Very bad experience with installation and customer service.
1st, our installer apparently mis-measured our cabinet pull handles and drilled the mounting holes in the wrong location in not one, but SEVEN of our expensive cabinet drawers.
He subsequently re-drilled the correct mounting holes and because of the style of our handle pulls, was able to cover up this mistake so that it does not show from the front.
He did not bother to mention to my wife that he had done this. Before he left he asked her if she was pleased with the installation job, of course she said yes because she was unaware of the damage at that time.
It was only after he left while she was cleaning the drawers did she discover what she described to me as excessive marring, marking and splitting on the inside of the cabinet drawers. I looked at it and initially thought the same thing, that perhaps a template jig had dug in and gouged the inside of the drawers.
I was livid and immediately called the store. I explained my issue to the manager on duty told him I wanted the gouges to be filled and blended. I was assured the "Installation" manager would call me back and get in touch with me to resolve. This was about 4 PM and they close at 5PM. Did not hear anything that evening.
While I was waiting to hear back, I removed one of the new pulls to get a better look at what may have happened, and was floored to see the 2 extra holes. How sloppy and unprofessional! Now I am really mad. There is no way our hardware can be swapped out in the future unless it's design lends itself to cover these extra holes. Very few would. The only way for it to be truly fixed would be to reface the drawers with new matching panels.
So I take the next day off of work and waited until about 10:40 AM expecting the installation manager to call..they never did. So I call the store and spoke to the same general manager who said that the installation manager should have called me by now. Apparently, they were "in the field" I asked that they be contacted and to have them call me ASAP to get this resolved.
2 hours later, the installer who did the work called me back and told me he was told to call me and to resolve this issue. He asked me what I did not like about his install!! When I told him about the extra holes, he had no choice but to fess up and admit that yes there where now extra holes in my cabinet drawers, but he did not say anything because they could not be seen from the outside.
At this point he asked what would make me happy and I said my 7 drawers replaced and a full refund of my installation costs. He then explained to me that he was a sub contractor (a fact not disclosed either verbally or in writing from Decor Builders at the time of purchase) and that he alone was responsible to fix this.
Finding this out, I feel bad for him and compromise. I and tell him that while having the extra holes sucks, If he would be willing to have the inside of the drawers filled and blended with matching wood filler, I could live with that. He said he would have that done for me ASAP.
This installer was truly apologetic, contrite, understood where I was coming from, and was willing to work with me to resolve this issue. I truly appreciated it. He remained in contact with me via text several times that day trying to find a carpenter at his cost to fix my drawers.
When he sent me a text saying he was going to take the next day off of his work to arrange getting my drawers fixed, I ultimately felt compassion for him as a fellow blue collar worker and told him to not do that and that I just appreciated the effort that he made to fix this.
I have subsequently made my own arrangements at additional cost to me to have my drawers repaired.
While my installer was ultimately to blame for the damage, This review is not about him, it is about Décor Builders Hardware.
So here goes;
1. They do not tell you they use sub-contractors for their installation jobs for which they will not take responsibility for or stand behind their work.
2. Instead of putting their big-boy pants on, taking responsibility, dealing with me directly, and doing whatever it takes to make this right, they threw the sub-contractor under the bus and expected him to take any financial loss for the subsequent repair.
This is highly unethical from my point of view, you do not treat hard working people like that. Yes, my installer made a mistake, everybody does. But Décor Builders Hardware could far more easily afford to take the financial hit on this one than my installer.
They should have just made it right me and then use their discretion as to whether or not use my installer again.
3. No one from Décor Builders Hardware has called me back to even see if my issue was resolved. No service after the sale here folks.
I should never have been put in a position to work this out myself with a sub-contractor, and I will never use this establishment again. read more