I've been resisting the urge to rant and rave about our home improvement projects thus far but I can't today. We decided to get a few things done here so that the sale would come more easily and we decided to go with Home Depot thinking that it would be one-stop-shopping and therefore easier on us to manage.
Wow were we wrong. I don't know if any of you have used Depot's design "Services" but I am going on the record with an emphatic "DON'T DO IT!"
Today, with 5 days to go here before all that we own is loaded onto a truck, Depot strikes one final & devastating blow. The laminate flooring we've been waiting for in the entryway CANNOT be installed (without significant cost and time). Yup. That flooring that Kevin had to go to 2 different locations to collect for the job in at a frantic pace on Tuesday night. That flooring. They assured us it could be done. They sent out their measuring crew. They made a special visit to check on things. They failed to recognize the humps in the floor that pretty much limit us to carpet (The installer mentioned it in the first 5 seconds he was in the door!). Had we known that, let's see, 3 weeks ago when we racked-up $8,000 on a HD card we may have done it a little differently.
So, I had to get it out of my system and I am trying so hard to keep focused on packing and moving. I'm really trying, but I must advise anyone that I care about not to make this same mistake. Perhaps if time and money are not an issue, then Depot might be the right choice for you. In the case that you do have too much money and/or time, please let the rest of us know. We can offer you options for disposing of that surplus in your budgets.
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