Feel clean beneath your feet. It seems that the Irish are moving in on the flooring niche. Sullivan Floors has been around for 35 years, and if you call them up you will find yourself talking with a bright, helpful person with an accent as thick as syrup. Not that that has anything to do with floors.
One of the best fixer uppers an apartment can have is to have the floors sanded and repolyurethaned. Althought it is messy, it is quickly done and usually doesn't cost much more than a painting a room. With newer, water based poly's multiple coats can even be put on in one day, thereby speeding up the process even more.
We have used Sullivan floors and like them. They provide free estimates (call 2-3 days in advance), and can book your floor with one week's notice. Rates run around $2-$3 a square foot for typical sand and poly. This puts your average 10x10 living room at @ $250. Slán abhaile. MGR
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A few more comments about Sullivan Floors. I just had them do some work for me on my house in Westchester. This is the 4th time I have used them in the past 7 years in different properties I have owned. I find there work just keeps getting better. They are not for the "Pennie Savers" but are a rare breed of high end value type. I recommend them highly and believe you will get good value and a great job with a company that calls you back when theres a problem or calls you about a potential problem.
I read all the great reviews & decided to contract with Sullivan Floors to refinish my floors in the living room, hallway & kitchen. While the quality of the work was excellent, their customer service is truly HORRIBLE and I wouldn't use their services again. Their manager (Enya? Anya?) is rude & disrespectful and a complete nightmare to deal with. Eddie was quite nice and professional, but I could never reach him because the manager refused to let me speak to him on multiple occasions. Then, after they finished the job, Sullivan DOUBLE-CHARGED my credit card for their services and refused to acknowledge their mistake!!! I now have to dispute the charge with my credit-card company and am faced with nearly $1,000 more in expenditures than I agreed to. I would NEVER use this company again under any circumstances!! I hope future potential customers can learn from my bad experience.
I agree with oeverbey. i think they did a great job replacing the floors in my 100-year old building. But, that Anya was so rude and extremely difficult to work with. She billed my credit card twice for one payment, and now I --unfortunately-- have to deal with her again.
For that reason, I'm not certain if I'd work with Sullivan Floors again.
Sullivan's job installing a new floor in my apartment. Within months all the parquets had begun to contract - and when I complained they told me I should get a humidifier (!!!) When I showed them the wood floors in my bedroom, which were perfectly sanded and polyeurethaned, Mr. Sullivan told me that it was clear the previous floor installers didn't know what they were doing.
Sullivan's crew left tar marks all over the place, accused *me* of damaging the baseboards, and generally refused to take any accountability for their shoddy work, and were viciously rude to me (including their secretary).
Be warned before you hire them.