Mathew Morren
3 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to see my review.
If you're the type who wants to simply know if you should or not... price was half off other quotes but service was so bad I couldn't recommend it to you.
If you're the the type who wants details than please follow me down below.
I contacted Sun Devil Shutters on the first week of January. Recently purchased a home and wanted something nice. I had already received 3 other quotes going from $9,000 to $12,000+. I met a middle aged man named Doug, he seemed like a really nice guy and unlike some of the others who came before him he actually measured every window to be safe. We told him what we were looking for so he pulled out a calculator figured the price to be $6400+ for 22-24 windows. Before I could say anything he asked if I wanted to pay taxes, which I responded lowest possible price is always appreciated. He than rounded down the purchase to $6,000 even for real wood shutters. At this point I'm talking it over with my significant other and before I could say yes he also threw in plastic blinds until the shutters were installed. We agreed on $6,000 for all windows except the bathrooms.
After I had signed he told me he would need a piece of my cabinets to match the color and when he came back for that he would bring the plastic blinds. No problem, we asked our builders for something and a few days later Doug came with enough window coverings to get two windows....keep in mind he originally offered full house but we thought for the price we couldn't complain.
Month goes by and we were excited about our shutters so we told a family friend who also just purchased a home that they should look into Sun Devil Shutters like we did. That's when our opinion of them got a little more worried. We texted and called Doug who responded as if we were annoying him in which we thought we were helping. He told us to just call the office. Okay no big deal, he must not be commission based. We called left a voice mail for the office and waited for our shutters.
Install day we get two very nice but very young, potentially under the age of 18 young, hispanic workers come to our home who do a install that leaves to be desired. There were small scratches and dings in the wood but also the paint seemed wet still though also very dirty. We waited for them to leave and even after them cleaning the shutters, once we had asked, we still noticed very dirty shutters. The worst part though is there was three shutters missing. When we brought this up to the installers they told us they would tell the office and they would call us to take care of it. They apologized and assured me they would most likely give a discount for the inconvenience. We still feel like we got a deal at this point and said we aren't looking for that just to make it right and we look forward to that call. Its almost 5pm now and still no call so we call. Inform them of the issues and they assure us they will make it right.
A week or so goes by and we get a phone call saying the guys will be out there to install the missing three shutters and the balance is $127. We informed them we have already paid and they said that unfortunately no Doug didn't right on the paper those three shutters and they will only honor the paper. We of course disagree to which they inform us that we are not just going to get free shutters sir! *Rude Tone* I explain if I paid $6,000 how in the world is it free? They stick to their guns and tell us to take it or leave it. Well we already had 20+ windows with these shutters so not a whole lot of choice so we say fine. They tell us two weeks which they will put a rush order on.
RAN OUT OF CHARACTERS SO TO WRAP UP: They came with broken ones, left them there, came two weeks later to pick them up to start working on them. All the while we are getting one excuse over another and us explaining the charge should be voided. At the end of April, finally installed new ones and gave us a $27 discount for the inconvenience. That's less than 0.005% Off. Simply they will tell you anything to sell you. ANYTHING!