"Nancy Young" wrote in message
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"mm" wrote

I've never done this, but are these 100 dollar estimates in writing,
with a drawing, showing what size cabinets are used?

Exactly what I have been thinking. The original question concerned
paying Home Depot to send someone to your house to measure. I
don't even know if they tell you how much the job will be. Sounds
like they are measuring and doing a CAD layout for you. What's to
stop you from taking that to some other supplier of cabinets? Nothing.

I think that the bidding to do the job should be separated from the
purchase of the cabinets in this discussion. No where has anyone said
that Home Depot is going to do the job, just measuring to order the
cabinets.

So you pay for one, and you get one, and then you take the drawing to
the other guys, and get an estimate from them for the same size, type,
etc, cabinets. They don't have to come to your house, they don't have
to measure. How much, if anything, do they charge for that?

Exactly.

**Although maybe not if the customer a release that he measured and
he's accurate, and will pay extra expenses. Surely if I'm just
replacing the cabinets I have with identically sized cabinets, I can
measure the size myself. Rico, would you trust me to do that, if I
signed a release too?

I brought in my kitchen measurements to the store (Channel Lumber). The
guy put the specifics into the computer and laid things out as I asked.
After we hammered out a few changes, he ordered the cabinets.
I don't think they would have been responsible if I messed up, and
believe me, it was an adventure due to a couple of unforseen things.

nancy



My husband just reminded me we had to pay home depot $100 to measure for
laminate flooring we were going to do. They sent out some one with a tape
measure and a scratch pad (no cad drawing) The resulting number of square
feet was off by 150. I remeasured and a future contractor measured to
confirm. The number of square feet was just recorded in the order
department. We did not receive a materials list or anything professional.
As for the kitchen design we took our own measurements in and they were used
to give us a free cabinet layout.

That's the basis of why I would not pay $100 for someone to measure or write
up a proposal. It's part of the cost of doing business as a contractor in
hopes of getting the job.