Home Depot Kitchens Reviews

I am pursuing a refund as I consider this a breach of contract. I have contacted the contractor's board, requested a credit card refund, and submitted a complaint to the BBB. Home Depot is now attempting to bully me by sending certified letters telling me that if I do not respond to their letter within 7 days, that means I am satisfied with the installation and that I will no longer pursue a credit card refund! I am unbelievably baffled by that as I clearly am highly dissatisfied with the installation - which is really not an installation as the entire job needs to be redone start to finish - but in every correspondence I have had with them, I have expressed my dissatisfaction and request for refund. In fact, their own inspector came to my home and documented the defective workmanship and submitted this information to Home Depot.

Home Depot wants to redo the job by sending another contractor but I just want a refund so they are upset with that and want to force me into using another one of their inexperienced installers. I cannot risk letting them back into my home. My kitchen is not only nonfunctional but the installer caused damage to tile, concrete, etc. I just cannot risk having another one of their installers in my home. This experience will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the worst home improvements disasters and experiences I have ever experienced. Oh, yeah, and Home Depot makes you pay 100% upfront...Never Again.

This applies to everything: their cabinets, their installation services (even though the installer himself was amazing), their countertops, and their appliances. They screwed up every single detail of the project. They also do not respond—I spend hours on the phone or writing emails, only to receive half-hearted answers that do not address any of my questions, even though my case has been escalated multiple times. Do yourself a favor and go with someone else.

Three more weeks went by, and they came back with another backsplash that didn't match and had two seams in it. I told them it was not acceptable, and they took the piece of countertop with them. Three more weeks went by, and they sent two emails and said they were coming the next day. I took the afternoon off once again and they never showed up. My kitchen is still torn up and Home Depot is unable to match the original color, so they suggested finishing it with new tile. I picked out tile, had it measured and got an estimate. Now for an additional 2700 they said they would do the work, but they don't feel the need to compensate me or complete the job, even though they were paid in full for a completed countertop and backsplash, not to mention the 6 days I have taken off of work to wait for them. Apparently, the picture below is how Home Depot likes to remodel kitchens. Honestly, I am not sure this even deserves a one star.

Originally she said the cabinets would be available in two weeks, now she's saying 5-6 weeks. I feel this is a bit of a bait and switch because we might have selected a different vendor if that was the case. It also leaves me concerned if her dates are correct at all. Haven't completed the install yet, but wanted to share my poor experience with the design service.

Second bad experience: Upon our contractor opening the packaging, three of the four cabinets were damaged. The contractor could repair two of them but the third needed to be replaced. I called the Saginaw, MI store #2714 to ask about a replacement. I was told to bring the cabinet back to the store for a refund. I have a compact car so I don't know how this was going to be achieved. He said no, it had to be my wife or me. I had to order a replacement which cost almost $25 more than the same cabinet purchased previously. I asked to have the shipment expedited quickly because of the delay it caused to the project. Nope, nothing can be done. I has to come from the warehouse and it will take two weeks for delivery. No other options.

Third bad experience but it's related to the second: I found out that the store in Flint MI, forty miles to the south of me, has them in stock. Apparently the person I spoke to didn't think about that possibility.

So all in all, poor quality items, poor quality shipping, extremely poor customer service after the fact.

When it came time to install new flooring a week after cabinet install, our flooring person could not get stove out to put new flooring under, as the countertops were smooshing the stove in. We had to remove the cabinet between stove and frig to get stove out, we asked them to come back and trim countertop like it should have been from the start, I also mentioned again about the countertops being so uneven (seen in photos with level), I was told they are fine again, then the workers decided to yell on the phone to their manager in Spanish. Then they said we might be charged for them coming back out, I argued that I told them from the beginning, but they said it was supposed to be that tight. I have never had these kind of countertops or even countertops ever installed before and I did not know better.

Fast forward all our complaints were thrown back at me, like I did not know anything, and they did, even from Home Depot at the end. Two weeks ago, when our installer for our backsplash came to install our backsplash, he also told us that the countertops are so uneven and not measured or installed right that he will have to modify our backsplash and we will have to caulk a lot more then we should make things level. We even have large spaces between walls and countertop, so much he had trouble keeping the backsplash from not sinking down between countertop and wall.

Home Depot was good in the beginning, but then blamed us in the end and the company they sent to install these countertops was beyond unprofessional and rude. They did not care about our kitchen or home in any way and they ended up costing us more with the other work that had to be done because of their installation being so off. I am requesting a full refund at this time for our costs and a countertop that is uneven throughout which is still causing troubles. I sent pictures and details to both Home Depot and AMC after installation and was told by Home Depot that it's AMC's issue and AMC said pretty much, they didn't care. Never will I shop or spend a dime at Home Depot, I am out almost 4K with crappy countertops installation.

This made them have to come back out, which is when the real issues began. They again took me away from my work to send out two unskilled laborers to fix the issue; sawing and grinding dust and debris all over our brand new kitchen (it covered the entirety of the room and the appliances, as well as our table from my wife's recently deceased grandmother). - All of this, because Dieter insisted that the sink be moved forward, after I pleaded with him that it not be.

Essentially this can all be linked to Dieter's poor decision making... During the "fix" of the initial issue, the laborers carelessly used and left running out Alexa show all day, spewed dust all over everything, chipped our counter new marble countertop, damaged our brand new cabinets, and more. Dieter then insisted that he come out to look at the issues in person, thus taking me away from my job, once again - after I had told him that, if I were to do this again, it would need to be for a good reason. He made promises, after seeing everything that he would fix it (replace the items), and then disappeared; cutting off all contact. Insult to injury fits Dieter's decisions. Sadly he was the one who created the "injury" in the first place, only to insult afterwards.

They make promises that are never kept, they do not install anything properly the first time, they will damage and break things that you own in the process, and then take you away from your livelihood, only to turn their backs on you in the end. Absolutely the worst experience of any and all remodels I have ever done. I plan to make sure that Home Depot knows of all of these reviews and my situation. Hopefully they will do the right thing and take away their contract with them. Everything could have been fine, Dieter. Instead you refused to reply to us and leave us broken. That is the reason for this review.