October 18, 2009

Flooring Recommendation

I just has a good experience with a wood flooring contractor that I would like to share. I used Brownstoner to search for contractor recommendations and came up with a short list of four names, one of which was listed as Carlos Flooring. I subsequently discovered they have a website at
http://www.intiinteriorfinish.com/about-us.php.

Our second floor landing was covered with a carpet that had been there since we moved in 12 years ago (yeah, we're frugal!). Underneath the carpet was a board subfloor that was too rough to refinish. We wanted to make the floor match that of our 3rd floor hallway which is 8" x 8" oak parquet with a mahogany border. All the contractors except Carlos had a problem with the 8" x 8" size, saying it was non-standard in this day and age and quoting for 12" x 12" squares with a HUGE add alternate for 8" squares. Carlos came in with a 8" price that was below the base quote of any of the other bidders, custom-made the preferred-size squares and did a great job. With my wife and I both working, they were left in the house unsupervised and each day when we came home everything was tidied up and clean. The only minor niggle I had with what was overall a very positive experience was that they didn't get back to me as quickly as I would have liked when I had questions. I highly recommend them. Oh, they also sanded and refinished our dining room floor, doing a great job on that too.

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Categories: Floors

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