First, I would never recommend these guys to anyone! I gave one star only because it is required to click on at least one star. We hired Floor Gallery because of their reviews and their proximity to our home, but we were left disappointed! We were promised to have our project completed in 16 days, it took them over 2 months to complete the job!!
The problem was poor planning, timely ordering of materials and using the same guys to do all (jack of all trades, but master of none!). Mark, the owner, did not plan properly for getting our remodel done right, one of the reasons was that he did not show up everday to check on the work that was being done and making sure the work that needed to get done was getting done right and timely. This would have given him the knowledge to know what matrerials were needed to be ordered next and when. An example was Mark last minute realized he needed to order our windows to match the ones we had upgraded to on the rest of the house, he ordered them and was told it would take 15 days to receive them! This all while the project stood at a stand still, when they could have continued to complete the job up to were they needed to install the windows. There were days where no one showed up to work, it wasn't until I called Floor Gallery to see why no one was here working that I would find out that no one was schedule to be at our house because they were at another projects!!
I had to be the contractor to keep the job going, Mark would show up whenever he decided to, usually when we were not home! His own guys would ask me what needed to get done and how! The same guys that did the demo installed the plumbing and electrical - yikes!! The plumbing had to be redone by the plumber who was visibly upset and asked me who did the plumbing. The electrical is a concern, his jack of all trades installed outlets in and around our sinks, outlests that were not to code - GFI. I had to tell Mark why he had his guys install a regular outlet intstead of what code calls for - GFI, he looked surprised - I said this is just another example of how you don't manage your jobs and see what is going on!!
The framing, drywall and texturing around one of our windows and other walls was horribly done, Mark even said he was embarassed about how it was done, I again said, its because you were not here to supervise your jack of all trades doing things they are not good at. A few days later one of Mark's better painters stopped by to look at what needed to be done to correct the framing, drywall and texturing. The guys came in and looked at what he needed to do. He was upset that Mark told him it should only take him a couple of hours to fix the mistakes, The painter told me it will take him at least a day and half to fix it correctly. He let me know that he would need to talk to Mark and would have to schedule the day and half. A week later a different guy shows up and takes a day and to leave it pretty much the same as it was!! Mark never came back to check if it was corrected!!! These are only a few of the issues - there were more - a lot more!!
The only positive was the professional tile guys that worked in our home. They were efficient, procise and clean - everything that Floor Gallery is not. The tile guys work is what makes our remodel barable.
Save yourself anguish and disappointment DON'T HIRE Floor Gallery!!!!! read more