Fun with Kinetic Kitchen and Bath, a cautionary tale. I wanted to install a very basic desk area in the end of my great room. Could I do it myself? Probably. Would it look it? Definitely. Tried to find a carpenter to take it on, without luck. Kinetic had done my bathroom really well a few years ago, so I stopped in on May 8 to see if they would do it. Signed off on the design May 12, half down. About 13x9 feet, three filing cabinets, 5 foot closed cupboard, two shelves, and L shaped vinyl countertop. $9487.48. Seemed expensive, but you pay for quality. Given a mid July installation date. I called the end of July, our materials would be in August 11, installation within a day or two. I called the end of August. Cabinets would be delivered September 6, installed on the 7th. Hmm. Delivery on Labor day? Maybe they are making up for lost time. Phone call the next day, haha, we don’t deliver on Labor day, but they will be there at 7:30 Tuesday morning. 8:00 Tuesday morning I called to find out where they were. Oh, haha, nobody emptied the truck on Friday evening, so we had to do that before loading your materials. Should be there by 8:15. 8:30 delivery begins, no installer in sight. Delivery guy wants a check for the rest of the money. Not until its installed, sorry. Puts me on the phone with someone in the office who wants to argue with me. Fine. Come here with a refund for what I’ve already paid, take your materials and leave. 9:15 the “carpenter” shows up. I wrote a check for half of what I still owed. This kid had lots of expensive tools. Skills, not so much. Pulled up the baseboard molding to cut for cabinet install. Cut it one inch too big, put the molding back but didn’t tack it into place, Shelves ended a half inch from the wall they were supposed to butt into, and went from flush to half an inch out on the wall they were attached to. Next up, counter layout. September 9. Can’t install, until he has room for overhang on the end next to the cabinet. September 17. New carpenter, this time with skills, gets everything ready for counter installation. September 27. Counter installation by Shell. Real pros, outstanding job. October 14, finish carpenter comes to fix what he can. Does it look ok? Yeah. But I went to a cabinet installer expecting cabinet maker quality. Were the material delays their fault? No. Was the attitude from the office and not keeping me informed of progress? Yes. Moral of the story: Just because you are a repeat customer, don’t expect a repeat performance.
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