My kitchen was a "one thing leads to another" project that started out with it being quite old and my discovering that today's modern appliances just don't fit correctly into it as it was designed and built about 1966. I had several estimates from contractors who were very eager to help me out, but their prices were ridiculous. One wanted to pull my wall oven out, and put a laminate shelf there, and destroy the cabinets under my cooktop so I could buy a regular range and install it. All for a mere $15,000.00. My thought, "Heck, I have a sledge hammer and some nails, I can go to Home Depot, buy a piece of wood and have an a great time all by myself and save myself about $14950.00!"
I was getting really tired of all those games because that's what I felt I was doing, engaging in dumb games. So, I saw an ad on Facebook for this company offering a special and figured, "Oh well, why not give them a call and see what they offer?" Pure professionalism is what they offered.
Their representative, Sina called me, and listened to my concerns and was very warm and hospitable. We arranged an appointment time, and he showed up on time with many samples of floors, cabinet doors and photographs of the company's projects. I told him I wasn't looking to spend my daughter's inheritance on making my kitchen workable, but I definitely didn't want builder's grade, or the quality of one of those stores where you buy everything in flat boxes, bring it home, put it together yourself and hope you don't end up with extra pieces, or hope that all the pieces are there to put your cabinets together so they don't collapse on you within the first month.
Everything I was shown was real wood, and it was solid, no pressboard, no engineered wood, no plastic laminate junk. All the doors are soft close, and the drawers are as well. The quality is top notch.
I also advised Sina that my floors needed to be redone, and I wanted my estimate to include new floors as well. He began by asking me about WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR in my proposed flooring. I found that a pleasant surprise, because many of the companies I found started out with the highest priced floors, regardless if they met what I was looking for, or not. I told him my basic needs. It can't be ceramic - I'm clumsy and drop things all the time, and I don't want broken tiles the first time I drop a can of tomatoes. I live my life hard, use my kitchen a lot and volunteer with dog rescue, so my floor has to be able to survive muddy paws and crazy dogs running full speed through the house and kitchen without being destroyed. My house designer decided to put my washer and dryer in the kitchen, so my floor has to be able to withstand the occasional washing machine flood, and withstand the weight and heat of my dryer. Lastly, having suffered a disabling accident, I need some reasonable assurance that I won't slip and fall on it, if it gets a little wet. Nothing is guaranteed, but I need to be reasonably assured the kitchen and dining room won't turn into a big ice skating rink. And I was hoping for a hardwood type of floor. Sina suggested I look at Mohawk flooring, as they have a simulated hardwood floor, it's made of vinyl, and is 100% waterproof. I ran my hand over the surface and it felt like real wood so went with that. If you saw it, you'd think it was actually wood.
Sina added up what we sampled together, and computed the promotional pricing, and the total for everything was much less expensive, and much higher quality than the previous 4-5 estimates I had previously received. Sina found me financing for the project which had a lower interest rate than my credit union offered, so all things were a go.
I went to their showroom to finalize my choices one Sunday and of course, while Sina completed a call with a customer, I browsed around, and saw items I liked better and asked Sina about what the price if I chose this over that, etc. I kept the original floor that I chose.
The work was done quickly and cleanly. The demolition team showed up on time, and we had the surprise of finding black mold on the wall behind the dishwasher. A special team came and took care of the mold, removed the drywall, ensured there was no further damage or mold, treated the walls, and installed the proper drywall, all without throwing off the work schedule. Throughout this all, Sina kept in contact with me, ensuring that each step was completed to my satisfaction, and troubleshooting the very few snags we had along the way.
I am so pleased with the results of this project. I customized my backsplash a bit, as I'm Native American and wanted to include some arrowheads and fetish animals in there and I couldn't be happier. I've had several guests come into the kitchen, and they all marvel at how beautiful it came out. I have a friend who wants to redo his kitchen and he'll be using Sina and his team.
I will refer Sina to my family and friends for their home improvement projects. read more