Never Use Lowe's
For flooring installation.
There is NO guarantee when the job will be started or finished. There is no single person to help you with anything, you buy from a salesman who disappears, talk to a 1-800 number that changes reps each time you call, coordinate with your own delivery drivers, installation scheduler, store manager, installation manager, they say the best way to get the installers to do anything is to talk to them in person if you live in the home, but you are never given a way to contact them if not.
I had to make 4 phone calls and talk to 2 different locations then wait a week to purchase.
Lowe's provided the OPPOSITE of a "reliable", "stress free" solution to being an out of state homeowner under contract to sell if floors were replaced.
I signed the flooring contract with Lowe's on the 11th of September, it took until the 29th of September for materials to be delivered.
Until the 21st of October for the installation to be completed. 40 DAYS LATER
After the installation was complete the installers left a huge mess throughout the house (saws were used indoors), in the garage (pallets and packing materials and flooring supplies were left a strew), and they removed all toilets and standalone sinks, but did not re-install them.
6. $16,000 for LVP flooring throughout a 2,229 sq/ft home, still had to pay for fixtures to be re-installed and the home to be cleaned because of how the installers left the job.
The ONLY installation company Lowe's outsources to, Keller Interiors, refused to schedule installation until the I personally went into the local Lowe's and purchased a $34 piece of stair molding that the Lowe's salesperson did not include in the original estimate or delivery. (Remember, I am an out of state home owner, I had to drive 1,000 miles, 8hrs there and 8hrs back to walk into the store and pick up a $34 piece of stair material that the salesman ghosted me on as soon as there was a problem.)
Took so long the sale of the home fell through.
Tenant interested, signed a lease to move in 7 November. On the 15th of October property manager did a walk through and advised that it appeared I only had half the required material delivered.
I called Keller and they refused to inventory the material until the date of installation.
I called the salesman at Lowe's (Craig King) who took the measurements, wrote the quote, and took my payment. He still to this day has not responded.
I called the Lowe's 1-800 number that I had by this point called many many times to t. "Oh, yeah, it looks like Craig measured upstairs and downstairs but only quoted you for upstairs, so all that was delivered is the upstairs."
Three days and many many more phone calls to people who did NOTHING but listen, sound confused, or apologetic, give me empty promises to make something happen or just tell me they were going to do what I had already tried I FINALY found a 1-800 tech who knew a person that could help.
Unfortunately, as soon as I knew the material was going to be delivered I called Keller Interiors to make sure they knew. The next day, they contacted me and said, OK we see this new installation request and the soonest we can get to it is the 11th and 12th of November... AFTER my signed lease for the 7th.
Once the installation of the upstairs started communication with Keller Interiors went to ZERO. No, "things are going great", "the installation is done", nothing.
At the end of day one (they told me it took so long to book the install because it was a big job that required two days back to back and they absolutely could not be broken up even though this was a vacant home), I got an automated text from Lowe's saying my installation had been complete. I tried to confirm with Keller Interiors if it was in fact complete to make sure they were moving on to the downstairs and not stealing back my 2nd day.
By 10:00 am the next day I had finally got a response and it was the scheduler telling me she couldn't make that call and I would need to call her manager. Why, had I not already been given the managers number on such a hot mess of an installation I have no idea. I tried calling him and it went strait to VM, so I texted. He called me back within minutes and said "Hey, the installers don't have anything going on today would you like them to knock out the downstairs?" What? Yes, absolutely yes, please for the love of all things do that.
Communication throughout the project on all fronts was terrible. I had to talk to over a dozen people to get this one job done. There is no one that owes you anything, they are all in a position to pass the buck.
This was an ABSOLUTE nightmare. I lost thousands of dollars and many nights worth of sleep all because I chose Lowe's for my flooring installation. read more