TLDR: if you want to wait around 8 months to have your windows installed, your stuff stolen, have a subpar job done and deal with even worse customer service then this is the company for you.
My experience with Florida Windows & Door (FWD) has been by far the most annoying, unpleasant & unprofessional. The first step was to select type of product, sign for pricing & find a funding company. I was told then that the entire process will be done (w/installation) by no later than 08/22. I was also told that the funding company selected will allow me to make my first payment in 2yrs. This all happened 04/05/22. The FWD representative who helped with this was very nice and looking back now, of course he had to be since he was trying to make sales. Once all selections were done, I was to wait for email communication back from my project manager. This person was to schedule my openings measurements, obtain all required permits, order the product, schedule the installation & then inspection. Everything was running smoothly up until measurements & permits. Then August came and went. I called the project manager & she advised me that the manufacturing company was running behind & the expected ship date for the products was the 1st week of September. Okay fine, something out of their control but, at the bare minimum, call the client & update them.
1st week of September passed. Called again, was told shipment is now expected for last week of September / first week of October. Those dates came & went. Still nothing. 10/11/22 called again & was informed that funding company was no longer funding & I needed to find another one. Found another funding company but now my first payment is within a yr from installation. So not only has it been SEVEN months since I first signed a contract with FWD but now I also miss out on an entire year of wiggle room to start payments because of their unreadiness. Nonetheless, a new funding company was found & now I was to wait for product arrival STILL. On 10/28/22, FWD called stating that product arrived & they were ready to schedule dates for installation & inspection.
Product was installed on 11/03/22 (EIGHT MONTHS from contract sign date) & inspection was to happen on 11/04/22.
INSTALLATION. The crew worked from 8am to 6pm to install everything. The "crew" consisted of 6 men, only 2 of them had FWD shirts. Not sure if the other 4 were actually employed by FWD. The crew broke several of the old windows so the next day, I was finding glass shards everywhere (I have a crawling baby). They cracked TWO windowsills & didn't even mention anything - I found them later while cleaning. I told them TWICE that I wanted to keep the old door hardware for another door in my house as the hurricane door came with hardware. The crew stole the hardware. I was filling in screw holes from the old curtains when I found one of my window frames into the house completely butchered.
INSPECTION. The day of installation I was given basically a paper packet to hold onto for inspection day for the inspector. The day of inspection, one of the FWD crew men that was there the day before came in at 9am to clean the windows & do some final touches on their work which took all of maybe 2-3 hours. He then disappeared & I saw him hours later sleeping in his truck. I called him to ask what was taking so long - waiting for the inspector to show. The inspector shows up at 5pm & asks for the packet which I hand over. The inspector looks through the packet & can't find an affidavit which he needs to sign off on the work. So FWD crew basically wasted 6 hours when he could've looked through the packet upon arrival to ensure everything needed was there for inspection time. FWD crew tells me to expect a call to reschedule the inspection. This was a Friday. Monday comes around & I have to call FWD to request an inspection reschedule due to their unreadiness again. The FWD employee was completely unprofessional, condescending and borderline racist on the phone saying that he couldn't understand me or what I was trying to explain to him. They reschedule for Wednesday (11/9) & then call me on 11/8 to tell me that the appointment has been canceled & rescheduled again for 11/14 due to weather (Hurricane Nicole). They didn't ask to see if I would be available on 11/14 - they assumed. Called to reschedule this appointment as I'm going out of town & they leave me on hold for 20mins. I hang up, call again & I'm immediately patched through to project manager's extension- straight to voicemail. I left a voicemail & never heard back. 11/29 called, advised them of their lack of service & told them my availability for this week. Was told to wait for a call back. Will update upon progress. read more