I typed up a 3-page review but this site has character limits...so here is the summary:
On 11/14/2021 I ordered $6,516 worth of quartzite countertops for the new home I am building from the Home Depot in Port St. Lucie.
March 18, 2022. I took the day off from work to meet with the template person
March 21st, I went to the office and found that they only had two slabs of the material so there wasn't really anything to choose.
April 25, 2022 took the day off from work to meet with the crew at the house-site. Ruben asked me if I had any scrap lumber, so I found a couple pieces of 2x4 and gave them to him. He then proceeded to drive 3 1/2 inch screws through the sides of my cabinets making what he called "temporary supports" for my sink. He then asked if they could use my generator which wasn't powerful enough to do the cutout for the cooktop. Ruben told me they would have to come back and that they might charge me to do so. I said, "you came to the job unprepared and you are going to charge me?"
May 24th, I took another day off from work, mind you it costs me about $300 every time I take a day off. I called the office at 7:30 a.m. and confirmed that they would be at the house because I had not heard anything. The man, Gabriel, said that I was on the schedule and they should be there around 2:00 p.m. I got to the house around 8 a.m. and I was there until 8 p.m. and no one ever showed up. No one called. No one texted. Nothing. The following morning I called the office and spoke to Gabriel once more, he explained that they were on their way out and that they discovered a leak in the generator so they had to turn back and by that time they didn't have time to come all the way back, yet no one thought to call me. About ten minutes later he called back and changed his whole story (lie) and said that "the men were at your house, but no one was there and there were piles of dirt in the driveway." I informed him that there are no piles of dirt on my property and I was there for 12 hours and no one ever came in. He then back-stepped and said they must have gone to the wrong address.
May 26th Ruben showed up 4 hours early so no one was there to meet him. After work I drove out to see the work and found a complete disaster. Ruben had allowed the 4 sqft of cutout to fall into the cabinet below, breaking the shelf and shelf-pegs, and making huge gouges in the sides of the brand new cabinet. The cabinet doors would no longer close on their own. Dust was everywhere. The sink was still hanging crooked on the "temporary" 2x4 mounts and he slapped a thin bead of caulk around ¾ of the rim. None of the tops were caulked in place, including the island. Icing on the cake was that the 4 sqft of countertop cutout that Ruben had told me he would leave for me, the one that smashed my cabinet, was gone....Ruben apparently took that $280 worth of stone and kept it for himself.
First thing the next morning I called Custom Marble and Granite again and spoke to Ed, who is apparently an owner/manager of the business. He apologized for the issues I have had (which doesn't negate the $600 of sick time off from work or the $1,250 of damage to my new cabinets) and and said that he would cover the cost of replacement of the cabinet. I emailed him the invoice for the cabinet.
June 3rd Two different men came to the house. They removed the "temporary" blocks of wood (of course now there are holes in the sides of the cabinets) and use the proper clips and caulking to mount the sink as it should have been done the first time. They caulked around everything that was supposed to be caulked and they cleaned up some of the mess left by Ruben. The two gentlemen were polite, they were meticulous, and they did a great job.
June 15th and I have sent multiple emails and made multiple phone calls to Custom Marble and Granite and I have yet to be reimbursed for the $1,250 cabinet install to replace the damaged unit from the carelessness of one of it's employees. I would NOT recommend this company to anyone. read more