I visited this shop prior to gutting and remodeling a condo which used to be a rental. I was moving into it after my divorce. I wanted it to be nice, but I didn't have a ton of cash to drop. So seeking a good deal, and feeling optimistic based on the Yelp reviews and the word "Discount" in the store name, I gave this place a try.
I initially talked with Blake who hooked me up with some amazing discounts in their "back room" where they were liquidating really nice tile with low stock, or which had been returned/misordered, etc. He gave me some great prices and a lot of starter ideas. The problem was that Blake never showed up for our next appointment. I would take a star off for his being somewhat flakey, but if he hadn't been, I wouldn't have met MINDY. OMG, she is the owner's wife and she is a rockstar with tile ideas. She took the great discounted tile Blake and I found, and added in a few odds and ends with some bling, and voila! We had the most beautiful designs for an amazingly low price. I am going to include pictures, because what I liked most about her design was the use of small amounts of super pretty/blingy (usually expensive) tile amidst larger quantities of inexpensive tile. But the way she designed it, the bling is what stand out! My bathrooms look like I spent triple what I paid.
Part of that is because they referred me to an amazing contractor - Elegant Solutions. I wish they had a yelp listing because I'd give them 5 stars, too. I was able to gut and remodel about 85% of my condo with them for a price I could afford. They helped me think of ways to accomplish gorgeous results with simple (and elegant) solutions. Not only that, but their crew actually cared about the quality of their work. In fact, I'd go so far as to say Fabrizio is a true craftsman with an amazing eye. He does all the tile installs, and a lot of the fine finish work. He made the tile designs Mindy put together come to life! The install makes all the difference, and Discount Tile Outlet hooked me up! Rachel, the supervisor on my job, was a perfectionist with a great eye and an outstanding communicator. After a couple of bumps in the beginning, she did an outstanding job keeping me in the loop about the status of the job. Their company ran into some unexpected issues on other jobs which caused some pretty significant delays in mine, but because the communication was good, and because they worked to make it up to me by doing some extras on my wish list when they could be at my jobsite, it made the delays bearable. The quality of work when they could get a crew to my condo was so high that they were worth the wait. Amazingly, there were only 2 items on my "punch list" at the end of a 3 month job! That was because Rachel was so good at proactively noticing and handling big and little things along the way. I'm super picky and having only 2 items on my punch list was seriously a miracle! They were minor, too.
I am very happy with my place, and especially my bathrooms. None of my other experiences with tile shops or their recommended contractors have ever been this positive - and I've done a lot of remodeling in my time as a home and rental property owner. I hope it's a while before I have to do it again, but when I do, I'll seek out Discount Tile Outlet (Mindy, in particular), as well as their friends at Elegant Solutions.
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