Part 1 - DO NOT USE THIS BUSINESS, if you want to retain value in your home. Sales person Ashley Jacobs was unhelpful in selection, after months of back and forth, I had to find what I wanted all on my own. For the contract amount ($40K) I would have expected better quality, however I have crooked stairs, Schluter that is the wrong color on the second step from the main landing, was told that the grout color I chose doesn't have a matching silicone grout to prevent movement and cracking on the stairs. They also were unprepared when it came to installing the floor tile, no spacers, eyeballing the layout and now I have lippage, and corners that do not line up in any way shape or form. Grout lines that range from 1/16", 1/8" and 1/4". I told Ashley from the beginning I am very OCD and expect perfection, that I would be harsh when it came to the final result and she promised me the dream team, the best crew they had, and the end result is far from what I expected, to the point that I actually hate walking into any of the rooms they laid tile in total of 2100 sf of tile. I even noticed they used silicone caulking on the door frames which in some areas looked very odd, like the frame had been painted and the paint dripped onto the tile. Upon further inspection, they covered up the fact that they cut the tile too short around the door frame. So I removed every single piece in every door way and ended up with six stitches in my hand to prove that they were covering up mistakes that had been made.
DO NOT let them con you into their "free furniture moving", after they damaged an expensive piece of furniture and I sent the pictures to Ashley, I received a call from the owner, who I only had been introduced to as Mazz, informed me they are floor installers and not furniture movers and after 10 days of install, they were going to leave the job, stating that I had expensive taste (I do, and I admit it whole heartedly - Ashley even commented on my taste and still included free furniture moving in the quote), because his crew told him that we had asked them to leave when that was not the case at all, we simply told them to not move another piece of furniture without one of us present. I begged them to complete the project as no contractor on earth would take on someone else's mistakes and if they did it would be constant finger pointing, not me it was them. They never offered to have the furniture repaired in any way instead insulting me and stating that because I have a steep drive, I should have been charged extra for bringing down the tile on a trailer, when they were fully aware that we had a steep drive to begin with, while touring my home and measuring everything. I make it clear to anyone coming to my home for anything even appliance repair or painters, that I have steep drive, take a look and let me know if there is an issue.
Also DO NOT let them con you into any other services like plumbing or a general contractor for other work you are considering to be done. As I have been reminded many times by the owner, "they are tile installers only", they do not have the skills to perform a remodel and if they do, from the reviews I have seen are beyond sub-par and rife with complaints. I only looked at the reviews on their webpage and didn't thoroughly do my research on other websites like Yelp, or Next Door.
The refused to obtain an account on a specific tile I picked for a the backsplash above the cooktop which is separated from the rest of the kitchen, so I had to place that order myself, it arrived on Dec 23rd BUT they closed for Christmas /New Years on Dec 20th until Jan 8th. I met with Ashley on Jan 11th to discuss everything I had an issue with and she took detailed notes and photos. At the time, she said her husband had COVID, but she had tested negative, the following week everyone had COVID, so the project completion was delayed until mid-Feb when it started in Nov. Since the tile I was forced to order myself had specific requirements for install and was considered a specialty tile, I contacted the manufacturer and received all the instructions and list of necessary tools and products to perform the install. I sent all this information to Ashley on Jan 11th. I then received a call from the owner confirming they would begin the install as soon as they everyone was feeling better and recovered from COVID, also confirming that they had reviewed the email from the manufacturer, and would arrive with everything they needed to finish the job. The night before, I had a really bad feeling that something was going to go wrong. My gut was right on. They showed up on Jan17th with nothing, no cutting tools, none of the products to perform the install, only paper to protect surfaces and was told I would be charged for sealing the tile as they do not seal tile. I tried contacting the office, I tried contacting Ashley, no one was returning my calls. read more