We moved into a new home and with a new home comes the need to provide window coverings. The builder offered blinds at a price of $3,500 and that just seemed high. We had to order blinds for our rental house in addition to the new house. I called Home Depot to provide blinds for the rental and one thing that really ticked me off about HD is that they charge a $50 non-refundable fee just to measure. This should have been a red flag. When my wife mentioned Vineyard to me I decided it wouldn’t hurt to give them a chance. Our neighbors in the new neighborhood paid Home Depot $1600 to put blinds in a smaller house and as I can see, they didn’t put blinds everywhere. Randy from Vineyard came out. He removed his shoes when he came to the door which to me is a polite gesture. He came in, measured the windows, and gave us a quote. No pressure. The price he quoted us for 30 windows was about the same price Home Depot charged our neighbors for a smaller home and fewer windows. I was happy! The subject of my other house came up and Randy said if I could back out of the deal he would give me a great price. So I happily called Home Depot and canceled the order. Unfortunately, my $50 was not refunded. (Shame on you Home Depot. I will be Yelping you one star). Anyway, Randy went out of his way to come measure my other house on a Saturday. He was able to save me $400 at the other house and took off another $150 for doing two houses. The rental house was a little more expensive because there are a few very large windows. But all in all, both houses cost me less than the $3,500 the builder was charging me and certainly less than what Home Depot would have charged. I think Randy could have given me a deeper discount but opted not to. Either way, I think he gave us a heck of a deal. I would recommend Vineyard to anyone looking for nice window coverings.
Gary D.
Escondido, CA