We met with Carole, the owner, in spring of 2012. She was friendly and responsive but it seemed to be taking forever to nail down all of the details of our large project (new house). We were emailed multi-page PDFs with confusing abbreviations and specs so we really needed to spend time face to face to figure it all out. We met with Carole a few more times over the next 2 or 3 months and the changes were very slight but everything was eventually fine-tuned and the trigger was pulled late summer 2012 with a delivery date of 6 to 8 weeks.
As we neared the 6 week point, I called Murray Windows to find out what their anticipated delivery date would be and learned that it was another 6 to 8 weeks out (in other words, they'd forgotten to place the order). The rest of the house build was at a complete standstill while we waited for the doors and windows so the house sat motionless for the next month and a half until everything eventually arrived in mid October.
It was a very large order -- about $65,000 worth of doors and windows. With an order this size, you'd expect at least one glitch so I'm not penalizing them for the errors. Instead, I'm reviewing them based on HOW THEY HANDLED the errors.
We had a window that was supposed to be white but it was brown. I wrote Carole about this on October 15th 2012 and even though I texted and called and emailed many times over the next 5 months, it wasn't fixed until sometime in March of 2013 (painted, not replaced). This was after the house siding on was on and the drywall and bullnose inside the house was installed. It was a simple problem if they'd fixed it in 2012 but a BIG problem after they ignored us for nearly 5 months! Completely unacceptable!
There were other little issues (broken screen latches, screens set up backwards - twice, etc) but the biggest complaint I have about Murray Window is that their customer service seemed to drop from 100% to 5% the minute they had our money. It's hard not to take it personally when that happens.
The final straw came in summer of 2013 when the hardware and screens were finally delivered. We'd incorrectly ordered (yep, our fault) white hardware for our daughter's bedroom because we thought the windows would be painted white but over the course of the 15 month build, we changed our mind and decided to stain the windows so brown hardware made more sense. Theoretically, this shouldn't be a problem since the standard white hardware also comes in standard brown (same price). I called Murray window to see if we could swap out the hardware and my request was met with utter contempt from Lisa (there are two working there and only one owns the flying monkeys). She seemed personally insulted that I'd ask for an even-steven swap of the hardware and ended our phone conversation so abruptly and rudely that my heart was about to pound out of my chest. I immediately called another Eagle window dealer and was told that they were more than happy to trade my unopened white hardware for any of their brown hardware and would gladly order any additional sets at no cost. Phew! So THAT'S what good customer service feels like!!
I wrote Carole and told her that we were saddened that our business relationship started so stellar and ended with us feeling completely abused and she wrote back with a response that feigned sympathy while not quite admitting any responsibility at all for our bad experiences.
We worked with many contractors during our new home build and most were favorable but this one was the most disappointing. I can't favorably endorse this company at all. read more