Experience with DM so far, where do we start; Salesman was out discussing price with my mother and at the blink of an eye took £4k of his initial price.How anyone can come up with a figure and take 4k off is beyond me. Certainly not the way I earn the trust of my clients, particularly when dealing with pensioners.
We then follow on to the kitchen installation which all appeared to be running quite smoothly only to find that there was leaking that was making its way out from under the plinth and causing the plinth to swell at the bottom. DM sent operatives out to fix the leak (they were there all day trying to fix the leak) there was of course other small minor snags like adhesive discolouring the vinyl and a few chips to the new veneers here and there which were also dealt with.
We then get to another leek between the new cold water inlet and the washing machine hose which appears to have caused damage to the flooring. Also appears to have made its way through in to the living room (full extent still to be confirmed as flooring will need lifted).
When the leak was identified, DM were contacted immediately. They sent the same plumber out that plumbed the washing machine into the cold water inlet the next day to fix the leak.I then asked them if they would accept liability for the damage caused to the flooring, immediately the answer was NO. When asked why; the answer we got was that they are 'not sure what caused the leak' not very definitive, however, I emailed them and asked if it was a possibility that the connection wasn't fitted correctly in the first place and through time came loose. After a couple of emails to chase up a response and a week gone by, I finally get a response which basically stated same as above. DM are not sure after 5 months what could have caused the leak.
The extent of DM help other than what's noted above to date is that 'it's an insurance claim now and we need to let them sort it out'. You can make up your own mind on DM.
Company Response
Mr Glachan,
I would like to apologise for your experience of DM Design as it was not up to our usual high levels of customer service around communication. All of our appliances come with a full manufacturers warranty and we always endeavour to leave any kitchen completely finished to a high standard.
Kind Regards
Ben