Mattie's Hardwood Floors

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John and his crew did a superb job from start to finish. We scheduled the work several weeks in advance and everything was done exactly as discussed, on time and on budget. The new floor is absolutely gorgeous. My only problem with the project is that now I want new floors throughout the house! Pls note:  I did not get competitive bids for this work, so I did not give Mattie's a grade on price. However, the price seemed entirely reasonable to me.

I had a unique problem with my floors.  I had hired an (unlicensed) contractor to do a large part of my downstairs remodel, including installing a floating hickory engineered hardwood floor.  A few months after the installation, I noticed that the planks were separating quite a bit, sometimes with gaps as large as an inch.  As it turns out, the contractor did not know that a floating floor requires gluing the tongue-and-groove planks together so they don't start separating and shifting.  He refused to repair it, and I was quite dismayed that my beautiful hickory floors were coming undone. And so I went looking for another contractor who was willing to fix this mess.
I called in two other flooring contractors before finding John on Yelp; neither contractor wanted to touch the problem with a 10-foot-pole.  Enter John Mattie.  He was sympathetic to my problem, but more importantly, he was not afraid to tackle it.  He gave me a very reasonable bid, and based on his great Yelp reviews and his obvious command of his craft as demonstrated in his assessment and description of the problem and the proposed solution, I hired him to redo the floors.
As is common for most high-quality contractors, I had to wait a while for John to be available, but it was worth the wait.  He started the job (and finished it) exactly when he said he would, the costs were what he said they would be, and he and his team were efficient, professional, pleasant, and pay a lot of attention to detail.  They actually had to pull up the entire floor downstairs (all 1,000 square feet of it), and re-lay it, plank by plank.  He also recommended a glue-down installation, rather than a floating floor, and that was a great suggestion.  The floors look more solid, they sound better, and they feel more solid underfoot.  Although John and his team had never taken on a project like this before, they figured out a system quickly and completed the job efficiently and expertly.  I am so glad I hired John (wished I had done so in the first place, but no use crying over spilled milk), and would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking to have hardwood floors installed (or, in my case, to have them completely removed and re-installed).

John and his crew performed a miracle!  I recently purchased an old home with hardwood floors in poor shape.  When I met John for an estimate, he wasn't confident there was much that could be done to save my dirty, stained, termite damaged floors.  But he and his guys did their best and when they were through, the floors looked brand new!  Several visitors dropped by over the holidays and assumed new flooring was installed.  I'm thrilled with the results and would recommend Mattie's Hardwood Flooring to anyone.  At the time I contacted him, he was busy and my job had to be put off for a week from the original start date.  It was worth the wait.

He is a local guy. I paid him cash because he gave me 10% off. I picked him for his name. I like his name. He was very good and prompt. His boys did a great job. They just refinished my flooring in my living room. In fact, I would have them again to do my bedroom because I have hardwood floors in my bedroom. So, I am having him do that probably in January or February. He is not cheap. I probably could have got somebody cheaper, but I did not want to. I wanted him. His boys sanded the floor and they had the system where I did not have dust everywhere. There was a little bit of dust. I thought they were very clean. They did it in one day. John came and put the coating of the stuff on it. He came back the day after that and then, the day after that. The only problem I had was that I am a solo person. My husband is gone and so I do not have a lot of furniture to move back, but when I do my bedroom, I am going to probably have to get somebody and help me do that because they do not come back and do that. That is not their job. They are moving on because you have to let it dry for 24-hours. I do not think probably that any hardwood flooring person comes back to help you put furniture back. You have to do it yourself. The guys were nice. So, I would recommend them because I am going to use them again.