engineered wood flooring - any rec for companies?

[Mrs Nicklin]

Has anyone laid an engineered wood floor recently? We've found some nice wood, but the fitters fees seem astronomical!

Thanks

H

[montassa]

From my previous experience- it normally costs the same as the cost to purchase!!

thats the price you pay for nice wooden floors - around ?30+ per sq metre... for fitting

[harold76]

I used Woody's flooring (woodysflooringuk.com) for a property in Battersea. He was very good. I'm sure he'll come to ED. His name is Jonathan.

[dulwichjulie]

hi I have used a company called prestige property services, will he has done a fair bit of work for me over the last 3 years. pm me and I will give you their details. they work alongside lmc builders luke.. if you would like both their details please get in touch by pm and I will be glad to pass them on

have a good day, Julie jules

[dulwichbloke]

Re: recommendation - not such a fantastic builder

Posted by lucytones 26 September, 2013 11:11

Sadly, I was one of the people Julie recommended Will to, and I had a terrible experience.

We asked him to refit a bathroom, and he provided an excellent quote. However, he then sent someone else in to do the work - who made a complete hash of it.

When called to question about a long list of problems, Will refused to finish the job, or even to meet with me to discuss it.

We have since been to considerable expense to put things right. We have employed someone else (see my separate thread highly recommending Lee Barber) who, when investigating the work done by Will and his employee, found a mountain of rubbish under the new bath, along with a rotten wooden frame than was meant to support the bath, and every single plumbing joint was leaking. Some weren't even connected, so when the bath emptied, the water just sat on the floor underneath it!

I could go on to list a lot of other problems left by Will and his employee, but suffice to say that we endured a terrible experience, and wouldn't go near him with a barge pole in future.

[dulwichbloke]

Sorry, I should have made clear - the post I just cut and pasted above was about Prestige Property Services as previously recommended by Julie on a different thread. Thought you might appreciate a balanced view -

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1155681,1188833#msg-1188833

[Dun]

We used The Natural Wood FLoor Co in Battersea, beautiful wood, http://www.naturalwoodfloor.co.uk/contact-us

[peachy]

I wish I'd seen Lucytones notice before employing Will from Prestige. Avoid like the plague!

[hpsaucey]

Hi there - also looking to get some engineered wood flooring installed. Wondering if anyone has done it themself or knows someone local who can do this without costing the earth?

Any suggestions gratefully received!

HP

[wooden floor]

We are Abbey Flooring and we install and sand and seal all types of wooden floors. We have worked in Dulwich and do have some recommendations on the Forum and we have also done many jobs through the Natural Wood Floor Company (wandsworth 0208 871 9771) and they recommend us on a regular basis.

Our cost to install and seal an Engineered floor is ?25 per square meter if the room is totally cleared. I would usually like to have a look at the job first but I hope that helps.

Nick

[davidq100]

Another thumbs-up for the Natural Wood Floor Co. They are actually closer to Wandsworth Town than Battersea for what its worth. We bought engineered oak flooring from them last year. One year on and it still looks amazing. They have a good range at reasonable prices. Slightly more expensive than the cheapest online options but reasonable nonetheless - and at least you know exactly what you are getting. They also allow you to return unopened packets - which saved us a packet when it turned out our builder had over-estimated the amount needed by about 40%. Not sure whether they do installation. I think they do though - or will know people that do.