Home Depot pitched us and sold us on a beautiful kitchen with a FIVE (5) day job with a quote of almost $23,000. What we got was a terrible job by the 1st crew of 5-6 men, that required a complete tear down by the 2nd crew of 1 man, who stated to us, "THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PLANS". This cluster of a job took up 8 days and another 5 days for the correction. A massive inconvenience that required I EMPTY out my cabinets & PUT EVERYTHING back..... TWICE.
After the 1st crew Home Depot & Acedo Builders sent was Jose Sandoval of new Vision Home Improvement Inc. License: #1119528, 323-807-1324 who managed the a crew of 5 or 6 men, left we discovered many issues:
DOORS:
-Wrong size hinges were installed causing doors to swing wide open hitting wall, hitting each other, hitting fridge.
-Several side by side doors didn't align. One specifically was visibly lower that the rest. About ¼ inch off.
-The gaps between doors were off. Narrow at the top and wider at the bottom and visa versa. Several doors were installed crooked. One door had a sharp corner edge. Looked to me like it may have been dropped.
DRAWERS:
-TWO sets of side by side drawers were hitting each other when in the open position.
HANDLES on Doors & Drawers:
-were installed crooked - Both Vertically and Horizontally. (A handle was installed where plans didn't require it - in front of the sink)
APPLIANCES:
Were left uncovered - Dust, Debris & Goop left behind after crew left.
-GOOP DROPLETS & dust - goop & dust was dropped all over top of fridge, stove top handles, microwave, and wall.
STOVE:
-knobs were NOT covered up - Now I'm experiencing issues with front right burner. - When set to LOW, after a bit it goes to HIGH on its own, starts to burn my food, and does not turn off when I turn the knob to OFF position. Turning it off now requires spinning the knob around and around until it finally turns off (have VIDs)
WASHROOM DRYER:
-Machine got pushed too far back into the wall and kinked the gas line. - Found out about the issues the next day when I tried to do laundry and what takes 20-30 min to dry was not dry after 2 hours. (have PICS)
CABINET GLASS DOORS REPLACED:
-4 doors w/ glass were changed to solid wood/material - But shelves were not installed on one of the cabinets - rendering the cabinet useless.
CABINET SHELVES/WALLS/CEILING - Dust & Debris left everywhere.
COUNTERS/APPLIANCES - Dust & Debris left everywhere.
HOLES - holes were left in frames where old hinges were removed because new holes were drilled to install NEW hinges in new location. (Now they just look tacking and unfinished with holes)
PIECE OF WOOD CUT SHORT - a 90 inch long strip of wood - at one end was cut short, about 1/4 inch too short and the gap was filled with white calking, and at the other end a extra piece of wood (like a tail) was not cut right and not even sanded down.
I was left with 4 projects.
-Repair our burner
-Paint the wall panel
-Clean all walls of dust
-Patch up or replace the chipped tyle
FOR RECORD PURPOSES I TOOK DETAILED NOTES & PHOTOS EVERYDAY DURING & AFTER BOTH CREWS LEFT OUR HOME.
The 1st crew did come back a few times to address some of our issues, but in the end it was too many to fix. I complained for weeks being we felt at least 90% of the job would need to be redone. I called and emailed many people trying to get the ear of a supervisor and finally after 1 month a supervisor Leigh Keller made time to come inspect the job. She agreed that not just 90% of the job needed to be redone, but the ENTIRE job needed to be redone. And with that a 2nd date needed to be scheduled. The 2nd crew fix everything, but we are still left with some damaged areas.
After the 2nd job was done we felt HD should compensate us for the massive fail and inconvenience they caused us. And the many emails & calls we did we receive a letter from Home Depot Headquarters in Atlanta GA, offering us a compensation of $1,000 for the "delay, disruption & frustrations" we dealt with, BUT it required us to sign a "Settlement and Release Agreement" that would require us to 'refrain from publishing, to the public or privately, thorough the internet or any other means of communication', So we chose to DECLINE signing any agreement, as I would rather not be silenced and share my story to make the public aware.
People with whom we dealt:
-Max Russo, Sales Consultant
-Joshua Rosales - Installation Specialist
-Nick Acedo Builders - Dispatches crews. Never ever heard from him directly.
-Acedo Builders sent Jose Sandoval of New Vision Home Improvement Inc., License: #1119528, 323-807-1324 who managed the 1st crew of 5 or 6 men.
-Cassie Daringer, HDIS interior coordinator - Hard to reach. Wasn't much help.
-Leigh Keller, District Installation Manager - After 1 mo came to see the bad job done.
-Paul of NICASITO BUILDERS (2nd crew of 1 man)
With that said, if you are considering using Home Depot's Kitchen Refacing services, proceed with caution.
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