This is a difficult review to write. Great review for the store, coupled with a horrible experience with the delivery service. Waiting for our furniture to be delivered from this store was way worse than any experience waiting on cable or utility services.
We purchased a very lovely kitchen table and chair set from the Home Works outlet store. The outlet store is next door to the main store, and is locked, so you have to ask a salesperson to see items in the outlet. And that was no problem, in fact, we didn't even know about the outlet. We looked at tables in the main store, specifically counter height tables, and our salesperson Janet recommended a table in the outlet division. We had very good customer service, and after pricing the table at another store (it was about $300 more at a competitor), we went back and purchased the table. Because it was raining, we decided to have the table delivered that next week, instead of hauling it home on our truck. The salesperson said that the delivery driver would call us soon and work out a delivery day/time, we provided a rough sketch of when we were available.
This is when things went bad.... the delivery driver didn't call for 3 days, then he calls at 9pm and I missed his call (this is on a Tuesday). Finally I get in touch with him and he wants to come on Friday, no problem, I say, that would be great. He says that he'll call on Thursday to work out a time. He calls Thursday afternoon and says that he will be there at 8:30 am Friday. That particular time did not work for me, and I try to reach him the rest of the day to see if he can come anytime after 11 am. The delivery driver was terrible, he said that he did not have any other times and could he come on Saturday, instead. Ok, no problem we say. We try to reach him all afternoon on Friday to see what time on Saturday he will be there, we were available all day. He calls Saturday, mid-morning, to tell us he can't deliver that day, and would Sunday work. At this point, we had purchased the table, paid $80 in advance for delivery, and I've had it. I call the store, and instead of apologizing and trying to work out something, they say that the delivery guy is 'very busy'. The table finally was delivered on Sunday afternoon, it was such a hassle. Not only did the delivery guy not return calls in a timely manner and was nearly impossible to get in touch with, he doesn't have a proper answering service. I will never have furniture delivered from here again. We are very happy with the table, once we got it (!), but unless you are planning on hauling it home yourself, I would not do delivery here. We recently bought a house after living in teensy apartments in the city, and we will likely want to invest in a substantial amount of furniture over the next few years as our budget allows, and we likely won't be purchasing from here again, which is disappointing considering the quality of furniture. (not complaining about teensy apartments, btw, had many, many good years in them) read more