IN TRANSITION, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE...
There is never, ever an excuse for having a filthy bathroom that is designated for your customers. Here's the thing, If you want to have a filthy restroom that poorly represents you and your business, save it for the employees. I am sure that I speak for every potential customer out there when I say, we want the clean restroom that also has soap available. Ladies, this is why you should never leave home without your hand sanitizer.
If I am the business owner and I walk in and see that bathroom and you are playing on your phone like you have nothing to do, I am LIVID and you are absolutely done for the day. The problem with the filthy bathroom is that it hijacked my brain and compromised my ability to really focus on the store and its contents. Also, it is important to know that you could actually spend up to two hours in a flooring store and you want to know that if you have to use the restroom, it is going to be clean, appropriately stocked and worthy of your bum!
Also, you will never convince me that you can actually execute a full "turn key" service when your bathroom is that offensive. Since my reason for Yelping is to inform, I am going to go where my brain leads me and not ignore the pink elephant. So, I hope the business owner will see this review and get to work on that bathroom. For now, we can move on to other things!
This store is currently in transition because they are preparing to move "across the street". I don't know what that means exactly because I use that term very loosely to mean the next town, down the street or literally across the street. Anyway, this is good news because the current location is tight and consists of a series of rooms instead of wide open spaces. It also has poor lighting which is a problem when you are trying to determine color and texture. So, I do hope that the new store is going to give customers a much better shopping experience.
I visited on a Saturday morning and there was just a little too much activity for me and I found myself just cutting my visit short. Now, I haven't totally written them off because some of the things that bothered me might cease to be an issue once they are in a larger space. I was able to "check out" a flooring sample to take home and compare to my wall tiles and that I appreciated. Also, as we walked through the store, we found that people were genuinely nice and helpful.
You will notice some negative reviews for this business but know that they are dated and came as a result of the previous owners. Now that there are new owners, business seems to be a lot better and customers appear to be pleased with the business. So, if I decide to return and do business with this company once they are in their new space and after they have addressed the bathroom issue, I will update my review.
I really want to give them a chance because I can really appreciate an owner who takes a marginal business and turns it into a business that is really customer driven. So, we'll see what happens after the move.
***Don't forget, they are in the process of moving to a new location so make sure that you call before visiting. read more