Over the years, we've spend over $20K on Flohr from wood floors on DIY projects. Recently, we wanted to put tiles on the upstairs bathroom and change the stairway and hallway carpet. After getting several quotes from local companies, Flohr's quote came up to be highest, but we thought that since we've been doing business with them, we will still give them the opportunity this time.
We paid full amount 6 weeks before the scheduled installation date. Prior to the installation date, no one called to confirm the installation. On the first installation day, no one show up at promised time 9:00am. We called Flohr and found out no one was scheduled on that day, and they have to call someone else to come in to do the job. Finally someone showed up after noon. The tile installer started to work immediately, but seem to rush the work and completed well into the evening after 8pm. Immediately after he left, we found that one of the tile that he installed was chipped. Fortunately, he left a spare tile and the chipped tile was on the edge of the floor. We pried the chipped tile up and replaced it before the cement cured. The tile installer came back to do the grout next day. We showed him the chipped floor that he installed, he did not say anything just shrug off his shoulders. After he finished the grout, we found that the grout was applied too low that when you walk on the tile with barefoot, you can feel the sharp edges of the tile.
Next day, when the site supervisor Ricardo came to inspect the carpet installation, we showed him the problem with the tile grout and a drop between the tile and wooden floor. He agreed to both issues and said that he will talk to the office and will have someone come to take care of both issues. First time we scheduled, no one showed up. We called Ricardo and schedule another appointment next day, no one show up. On the third time, Ricardo promised that he will personally come on next day, he did not show up. We wasted 3 days waiting for them to show up.
This is when we called their sale James, and he said no one else from Flohr knew about these issues. Instead of taking care the problem for us, he ask us to call the scheduler Katrina. Called Katrina and she said she that she did not know about these issues, but will look into it and get back to us. Katrina never got back to us, but about an hour later, an young man showed up at the door with a bucket, and started to work on the grout. He finished in less than an hour. When he left, the floor was all wet that we did not suspect of any problem. After the floor dried, we found that he did not do much to improve the grout height but instead wiped the grout residue all over the tile surface. The tiles are now covered with grout gunk that cannot be easily cleaned with wet sponge.
We highlight these issues again to James and no one from Flohr responded back. They avoid talking about the issues that they've created and never apologize for the issues that we had. They show no interest in resolving them. Several promised to have someone come to take care of the transition still unanswered.
Until now, 3 weeks after installation, the tile floor is still left unfinished. Instead of waiting for their response, my wife and I are scraping off the grout gunk on the tile one by one, and we have re-do the grout again.
In addition, we've also asked Flohr to provide a formal Sales receipt as any legitimate business normally do. Flohr insists that they WILL NOT provide a receipt sticking to the statement that "OUR (PROJECT) AGREEMENT IS YOUR RECEIPT". read more