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I need some help finding parquet wood flooring to match the floor in the rest of my apartment. The flooring in my dining room was removed for construction (contractor claimed he couldn’t save it). The individual wood slats measure 1.5″ x 18″ and are made of either white or red oak. I would need approximately 250 sq/ft of flooring. The building is from the 1920′s so the wood is from that era. My budget is roughly $5/square foot. Taking into account these limitations, does anyone know of any possible sources or have tips where I can obtain, new or used, either the same flooring or something that is a close approximation? I’m not looking for an installer, only for the flooring materials. I do not own the apartment, however my landlord had to do construction and now he’s getting ready to replace the floor. Unless I can find flooring, he is just going to use straight boards, no parquet. The dining room opens out via double french doors to a large foyer and through double french doors into a large living room a grand sweep of space all with the same parquet flooring. I want to keep the same general feel to the floor. My landlord is willing to install the parquet if I can locate some for a reasonable price, within a week or two.

Ideas?

Thanks a bunch!