A broken and leaky component of my kitchen faucet on New Year's Day, which flooded out the cabinet below it, led to a "screw it, let's just redo the kitchen" moment that stuck. So after the stores opened back up post-holiday, we found ourselves shopping not only for a new faucet, but new countertops, as well. Oh, and a new sink because the one we had was the most worthless, horribly designed piece of.....well, that's a story for a different day.
After checking out a few places in town (for granite), we landed here and they had the color pattern we really liked. Very helpful, friendly and accommodating staff here. They busted a chunk of the granite we liked off so we could take it home and see what it looked like. We went with it and scheduled an install date. We also decided on paying them to do the demo as I was still irate at finding out my sink, faucet and cabinets were all installed incorrectly. Again, a story for a different day. I'm sure I would have ended up with a bunch of holes in the wall if I didn't put the hammer down. Plus, going without a kitchen sink for three weeks really sucks.
The install crew consisted of three very polite and professional guys. They wisely opted to cut the sink hole on-site, as opposed to at the shop, to ensure they had the measurements correct even though their estimator (also a very nice guy) measured it when he came out about a week and a half prior. This created a ton of dust, but they did everything they could do to abate it. One of the seams blew out on install, which happens with granite if the shiny, flaky portions of the rock are on the seam edges. They did their best to repair it that day, but ended up having their master blown out seam repair guy come out the next day. He's good. You can't even tell now.
We are super happy with every aspect of our countertop journey with this place. They charged per square foot, as opposed to per slab, so they were a lot cheaper even with paying for the demolition. They made sure we were happy with everything before we wrote them the final check (you pay half up front). They were also able to get our slabs cut and installed about a week sooner than the other places we went to. We'll use them for any future countertop endeavors we may have. Now I get to spackle, paint and install backsplash. Yaay. read more