If you are considering using Lowe's Rancho Cordova for a kitchen remodel, read this first.
We spent $25,842.52 on custom Diamond cabinetry because Lowe's Kitchen Specialist told us the cabinets were realistically expected in about 3-4 weeks, not the 6-8 weeks on the sign. That faster timeline is why we chose Lowe's.
The order was placed May 4. The paperwork and online portal showed June 1.
June 1 came. No cabinets.
We had to chase Lowe's ourselves and discovered the manufacturer had sent Lowe's a clarification question needed to move the order forward. The specialist was supposed to ask us. She never did. The order sat stalled while we had no idea anyone was waiting on us.
By the time the cabinets arrived June 24, we had lost the renovation window our contractor had reserved. He had other jobs booked, so Lowe's delay turned into a much larger cascading delay.
Then the cabinets arrived with missing pieces, broken/chipped components, defective doors, staining/finish problems, incorrect items, reorders, and credits we had to chase.
Then came the oven.
We told the Kitchen Specialist we had a 30-inch double oven.
We did NOT tell Lowe's to order a 30-inch cabinet.
We did NOT select the cabinet.
Lowe's did.
Our contractor tried to make it work. The fit looked terrible, so we brought a photo back to Lowe's thinking we had an aesthetic problem.
The Kitchen Specialist pulled up the oven specifications and told us there was not enough ventilation clearance and the oven was not safe to use in the cabinet Lowe's selected.
That was after the cabinetry and quartz were already installed around Lowe's design.
Now Lowe's is trying to shift responsibility to us and our contractor by relying on a policy we were never told about.
For the first time on September 1, Lowe's told us that because Lowe's did not perform the installation, measurements were supposedly our contractor's responsibility.
No one told us that before the sale.
No one gave us a measurement checklist.
No one told us our contractor had to verify Lowe's design.
No one told us using a non-Lowe's contractor changed Lowe's responsibility.
No one even offered Lowe's installation as something necessary for Lowe's to stand behind the work.
We closed on this house May 6. Nearly four months later, we still cannot move in.
We bought the house so our family could live together and help care for my father while he battles cancer. Instead, we are carrying the cost of two homes, including roughly a $6,000 mortgage on the new house, plus duplicate utilities, HOA, insurance, and other expenses.
We have offered Lowe's reasonable solutions. They can correct the cabinetry properly, or we will even accept a smaller 27-inch oven with replacement cabinetry just to get this finished.
They have refused.
So here is the short version:
Lowe's sold us on speed and expertise.
Their employee failed to follow up on the order and caused a major delay.
The cabinets arrived defective and incomplete.
Lowe's selected an oven cabinet its own specialist later said was unsafe.
And now Lowe's is relying on a policy it never disclosed before the sale to avoid responsibility.
Nearly $26,000 later, we are still not in the house.
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