Response from Lifestyle Group Residential Remodeling
We are very disappointed that we lost the opportunity to work on this project with this client. If you read through the various replies we post to the very small number of negative reviews we have received over the years (since most reports are very positive), one thing you will find is that we are one of the very few companies who will admit to making mistakes and take responsibility when we are in the wrong. In this case, we will share in some of the responsibility, but we would like to explain the entirety of the process that took place with this member so there is context to what happened. First of all, the client initiated the conversation about a master bathroom remodel by calling us on January 21st. For clarification, the member review date of our company was very recently submitted on May 3rd... so we are now more than 3 months removed from the first call from the client. During that first call, the client set up a meeting that worked in their schedule for late February, which they later called and pushed back further to meet in the second week of March. Then, we were scheduled to meet for the second visit at our office to review the design in mid-March, but this meeting was moved to the very end of March. So, it was on March 29th that the client reviewed the design and pricing for the first time. At that meeting, which went well and we believe a positive rapport was built... the client asked for a few significant design changes. No problem on our end as we made the changes and sent them back to the email we had for the husband as originally discussed. At the end of April, the wife called and asked about the status of the design changes. We communicated that we previously sent them to the husband's email address (which we confirmed was accurate). She said they did not receive them, so we re-sent to her the design revisions at a new email address she provided within minutes of the phone conversation. At this point, we also resent them to the original email address we were given for the husband. Not much time passed and the wife had reviewed the revisions and contacted us saying we could go ahead with the price revisions as the new designs looked good. This is where we will take responsibility for the pricing turnaround time. Please keep in mind this process had been very slow with absolutely no urgency on the part of the member and every contact overwhelming cordial each step of the way. At this point, something changed in terms of urgency because we did not get the price revisions back quickly enough for their liking. From the time we received the phone call from the wife late on a Wednesday... we had the price revisions emailed to them and in their hands less than 48 hours after that phone call... but it apparently did not meet their turnaround expectations. For that, we sincerely apologize. As I indicated to the member when I tried to apologize and salvage the relationship both by phone and email, if I had known this project had reached that level of urgency on their end, I would have stayed up all night to get the price changes done right after we made the design revisions. I simply had no idea their timeline had changed. So, we hope that future members will understand the message we conveyed to this member... we are a very good company with very strong performance for Angie's List members for over 14 years. This reputation was not built by accident or luck. We have worked very, very hard. Are we perfect? Absolutely not. But, if we make a mistake, we will admit to it. And, we are admitting to it here. We are really nice people who want to do a good job for everyone. We simply ask that all potential clients effectively communicate wishes or expectations to us as we will bend over backwards to try to make you happy... we just aren't great mind readers all of the time! And, if we cannot meet your requests, we will be very honest and politely tell you. Again, we are very sad to have lost this relationship and this project. We hope they will accept our apology.