Positives: We engaged Lucy (who served as the project manager) and the floor refinishers at MDL to refinish our cherry wood floor which extends through the living room, dining room and hallway area of our home. Also included was refinishing our oak floor in the office. After the first day I was a little worried about the dust but Lucy reassured me that their commercial vacuum cleaner would leave everything as it was before. I had contracted for two coats of varnish, but the floors really needed three. And after the third coat the floors truly looked great. The floor refinishers worked diligently for two days to finish the job and were both friendly and accommodating when needed. The vacuuming of the dust was good, but not complete.
Negatives: One downside is that none of the MDL employees who came to the house spoke English so all negotiations had to go through calling Lucy who would relay information to the refinishers and then back to me. Another issue was that I was having a lot of vendors at the house so it was difficult to supervise the work as closely as needed. Hence, while a lot of the dust was removed, the just cleaned cloth portions of our plantation shutters throughout our living room and dining room were not vacuumed and had collected a lot of reddish dust. Also, a couple of electrical outlet plates were not reinstalled. Not a big issue, but attention to detail remains with the owner. Lastly, Lucy asked me to make the check out to her personally, instead of to the company. However, when I stated the check would be in the company's name since that's with whom I had the contract, she accepted my decision without further discussion.
Overall recommendation: Despite a few drawbacks, the final product was excellent, the refinishers were hard workers and skilled at their jobs, and the price of the project was fair. I would hire this company again with the realization of the issues involved read more