I am extremely disappointed with the…
I am extremely disappointed with the quality of my new very expensive oak shutters. There are several issues I noticed after installation and sent an email with many photos.
In my opinion the quality was far inferior to the sample I held when the salesman visited. The quality of "Oak" is very poor. Certainly not English Oak by far . In some areas the blinds are rough to the touch and sparse in paint . There is an area of indentations on the framework which one of the fitters pointed out not realising I could hear him.
There are also a line of indentations /marks all the way across one of the blades .There is a notch on the vertical section in the centre .There is a very generous allowance to accommodate when fitting so I have a 8-9mm mm gap at the sides where you can see the screws from outside :(
The framework does not align in one of the corners.
Needless to say I was very upset after my inspection when the fitters left .
A phone call was made on the day of fitting regarding the indentations ( before seeing all the other issues)
I offered to fill these myself and so was promised some paint but no sign of any paint yet over one month later .
I sent an email and received a reply from Amy seemingly very surprised at my disappointment stating that they have never had such complaints .
she offered to send the fitters back but I do not know how they can fix these issues . For the second time she offered to send the paint out to me first class but failed to do so ! I found the fitters to be unprofessional .They had no stepladder and were using a tool box to reach the top of the shutter .I offered them a SL but they declined .They left off the covers caps on some of the frames and left a mess on the window cill .
Each shutter cost approx £800 so a total of £2,400 for the 3 . For this price I expected much better quality.
There is questionable quality control, if is exists !
I can assure you I am very relieved we only had 3 shutters made and will be using another company for the other 15 windows by another local company we have used before .







