HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Can not say enough good things about AA Granite. I've been trying to get granite in my Kitchen since March, have been given the run-around by more than a half-dozen places, been without a sink/water for the last 6 weeks (fiasco company), and have seen and heard every excuse and BS answer known to man.
Here is the SHORT STORY.....
1) AA Granite which actually has granite on site, no fancy showroom but a real shop with real working professionals.
2) Paul. Make sure to request him to measure your job. He's been doing this for 20+ years and is absolutely fantastic, precise, and accurate.
3) Armando. Request he do your install. He has been doing this 20+ years and is an absolute perfectionist!!!
4) Pricing. Face it Granite and Fabrication is not cheap but the Owner cut me a deal that was less than the "previous fiasco company" and quite a bit less than Home Depot!!
Here is the LONG STORY.....
Been thru it all ..... the no-shows, Companies who said "your kitchen is too small, not worth my time", Reps who are clueless to the product they are supposedly selling, measure and cut people who just started yesterday or maximum 6 months ago, companies that have 100s of 4"x4" or 12"x12" samples in their showroom but maybe only 10 slabs in their back room, football size warehouses that they don't want to pull the granite in order to view the entire slab, and people who couldn't take an accurate measurement if their life depended on it. Been thru it all!!
THEN FOUND AA GRANITE which actually has granite on site, no fancy showroom but a real shop with real working professionals.
The most important point I learned between March and December is that there must be someone who knows how to take correct measurements. If they are wrong then it will all be wrong!!!
MEASUREMENTS. And AA Granite has the best! Paul. He's been doing this for 20+ years and is absolutely fantastic, precise, and accurate. Make sure to request him to measure your job. He was also very helpful in suggestions and what will and won't work or what would work better and why. I told him "here is what I want" and a couple of points he explained why or how an edge or a cut would work better. Always my decision but I was thankful for his suggestions as it's extremely hard for me to conceptualize how everything will meet together and the final finish.
INSTALLATION. Again AA Granite has the best! I hadn't slept the night before because of the previous company's fiasco (which is why I was without a kitchen for 6 weeks!) but install went perfectly!! Armando and Gustavo did my install. No slight meant to Gusavto but Armando has been doing this 20+ years and is an absolute perfectionist!!! They showed up on time and worked from about 9am to just after 5pm. Armando made multiple small and intricate cuts to ensure a perfect fit. He took his time to make cut and fit exactly right. Not "almost". Not "close enough".
They also went above and beyond their scope of work. I had 3 outlets that I had bought extenders with longer screws and Gustavo had explained they don't get into electrical work. Which was fine, I understood that. But towards the end of the install I looked and found Gustavo had attached my 3 outlets!!! And they completely cleaned up!! It's those little things that are the difference between "chocolate chip cookies" and "chocolate chunk cookies" (excuse my poor analogy!).
AA Granite also has a location in Lewisville that I am going to check out after the Holidays. That location carries a lot of smaller end or left-over pieces and I want AA Granite to come back to put new granite on my master bath vanity. Until then I'm just going to enjoy having a working kitchen with granite counters!!!