I preface this review saying, I often read reviews and wonder if the reviewer was too picky, and try to give the company the benefit of the doubt, everyone can make mistakes. The best part of this was the estimate, after which it completely went downhill. This is a small family owned business, upon inquiry for estimate, Isabella, the mother, scheduled me for within the week. She was a little late showing up, but was very informative and engaging. She took all the measurements, talked about the process, and the deposit for scheduling, and I received my estimate within 3-5 days. After which, all of the experience was bad. We were scheduled to begin work on Monday between 8 and 9. By noon on Monday and numerous phone calls, no one had arrived. Around 1 pm, Franko the son, arrived and apologized someone had called off of another job, so he had to fill in. This would have been fine with us, we realize things come up, but we were not notified, and when my husband tried to contact Isabella, she could not locate her son. Two people showed, Franko and another worker, who were supposed to move all of our furniture, which we had agreed to pay for in the contract. Well due to the lack of man power and the time of day, my husband had to help move the furniture to get the job started. The two men then started sanding the floors, and did seemed knowledgeable in what they were doing. Tuesday morning again the workers were to show at 8:30, Isabella calls at 7 to say her son would not be coming because he had to go to the hospital, and the other worker did not have a driver's license so could not come to us on his own. Again, things happen, but we were not getting good vibes, but at least they communicated. Wednesday, again showed an hour late, with an excuse that he should not be here today because he is sick, but he had to get the job done. Worked through the day, and clarified before it started again that there would 3 coats of oil based stain placed, and Franko said yes. He then showed me what the stain would look like on a sanded portion of the floor. When I commented it was light for what we wanted, he ensured that with three stains and a top coat it would be darker/richer. So, we went forth with his suggestion, as I thought he was the expert. That day, they finished the sealer, and one coat of stain. Thursday, again four hours late, and Isabella spoke with my husband saying they would be done today. We inquired how this was possible, when we still needed two coats of stain that require 12 hours each to dry, and a topcoat. Franko then tells us that the 3 coats include the sealer coat, which was not what was promised initially, and that the top coat is put right on top of second layer of stain, which I still don't know if that happened. Also, when we inquired why it was not darker or richer than the day before as promised, Franko stated what you see is what you get, it will not be much darker than what it initially looked like on the floor, again very different from his original answer. Shoe molding was placed, and house was locked up. Due to feelings that the company was not trustworthy, we opted not to pay at the end of the staining, as we felt the job was not complete. We still needed to review for errors or problems, and they had agreed in contract to move furniture back, although it seemed quite clear they did not plan on honoring this. To be quite honest, we just wanted to be done with the company, so we did not argue about moving the furniture, as we had no plans to pay for it. Franko said he was supposed to collect half of the cost of the job at the beginning, but he forgot. I told him this was not our fault, and if he was there on time that morning, he might have been paid but at this point, we would pay them once we had reviewed the house the following day. On Friday, we went to the house, everything looked good enough but nothing like what we expected. We were not in love with our floors, but they were an improvement from our previous carpet. We contacted Isabella that afternoon to meet for the cashier's check. She came to meet us, and told us that she thought they would get paid for part of the furniture moving since they helped at the beginning, my husband told her that would not be happening. Later in the day, she called and said that our check was written incorrectly. When I inquired why, she said that she forgot to add the cost for the wood transitions from the original contract, to which I responded this was a horrible experience, and we would not be paying anything else. This job was disappointing but also an inconvenience, because of lack of professionalism, a job that was quoted as a three-day job, put us out of our house for a week, which could have been a significant cost if we did not have relatives to stay with. In summary, this small business lacks professionalism and customer service, and in general are not honest or trustworthy. Heed the warning, look elsewhere! read more