as we need more flooring installed in our house, but I wouldn't consider it now after the way I was treated. In addition, I am an interior designer/home stager and was looking forward to hiring them on several jobs in the future. I am chalking this up to getting a very good price, but sub par service.
Thanks for reading my long review. It's 100% true, but you'll have to decide if you want to do business with Carpets Plus. read more