
Bertolli Floors
About us
Bertolli Floors is a family owned flooring company who has proudly served Atlanta since 2003. Offering installation and sales of a variety of flooring products for both residential and commercial. Dustless hardwood refinishing. We provide free in-home estimate! See hundreds of floor samples in the comfort and lighting of your own home, at no cost to you!
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Services we offer
We sell and install hardwood, laminate, tile, luxury vinyl plank, carpet and more. Dustless hardwood refinishing. Free in-home consultation.
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Warranties
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Accepted Payment Methods
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The work was stellar. They held to their schedule. They brought in a lot of different crews because there was carpet work crew and hardwood flooring crew and they timed it all perfectly. When they ran into any problem and fixed it and so I was extremely impressed. They are all very professional, very courteous and they did exactly what they said they were going to do. I would use them again.
We are giving the new floor a bit more time to dry in before we put furniture and rugs on it but we are painting all the walls. In spite of the amount of material and equipment that was moved up and down the stairs there are no marks on any the walls and the paint job is just to put in our colors. We did not have any damage to repair and I could not be happier with the results.
The transaction was smooth at first, with great responsiveness and ample options from which to select.
The only downside was toward the end, when some miscommunication led to a big mess being left in our house, which we had to pay another service provider to clean since we had already moved across the country. Had we still been in Atlanta we probably could have sorted things out amicably, but we were definitely disappointed in the lack of follow-through by Bruno &/or his team.
We selected Bertolli for several reasons. First, Bertolli was the only firm to submit a printed detailed estimate. Second, we were able to visit his supplier's showroom (ProSource) and borrow additional flooring and carpet samples that we could view in our home under all lighting conditions. This helped to confirm both our wood and carpet choices. It is also worth noting that the final cost of the job was came within a few dollars of the larger firm's estimate, even factoring in its alleged truck-load discount and the higher quarlity carpeting that we eventually ordered through ProSource.
We presented Bertolli a very tight deadline -- and his crews delivered as promised (although the carpet installers were a little late
arriving). At this point, we are very satisfied with both the carpet and wood floor installation. We are especially pleased with the new hardwood flooring. The floor installation crew showed exception skill during the shoe molding installation (I have some experience with this task from working on Habitat for Humanity homes), neatly boxing out two fireplace aprons and two decorative pillars and correcting errors made during the builder's flooring installation.
Bertolli's crews were pleasant to work with. Damage to walls, etc. (there is always some damage during carpeting and floor
installations) was minimal. While I believe it is good practice to solicit multiple estimates for large home improvement projects, I recommend Bertolli Floors for consideration.
We replaced an older engineered wood floor with hardwoods in the entry, dining room, living room and hallway of our first floor. We also replaced tile in our kitchen with a travertine, and with slate in the pantry/laundry room/half bath. The floors do look much better now, although the slate floor is not as level as I would have expected (the slate "tiles" do have variation in the surface, which I expected, but several of the tiles are not laid level so you can feel a "lip" between one tile and the next one in several places.)
There are several other aspects of the job that were not quite what I expected based on all those prior great reviews.
The first issue we had involved scheduling. When we got the quote from Bruno, we were told that the whole job would take a week (and the quote had time frames for each element of the job in writing.) My husband arranged to take off from work so he could be there Mon-Fri. A couple of days into the project, no one had even started to touch the wood floors, and we were told that they would be done by a different crew (fine) ...but that they were not planning to *start* until Friday - so no chance they would be done in the promised timeframe (not fine; having your floors torn up is not a pleasant experience, and the house is a disaster while it's going on.)
We were not very happy about the prospect of dragging the project out, especially since my husband was scheduled to be traveling the following week, and I was not in a position to take off from work to supervise the job. After several conversations and emails back and forth, Bruno did reschedule the crew to come out earlier to get the job done in the promised timeframe, but it was definitely stressful.
Another issue arose with the hardwood installation in our living room, which is on a different level than the adjoining hallway. There are three entrances to the room that all involve a single step down into the room, and those steps are all made of the same wood as the floors. The workers had a hard time removing the existing (glued on) engineered wood on the "riser" portion of the stairs, and tried to pressure my husband into agreeing not to replace them. First he was told that we should "just sand them and re-stain them to match" the new wood. (No, you can't sand/re-stain engineered wood - it's a laminate.) When he pointed that out, they then said, "well, you can paint them white, or maybe paint them to match the walls." (Um, no ...)
We had to strenuously insist that the job be done correctly and that ALL the old wood needed to be replaced with the new hardwood. In the end, installing those three pieces of hardwood took only about 30-40 minutes so clearly it was not all *that* difficult, so I'm not sure why they didn't just do it properly in the first place, but again it was a stressful situation to have to argue about how the work was being done. When we spoke to Bruno about this, he stated that he was just offering options.
Other issues: when the workers removed the toilet from the half bath, the flange under the toilet broke, and thus the toilet could not be replaced when the slate was done. They said they could call a plumber - at our expense - to reinstall it. The plumbing work necessary ended up costing almost $500. (Bruno did offer to reimburse us for part of that cost.)
They did not re-hang any of the doors that they removed when the floor was installed, and when my husband and I did that ourselves, we found that they no longer clear the new floor, and had to be sanded down to open and close properly. It's not the end of the world but given the amount we spent, ($10K *plus* the cost of wood, travertine, slate, grout ... so almost $20K all told) I did not expect to have to do that myself.
I also had to spend quite a long time scrubbing the baseboards and cabinet doors to remove the grout left on them after the travertine was installed. Maybe I should have anticipated that but again after reading all the rave reviews, I did not expect to be on my hands and knees scrubbing the cabinets...
All in all, the new floors do look very good overall and the workers were generally pleasant and cleaned up after themselves at the end of the workday. They were clearly proud of their work and took photos at the end of the job and it definitely does look a lot better, but the issues outlined above would make me uncertain about hiring them again or recommending them to others.
Bruno stayed true to his estimate, he was very responsive to all my calls, and he explained everything in detail throughout the whole process. He supplied 2 different teams --- one for the hardwood and one for the carpeting. Each was terrific.
Ronnie headed up the hardwood crew. Both crews were on time, moved all my furniture, put back my furniture, and cleaned up afterwards.
One of my favorite parts was choosing my hardwood and carpet. Bruno sent me to a terrific supplier where I had tons of choices and lots of expert help. I chose Brazilian Cherry hardwood and a plush carpet. Both turned out GREAT!
Bertolli Floors was not the cheapest estimate, nor the most expensive. I feel I got a good value overall for both product and labor. There were no surprises, and that's a good thing. Bruno stands by his word; I highly recommend Bertolli Floors!
UPDATE
About 2 weeks ago, one of the pieces of wood in the kitchen is coming up. I called them and they told me that they would send someone out to fix the problem. I waited a week and never heard from anyone and now every time I try to call them it goes straight to voicemail.
The result is unbelievable. I'm kicking myself for not doing the whole house. The work is the absolute highest quality, and the price is completely reasonable. I shout Bertolli from the mountaintops, or recommend them here, which is probably more effective.
The only little problem had to do with coordination. Bruno told me that it would be okay to have painters in the house on the day after his crew put down the last coat of polyurethane. However, when the painters arrived, Bruno's guys didn't think it was a good idea, and the painters themselves didn't want to attempt it because they wouldn't be able to wipe up any small drips from the polyurethane without causing a visible streak.
Overall, Bertolli did a great job. This was the second time I used them, and I will certainly use them again for work on my hardwood floors.
The finished product looks very expensive, but the price is very affordable. It isn't highly laquered, which can look cheap. Really brought out the grains in the wood.I would highly reccommend Bertolli. Great job guys!
"Thanks for this review, we do our best to assure every aspect of the job gets done the right way and is always nice to get the customer feedback! Thanks again!"
"Thank you for the nice words and for giving us the opportunity to serve you with your flooring needs! Best regards!"
"Thank you!!!! It was a pleasure to work with you. Enjoy your floors!!!"
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