Consider your options very carefully before letting anyone from this company into your home or wallet. I am STILL having issues and unfortunately this kitchen probably won't last me these next five years.
The installation occurred between 2/17-8/5 and cost me about $10,000 for a kitchen and pantry. CTG offered me a $500 credit for the "inconveniences", which is not enough for the time and resources (of my own) that were wasted. There were so many issues to recall, but I will cover the highlights.
1. I Paid over the phone for measurements to be taken on 10/9, installer doesn't show until 2 weeks later. Called Scarborough location on 11/8 to see where the design was after being told it would only take "a few days". Bree guarantees me a design that day (pretty confident I slipped her mind). The design is the opposite of everything I asked for (white cabinets, butcher block, vent hood, farmhouse sink). I got a microwave above the stove, stone countertops, a breadbox on the counter, NO dishwasher (she removed it?), and no farmhouse sink. I Called the store and spoke with Keane, who told me Bree would reach out again.
3. Bree calls, and I also explain that the design she sent for the pantry doesn't look right. She asks me to get a tape measure and remeasure the pantry. (A service that I thought I paid for)? Then I am told that CTG does not sell the sink that I want, and I will have to order elsewhere. I am told there is only one sink that will work with this design ($1,200 sink). She confirms on the phone and I order the sink (it was the wrong sink).
4. I paid in full for the cabinetry on 11/16/21. Was told the installer didn't have time to get to me before the new year and I should get a call in January.
5. On 1/10/22 I still haven't heard anything, so I call the store. No one calls me back to schedule. Called again on 1/17, no one calls back, I called again on 1/24 and 1/31. I finally got a text from the installer on 2/1 confirming the 2/17 installation. From that text forward I received NO communication from anyone at CTG or Installed Right (the third-party installer they use).
6. Installation day is here, and I took the day off work. No one from Installed Right shows, I was stood up.
7. CTG asks if the materials are at my house (they're not). I get told they must find them. A few hours later I get a call they're at the Manchester warehouse. They would not get delivered until the week after. This was not going to work as I had demolished my kitchen and had no running water/stove, and I went down to pick them up myself (THIS HAPPENED TWICE). No one offered to help load the truck.
8. Jeff was a terribly inconsistent installer. He mentioned multiple times this was his "part time gig". He would often show up at 4/5 PM and stay into the 9:30 PM hours. He would also tell me he was coming a certain day and then would not show. This happened 3 times.
9. The last day of install I was called down at 9:47 PM to sign his paper he said verbatim "this is how I get paid; I will come back and attach the countertops and make any other adjustments you need". He would not cut the hole for my sink which is made of butcher block and claimed that it was a plumber's job to do. So, it cost me $400 to have a CARPENTER (not plumber?) cut the hole. He came back to glue the counter and left without saying anything.
10. There were so many issues with the cabinetry (falling apart, no caulking, cracks, dents, missing paint etc.) that installed right had to send another employee (Nick) on 4/5/22.
11. After many attempts to get Nick to come back and correct the issue, I finally got confirmation that he would be there 6/10/22. I waited and was STOOD UP AGAIN.
12. 7/1/22 a THIRD installer comes to the house to make minor adjustments and returns 8/5/22 to complete the job. Unfortunately, he did not replace an item that was supposed to be replaced - he instead smeared caulk around it to "blend" the crack. Also, the drawers that he "fixed" are still not closing right. read more