Oldja Enterprises

Approximately 8 years ago we used Oldja to replace our counters with granite. The day they arrived with the new counters, I stayed in back of the house in my studio. I kept hearing what sounded like the cutting of the stone, but because I never experienced this before, and wasn’t told what to expect, I ignored it. After awhile I finally walked towards the kitchen and saw a plume of dust in the air. I saw two workers holding up the end of the large bar piece, while the other working was cutting it to fit. Apparently most of what they brought was not cut right. Instead of cutting it outside, they cut all of it in our home. I only wish I knew better at the time to stop it right away. Our house and all rooms were covered in granite dust. They also forgot a small section of the counter and had to come back a few days later. We spent all night cleaning the entire house. Unfortunately I did not review them at the time. It is unfair to review them all these years later but because we now have a brand new experience with this company, I thought it would be a good time to mention this.
We have a new condo that underwent major renovations. We used a contractor and to our dismay he uses Oldja. We didn’t know this until Johnny Oldja came to meet with us regarding the new cabinets and counters. We didn’t know who he was until he handed us his card before he left. I then told him of our experience 8 years ago and he assured us that wouldn’t happen again. The only piece that has to be cut in the home is the hole for the faucet. The cabinets took an additional 4 weeks then what we were told, but that was ok since the other work, to get ready for the cabinets, was running behind. The day the cabinets came was the same day the worker came to make a template for our quartz counters. We made sure he knew that the size of the one large section of the bar was to be 19 inches, not 17 which was the previous counter. We also told Johnny this when we first met with him. I will say they were fast in getting the counters in. However, the counter was cut at 16 1/4! Even smaller than the original counter. To make matters worse, at the end of the bar it was cut short. See picture attached. They also had to piece meal a small section ( 18 inches of counter between the fridg and range) together because it came a couple of inches short. So we now had a seam on an small 18” counter where there shouldn’t be one. On the 16 1/4 counter there was a seam as well because that was cut wrong. So the 16 1/4 bar counter was cut wrong in length, width and debt and apparently piece mealed together because of the seam. It was as if two of the three stooges measured, came, and put in the counters. We couldn’t believe they left it that way when done, and thinking it would be ok. Just look at that picture! When they showed up with the new replacement 19” bar counter, it was 18 1/4” not 19”. Unbelievable! At that point we just wanted to be done with it all, so we settled for a smaller counter.
When I sent Johnny an email expressing how unhappy we were he said, quote “I’m sorry you are unhappy, I actually agreed to replace your countertop free of charge to make things right”. Really, so we should be grateful? As the owner he should have been a bit more diplomatic and professional and simply apologized for the work that was shabbily done.
He also wanted to remind me that he didn’t charge us to install the hardware on the cabinets even though that was part of the contractors price. We did not have the hardware the day the cabinets came, but had it available the day the counters came, and they installed it at that time. Apparently Johnny wants to charge you if his counter people do something that his cabinet people should have done, even though they are all Oldja employees, not private contractors.
I would imagine if this type of thing happens often, they wouldn’t still be in business. Maybe we are just unlucky? I would still not recommend this company for ANY service.