Mattie’s Hardwood Flooring

Such a great job! Can’t say enough good
Things, John was so supportive and helped us through the whole process from picking which floor to quickly installing them so our busy family can start enjoying them! The whole team was professional and did a great job making our 1906 house feel fresh, new and no longer squeaky!

I cannot say enough good things about our experience with John and his team! We recently bought a large 1980’s-fabulous house in rural Petaluma. The house had been neglected for 30 years and came with almost 3,000 sq ft of hardwood in desperate need of refinishing. We wanted to be able to move our family in as soon as possible, and John graciously shifted around his clients in order to accommodate our urgent schedule.
Our floors had pet damage, water damage, and just plain people damage. John and his team worked tirelessly to ensure that no corner was missed. They were able to patch the areas that were too damaged to sand, and matched them perfectly to the rest of the flooring. The team went above and beyond the original scope of the project, stayed within our budget, and left us with simply gorgeous floors! And as a bonus, they were just the nicest guys to work with and kept in constant communication with us about the project. I received daily calls or texts from John to let us know how things were going and what we could expect the next day.
John’s pricing is fair, he is professional and easy to work with and the results are beautiful. Look no further — John Mattie is the guy to use!

We wanted to take out all our carpeting in the house and replace it with hardwood floors (big task). We got a referral for John Mattie. He was super nice, professional, and the quote he gave was very fair. It took us awhile to decide on the floors but we finally found the right one. A few things we love about him is that he was honest and communicated well. He calls/​emails back right away. The crew men were all really nice guys and professional. We had to live in the house for parts of the install but they worked around our family. John pays very close attention to detail (a big plus that you don’t see with contractors a lot of times). Overall we were very happy with everything and would definitely recommend Mattie’s Hardwood Flooring to anyone!

I had a unique problem with my floors. I had hired an (unlicensed) contractor to do a large part of my downstairs remodel, including installing a floating hickory engineered hardwood floor. A few months after the installation, I noticed that the planks were separating quite a bit, sometimes with gaps as large as an inch. As it turns out, the contractor did not know that a floating floor requires gluing the tongue-​and-​groove planks together so they don’t start separating and shifting. He refused to repair it, and I was quite dismayed that my beautiful hickory floors were coming undone. And so I went looking for another contractor who was willing to fix this mess.
I called in two other flooring contractors before finding John on Unilocal; neither contractor wanted to touch the problem with a 10-​foot-​pole. Enter John Mattie. He was sympathetic to my problem, but more importantly, he was not afraid to tackle it. He gave me a very reasonable bid, and based on his great Unilocal reviews and his obvious command of his craft as demonstrated in his assessment and description of the problem and the proposed solution, I hired him to redo the floors.
As is common for most high-​quality contractors, I had to wait a while for John to be available, but it was worth the wait. He started the job (and finished it) exactly when he said he would, the costs were what he said they would be, and he and his team were efficient, professional, pleasant, and pay a lot of attention to detail. They actually had to pull up the entire floor downstairs (all 1,000 square feet of it), and re-​lay it, plank by plank. He also recommended a glue-​down installation, rather than a floating floor, and that was a great suggestion. The floors look more solid, they sound better, and they feel more solid underfoot. Although John and his team had never taken on a project like this before, they figured out a system quickly and completed the job efficiently and expertly. I am so glad I hired John (wished I had done so in the first place, but no use crying over spilled milk), and would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking to have hardwood floors installed (or, in my case, to have them completely removed and re-​installed).

John did a fabulous job installing oak hardwood flooring in our living room, kitchen and hallway. He began by arriving on time and offering a competitive bid. His very confident manner convinced us that he was the one to trust with the assignment. He followed up by doing what he said he was going to do, again showing up each day, on time, and with a strong work ethic. He removed the wall-​to-​wall carpeting we had in the living room and hallway and pried up the vinyl flooring and matting we had in the kitchen. Surprise! The builder failed to put in the plywood sub-​flooring he needed to level out the floor between the kitchen and LR. No problem. John took care of it.
We were as impressed with the young men he hired to help him as we were with John. They were pleasant to have around and cleaned up after themselves when they left each day. We were actually stunned at how little dust residue there remained in and around the kitchen, when the job was completed.
The devil is in the details, and John finished by demonstrating that his attention to detail is excellent. And, oh yeah, we love the finished product. From our perspective, it is a work of art. Thank you, John.
Paul Millard and Nirmala Dole

John Mattie did a great job replacing the wall to wall carpet in our living room with red oak hardwood, and installing a flight of stairs with oak treads and risers. Throughout the process he was cordial and communicated well. His price for this work was low compared to the competition.

I highly recommend Mattie’s flooring if you want an honest contractor. I found John on Unilocal and read the reviews (which are amazing) and contacted him about refinishing my floors. He came over to my home, gave me an estimate and let me know he wanted to remove a transition piece before he started the job to make sure it was solid hardwood. The day he came over to start the job he called me and let me know it was solid hardwood but it was not very thick. This meant the floor would only be able to be refinished one time. Instead of starting the work and taking my money he called me and let me know this. He also recommended I wait and get a few more years out of the floors before refinishing them. I could not believe how honest he was with me. He could have easily refinished my floors and never made mention of this to me. When I have my floors refinished in a few years I will definitely be calling John back.

My wife and I bought a 2^nd home up in Petaluma and wanted to have some flooring work done. Ironically, we had read another Unilocal reviewer who had a similar situation, that is, trying to get some work done while still living 400+ miles away. We live in Orange County, and needed someone help us scope out the job and do the work while we were not always around.
John came through for us as he did for the other Unilocal reviewer. He was professional, courteous, trustworthy, and helpful. He understood our situation and went the extra mile to check on our order from the flooring manufacturer for us, helped with the pick up and delivery of samples, etc.
His work is excellent, and he is easy to communicate with. I highly recommend John!
Jeff and Carmen Sobieraj

Highly highly recommend John. he refinished our old hardwood floor this last summer and we couldn’t have asked for a better result, it looks amazing! He was a pleasure to work with, very friendly and professional. He definitely knows his stuff, with the first glance at our floor he knew right away what to recommend and what stain to go with… which is great because I hadn’t a clue! He was flexible in scheduling the job during a time that I knew I would be away with the kids, but to no matter because the place was immaculate when we got home, no dust at all. We also had some water damaged spots that are not noticeable at all anymore. I’m so glad we’re able to squeeze some more life into this floor, and thanks to him it looks brand new again!

I just want to compliment John and his crew for a job well done. John did a very good job on our flooring, they quickly removed the old carpet and ugly vinyl from our house and installed beautiful oak wood flooring, l was especially impressed with Johns attention to detail. This floor is perfect. Every day we look at it its like art at our feet. When it came time to pay the final bill he said it was less than his original quote. Honest, fast and clean.