Home Depot contracts with Stabella Inc. to measure, cut and install your purchase granite counter tops. Our dealings with Stabella have been extremely bad because of the lack of communication, customer service and professionalism.
Everything has to be scheduled upfront based on Stabella's 2 hour arrival time to install the granite counter tops. Monday from 3:00 to 5:00 was our first scheduled window. The plumber arrived a few hours prior to the granite install to disconnect our kitchen sink, faucet, garbage disposal and dishwasher. The next day the plumber came to reconnect everything.
We called Stabella around 4:15 to see if we were still on schedule for the granite install. Remember our arrival time for Stabella was from 3:00 till 5:00. We found out that one of our granite counter tops had been dropped and broken sometime during the week. We were not notified by anyone at Stabella that a problem had occurred. We asked Stabella why we had not been contacted. The project manager at Stabella answered in a rude tone, "Lady, we've been busy trying to figure out what we're going to do to correct the problem!"
A simple phone call from Stabella when the problem occurred would have been the professional way to do business. One and a half days wasted of our time just because Stabella's lack of communication. Two trips by the plumber to disconnect and reconnect our kitchen stuff could have been avoided if Stabella had called us when the problem had occurred.
Stabella's manager indicated that the long piece of granite should be seamed. However, the Stabella's employee that did the final measurements for our granite counter tops stated that seaming the granite counter tops would not be necessary. We did not like the idea of our granite being seamed, but had no choice.
A recommendation how to fix our problem with the broken granite counter top was made by Stabella. Stabella's recommended they could cut another piece of granite from the remainder piece of granite slab to replace the broken one. Stabella's manager assured us there would be no problem cutting another piece of granite from the original slab that my wife and I had approved prior. Our next scheduled window for the granite install was the following Monday from 12:00 and 2:00.
Just like the prior granite install, everything had to be rescheduled with the plumber. My wife called Stabella around 11:00 to see if we were still on schedule for our granite install. Our Stabella's contact asked if anyone had called us about another problem had occurred with our scheduled granite install. No one had called. We found out that there had been a problem during the prior week that the original granite slap was not wide enough to cut an extra granite counter top. A new granite slab was ordered and could be installed the following Monday between 10:00 and 12:00.
Please note that Stabella knew about this current problem during the prior week. No communication from Stabella to us, or to Home Depot, that a problem existed affecting our 2nd scheduled granite install.
I called our Stabella's contact to find out why we were not contacted about this latest problem. Stabella had no answer. My wife and I did not get a chance to see the new granite slab prior to being cut. Our Stabella's contact said they would email us a photo of the new granite slab on Friday before the scheduled install on Monday. No picture was received by email from Stabella. Not surprised! Don't believe anything Stabella tells you on the phone. The plumber came the next day to reconnect all kitchen plumbing and sink.
Finally, the third time our kitchen granite counter tops were installed. Please note three weeks have passed since the initial granite install was scheduled. The plumber arrived prior to the install to disconnect the kitchen sink, and returned the next day to reconnect everything. A total of six plumber visits were required, and four of those were unnecessary because of no communication from Stabella.
My wife and I are not happy with the granite counter top seam. The seam on top is rough and very noticeable. The granite installers indicated that Stabella's warranty would not cover any scratches if any attempts to smooth the rough edges were made. No other options were given by Stabella granite installers to fix the rough edges.
Please, be very cautious using Stabella to install your granite counter tops. I would not recommend using Stabella to anyone. read more