American Kitchen closes, leaves customers in NC with unfinished kitchens

BURLINGTON, N.C. A Burlington kitchen remodeling company closed its doors, leaving several customers with unfinished work.

FOX8 started investigating American Kitchen after getting calls from contractors who say they are owed thousands of dollars for work completed months ago.

Reporter Carter Coyle also spoke with at least eight customers of American Kitchen who all say their kitchens are incomplete despite paying for the remodeling work months ago.

Many customers were distraught to learn the company laid off its employees last week and locked the doors to the office on Tucker Street in Burlington. Work vans were parked in the back of the building. Paperwork was still stacked up inside. No one was at the facility Tuesday.

FOX8 also attempted to reach the companys president, Tyler Sheets, through phone and email, but no one returned our calls.

Sheila and Lewis Clark of Greensboro have been dealing with the company since September of 2013.

Their contracts with American Kitchen show more than $32,000 worth of initial costs. They paid thousands more for flooring and other upgrades and estimate theyve spent about $41,000 total.

The kitchen is still in shambles.

I have no electricity in the kitchen at all. We have no water; the appliances are brand new we bought a year ago. The [appliances'] warranty runs out next week and theyre still sitting in my living room, Sheila explained.

The Clarks used their retirement money to redo their kitchen and financed part of the project through GreenSky, a financing company American Kitchen set them up with. They are still paying $600 a month but say no one has worked on the project for months.

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American Kitchen closes, leaves customers in NC with unfinished kitchens