Ruby gave us a price of around $1300, which included two under mount sinks. Before 6-7-19, Ruby said she would come out to take a measurement. She was delayed several hours. She could not add half and quarter inches in her head...she said she is not good with numbers(?!)
6-17, Ruby texted, telling - not asking - that they would be installing on 6-24. I texted back that day won't work. Ruby called, scheduled it for 6-19 8am.
No one showed up. I sent Ruby a text at 11:34am. An hour later she said they'd be there in 30 min. No apology. 1:30pm they arrived.
One of the installers, (from a company called Rockford Marble in Elmhurst, which is partly owned by Stone Illusionz), ran out of the house. Apparently Stone Illusionz takes a rough measurement and tells Rockford Marble to cut the slab down, and then Rockford Marble does a final measurement when it's time to do the installation, and they cut it in the front lawn, then they install.
The installer from Rockford Marble was telling me how Ruby doesn't know what she's doing, how her husband is even worse, how Ruby, "should never leave the office." He also tells me how lazy Ruby and her husband are and when they bring a sink to Rockford Marble they make an installer fetch it from their trunk.
The installer continued to tell me how Ruby measured the countertop too small, so it was cut too small, and ordered sinks that are too large. We were never told what size sink the holes were cut for, we were only told, by the subcontracted Rockford Marble, that we needed, "smaller sinks."
Then Ruby sent me a text: "...we will be installing the vanity on Monday. I will let you know the time on Saturday." The same 6-24 that I said would not work. I texted: "....Monday the 24th still does not work for us...". Instead of accepting that and finding another day, Ruby texts me twice asking me to call - trying to get me to agree to the 24th!! I felt that was unprofessional and disrespectful.
Ruby texted the installation would happen 6-26, closer to 10am. They showed at 10:40am and later I noticed the sinks were tiny.
When I asked who approved such a small sink, Ruby called and said it was Marty, our GC. I called the GC and he said he never would have approved it since it didn't go through him. So Ruby lied.
Ricky from Best Buy Carpets and Granite came to our house and confirmed 18" undermount sinks would fit. He also pointed out that none of the marbling lines matched up.
On 7-22 I asked Ruby to remind me who authorized 15" x 10" sinks. Ruby: " When my guys went the first time to install they said [my husband] was there and they showed him that besides the vanity being cut wrong the sinks are to big fir the cabinet. Then I got a text from Marty ...are the sinks too big. So I guess one of you spoke to Marty.Then I called my installers and they said yes the owner also saw and these sinks are big . That's when we went with the smaller sinks."
We *never* were given a change order in writing stating the sinks would be that small. We were *never* told, nor was our GC the measurements of the new, smaller sinks.
I texted Ruby back: "[GC] told me he never authorized smaller sinks. That you guys were working directly with us. My husband said he was never told the sinks would be only 15"...We had another company [verify] 18" sinks *will* fit in this vanity... We wouldn't have authorized [15" sink]. I would appreciate...a refund to cover the costs to go with a different company to fix this issue. When will you let me know about a refund?"
Ruby's immediate response: "I dis agree that my guys are wrong! We have been installing for past 25 years. Unfortunately, I cannot issue any refunds."
I want to also mention there were black lines on the countertop from the markings Stone Illusionz or Rockford Marble drew on it to cut the sink and to mark where the sinks would go. I have pictures of this. I have pictures of the ridiculously small sinks and how, even being careful, it was impossible to keep the water from splashing everywhere.
Best Buy Carpets and Granite showed me how Rockford Marble put deep gashes underneath and how they don't install like that. They also showed me how Rockford Marble used filler and sloppily filled a hole in underneath, and how most of the brackets weren't really secure.
Our experience with Stone Illusionz/Rockford Marble was that they are rude, unprofessional, sloppy, no attention to detail, a complete lack of customer service, oh, and they were $300 MORE than Best Buy Carpets and Granite, so they're also overpriced.
Hopefully this will help someone not to make the same mistake as I did.
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