Affordable Kitchens in Vancouver, WA

Reviews about Affordable Kitchens

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  September 13, 2019, by Jan Schnabel
  Let me start by saying, I wouldn't have even given them one star, but it won't let you write a review if you don't highlight at least one star. And while I would love to leave a book of comments highlighting the nightmare I endured with these people over the last six months, I don't have that kind of time. So let me just say...if you are contemplating using Affordable Kitchens, run...don't walk to the nearest exit. (And in the interest of protecting the innocent (not the owner), I am leaving out the names.) When I first met with them to look at the job, the owner told me I would be working with one other builder/installer and himself, but that the other guy was the master craftsman of the two, and he was clearly right. Sadly, when the owner couldn't make payroll, the other guy had to go, which I wasn't even told. After weeks of asking where he was, but not getting an answer, the other guy finally called and told me. Unfortunately, I didn't see any of that coming, nor was I aware of the number of other clients that were suffering the same fate. The other guy had completed about half of my cabinets before he finally had to quit several weeks after the owner promised to make up the back payroll he had already been working without for several weeks. The result...half of my cabinets look great, the other half I will have to have fixed. Among other things, the angles are off and the glaze looks terrible. I had to text and e-mail him multiples times just to find out if he was going to show up that day, most of which went unanswered. When he did show up, it was for an hour or two before sneaking out the back...I never knew when he had left, and I work from home! Toward the end (which couldn't come soon enough) I had to beg him to supply the crown molding that was absolutely included in the quote, but that didn't stop him from trying to wiggle out of it. In the end, he did bring it, but refused to install it. Now I know why...HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW! And if all of that wasn't bad enough, after already paying him twice what the work was worth, I had to pay the balance of what he owed the fabricator to keep them from putting a lien on my house, because...wait for it...he didn't pay them with the money I had given him to do so! Seriously...build them yourself if you have to, but do not go to Affordable Kitchens. You will find out, as I have, that they are everything but affordable. As the other two reviews covered as well, they are flaky, unreliable, untrustworthy, and worst of all, will leave you looking with the time consuming and expensive task of finding someone else to come fix the mess they made! Looking through old reviews, it may have been a good company at one time, but trust me when I tell you, that time has absolutely, and "unaffordably" come and gone for Affordable Kitchens.
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  May 13, 2019, by rlatter3750
  I give these folks one star only because I can't go lower. This is one of the absolute worst experiences I have ever had with a company. Their work, though they claim to be custom, was anything but custom. The owner, Jim, claimed to have 20 years of experience installing tile. He took less than 8 hours to do 28 square feet of tile back-splash, and the completed job looked as though someone who had never tiled before did it. When called out on his sub-standard work he left mad, refused to stand by his work, and refused to return email messages. The drawers his company constructed were garbage. No tongue and groove, and the bottoms were stapled on. Within a week I had the bottoms of three drawers come off. The drawers, when finished and installed, were crooked. The refacing material started to peel back within 10 days. Save yourself the frustration and find someone else to do your remodel. Jim's work in my house showed that he has no attention to detail, no real custom skills, and absolutely no pride in his finished product or willingness to stand behind it.