In July of last year we ordered new kitchen cabinets for the home we bought in Florida. We stayed with our son for the first month or so, but since the cabinets were due to arrive in early October, we moved into the house in September and decided to rough it for a month or so. How bad could it be, right?
Cabinets arrive in mid October, great..not so great. Three cabinets short, including the corner cabinet, one end cabinet, and one for the island....ok, Lowes says they'll be in in November, in time for Thanksgiving....now mind you, we already ordered and paid for appliances and countertops by then, but that had to wait, since you can't install those things without the cabinets.
November, nope. Then December, in time for Christmas...Cabinets arrive, but two of the three are the wrong size, ordered incorrectly from the start.....So, we have Christmas with dinner prepared up the road at my son's place and I call Lowes and tell them to get the replacements on order asap.
After the New Year, I call and ask for status, and they say, "Mr. L, we can't order the new ones until we pick up the wrong ones'.... trip to store, talk to manager, expedite replacement cabinets.....they arrive in mid February...Oops, wrong size again. Check my drawings from which the designed, my dimensions are correct. So now we are expediting for the second time, and finally the correct size cabinet arrives and just a week and a half ago we finally have al the cabinets. Rush the countertop guys, get the appliances delivered, Now we wait a week to get propane company to hooked up the stove and check out the newly installed line..
Long story short, for the first time, I am getting a real home cooked, oven cooked meal in the home, which I have owned since June.
Thank you for listening,
Cabinets arrive in mid October, great..not so great. Three cabinets short, including the corner cabinet, one end cabinet, and one for the island....ok, Lowes says they'll be in in November, in time for Thanksgiving....now mind you, we already ordered and paid for appliances and countertops by then, but that had to wait, since you can't install those things without the cabinets.
November, nope. Then December, in time for Christmas...Cabinets arrive, but two of the three are the wrong size, ordered incorrectly from the start.....So, we have Christmas with dinner prepared up the road at my son's place and I call Lowes and tell them to get the replacements on order asap.
After the New Year, I call and ask for status, and they say, "Mr. L, we can't order the new ones until we pick up the wrong ones'.... trip to store, talk to manager, expedite replacement cabinets.....they arrive in mid February...Oops, wrong size again. Check my drawings from which the designed, my dimensions are correct. So now we are expediting for the second time, and finally the correct size cabinet arrives and just a week and a half ago we finally have al the cabinets. Rush the countertop guys, get the appliances delivered, Now we wait a week to get propane company to hooked up the stove and check out the newly installed line..
Long story short, for the first time, I am getting a real home cooked, oven cooked meal in the home, which I have owned since June.
Thank you for listening,
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