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    4.6 (41 reviews)
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    White oak wood flooring

    After researching a lot of flooring places, we decided to choose top knot flooring for our flooring project. We ended up replacing all of the flooring in our entire house. Mike walked us through our options, was very responsive, knowledgeable, and someone we found to be very punctual. We couldn't be happier with our new floors and would choose top knot again for any other flooring, home projects in the future.

    Incredible difference!

    Mike and the crew at Top Knot do amazing work! I had my engineered hardwood floors refinished - and some boards were so bad to begin with I was sure we'd have to replace them - but they managed to bring them back to life and make all my floor look brand new! They were patient with my indecisiveness and offered input on what would work best. They helped carefully move out the large furniture and brought it back in when done, and were able to work around the timeline I needed. I am absolutely thrilled with the final outcome and would highly recommend Top Knot to anyone looking to do their floors!

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    Brie B.

    My partner and I just moved into our first home, and wanted to update the flooring to a more modern look. We found Top Knot through thumbtack and had a great experience. They responded quickly, were able to schedule a walkthrough within 36 hours and started work shortly after. The floors look incredible and Mike (owner) was super knowledgeable and helpful in educating us on making the right decisions to fix some of the issues we faced once we removed the floors. It was slightly more than we had budgeted for, but I still highly recommend it regardless.

    I've been meaning to do a post about Top Knot Flooring in Walnut Creek. They are owned and operated by a wonderful man named Mike. Mike did an incredibly thorough review of the proposed job to ensure the accuracy of his detailed estimate. They recently installed luxury vinyl plank floors in about 1200 sq. ft. of our home, and they did a phenomenal job!! Mike's crew had to replace all the underlying plywood and clean up a terrible mess left by the prior contractor who had done ceramic tile for us. Top Knot finished in a week and Mike's team worked tirelessly and carefully. They did their best to clean up at the end of each work day and carefully helped us move all our stuff back inside. They even helped us put felt pads on the bottom of furniture that could potentially scratch the floors. We felt their work product was a great value for the money we spent and are very happy with how everything turned out. I can't say enough good things about them!!

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    Matt S.

    TopKnot Flooring is the BEST!! Recently, my wife and I had the need to replace our floors in 3 1/2 rooms due to some water damage that originated in our kitchen. We reach out to five different flooring companies in our area and from the very start TopKnot stood out from all the rest. Mike (owner) returned our call the quickest and gave us a clear, thorough, and fair estimate later the same day after he came over to assess the job.  He was also very informative as we went through the process of picking out new flooring and was all around prompt and helpful with any questions that we had along the way. Mike's installer, Ramiro, was equally kind, polite, and professional as he demoed our old floors and installed the new ones with top-notch skill! My wife and I could be happier with not only how amazing our new floors look but also with the ease and peace of mind that TopKnot Flooring provided us throughout this process. Mike, Ramiro, and the whole team at TopKnot are an ELEVEN in our book!!

    Bad Finish 1
    Ryan F.

    I don't like to write negative reviews, but feel I must in this instance. I had originally written a positive review, but after what has happened after the install I can no longer keep that review and must write a new one. My initial communication was positive. I left a VM and received a call back immediately from Mike's wife and she had Mike call and set a consultation. Everything seemed fine from estimate through install. Mike had indicated the price wouldn't go above $9000 and it did go 500 over, but besides that the install was fine. What was really disappointing was how sloppy Mike and his workers are. Mike mixed a leveling compound 2 days in a row on our front porch. Before he did this I let him know that the pavers on the porch and front yard were new, so please be careful. Despite this, he mixed the compound and left numerous large drops on the pavers, which are still there to this day. At the end of the project, there were several other things that he left in a way that was very unprofessional. They took a large chunk of wall out, broke picture frames and left them on the floor, did a really sloppy paint job of baseboards, left cement to dry and damage door frame and porch and walkway, etc etc.. These are labeled finish of job 1-8. When the job was complete they didn't even do a good job cleaning the floor. His guy, Carlos, swept but that's it. When I presented all of these things Mike did come back out, but it was obvious he wasn't happy to come back and didn't apologize. He seems like a guy that does not say sorry. So as time went on (install was 11/16) we noticed lots of other finishing issues....things that should have been done and weren't. They installed flooring in the bathroom but didn't seal around the bathtub. So water just ran down the bathtub and under the floorboards (picture labeled bathroom, no sealer). We also noticed that there were several boards that were coming apart (picture: floor separating). Mike sent his guy and fixed these issues. Again, no apology and I did have to chase him a bit to come back out. Since then, more floor boards split apart and we noticed some other questionable work, especially around the fire place and our back door. His guy, Carlos, shot some caulking into gaps where he should have put transition pieces. (pictures: Bad finish 1-4). Again, Mike sent his guy to fix these, but I had to chase him for more than a month and we was quite unhappy to send someone. Again, no apology or explanation of why these things were happening. Recently one more board split. Mike sent his guy and a text "I can't keep coming to your house for free man". The board that his guy fixed popped back up the next day. Mike now relayed the message that any future work will be at $175/hour. One more big issue...Mike said we didn't need new subfloor....he put some of the leveling compound in between some of the plywood joints. I told him that was OK with me as long as the annoying squeaks would go away. He said, "should be fine". Well a year later the floor squeaks worse then it used to. So, after spending over 11,000 all told for new flooring,-flooring which Mike said would last at least 20 years, we are very frustrated. Had the floor stayed together, like it should have, Mike wouldn't have had to come back even one time. Had he left the job done without damage to my property, he would have never heard from me again unless I needed more work done. To give Mike credit, he did come out and fix things....I did have to chase him to do so. It seemed like finally the floor was going to be fully fixed and I wouldn't have to call him anymore...then this last issue happened and responding with the line "$175 hour to come to your house going forward", really rubbed me the wrong way. So now I have to write a negative review which I hate doing. I'm unsure if there is some sort of manufacturing defect with the floor he sold us, or is it's just bad installation, but either way this was a bummer of an experience. I'd definitely not recommend Top Knot. I'm guessing he might be better with real wood flooring, but with clicking synthetic installation, I'd bet you're going to have similar issues.

    Motiejus R.

    Top Knot put engineered hardwood flooring in my home, 1st floor stairs, and partially in the second floor. Mariano and Giovanni were great, worked hard and seemed to really care about the quality. It was nice working with Mike through out the sales process. I am happy with the final product.

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    Toby W.

    Called and visited Walnut Creek store Sunday needing a new carpet for our newly finished garage within a week. Mike was very helpful, patiently showing us all options considering fast availability. Friday the carpet was installed at the arranged time by a very helpful installer who gave us various options for the carpet layout. We are very happy with the end result. Very professional and tidy installation completed fast but thoroughly. Thankful for excellent service - we want to heartily recommend Top Knot Flooring.

    Just completed installation of engineered hardwood in my downstairs hallway. Mike was easy to work with, and the installers were experienced and meticulous. I asked for a framed installation to follow the walls around the perimeter, which required a bit more expertise and Ramiro had it. A fair price, and I am very pleased with the result.

    This review is for flooring we had put in around Nov 2017. Top Knot was recommended to us by our contractor. They installed new hardwood floors for at least 600 sqft and tied into existing hardwood floors that they sanded and stained that covered 900 sqft. We had 2" top nail flooring placed. At first we thought the floors looked nice. They worked with us on the color, and were pretty timely about completing the project. We also had them come back and do the baseboards. However, after they left the painters literally had to go over the whole house again because there were marks all over. The owner, Mike, said this was normal, but we were not about to pay for the repainting, so that was worked out. Fast forward about 8 months. We started seeing holes where the nails were. We called Mike who he came out and gave us some line about the wood putty being water based and that this would happen. He also said it was due to water in the crawl space, which there was not. He said he would send someone over to fix it...he never did. Many emails passed, and he said he would drop off the wood putty on our porch and we could fix it. This also never happened. And now we are noticing many cracks and chips in the flooring, putty is popping out and leaving holes. I went to their office couple times during regular business hours while I was 6 months pregnant and it was always closed. Mike even knew this when he came out to check the floors. We are very disappointed that in only 1 years time these problems have come up. We spent over $12,000 on these new hardwood floors and did not expect this. Our floors that have been in the house for 70+ years don't even have these problems. From the past promises that he made about fixing things, we know this is not going to get fixed. We talked to other flooring contractors about this and everyone said it was sloppy work that could have been avoided. I am beyond upset at this company at the lack of responsiveness, accountability and unapologetic behavior.

    This is a before and after of Mike's Work. Thanks!

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    Mike and crew made it happen during a time crunch. They communicated well, were always on time and did a quality job!

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    I would recommend Chris to do everyone's flooring! Excellent customer service and work done! Thanks once again for amazing work!

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    Excellent work done by Mike and his crew on repairing a badly damaged hardwood kitchen floor caused by a leaking dishwasher.

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