So I'll start by saying I didn't hire this company, the work with the builder of my home. My builder allowed me to choose my own stain so I met with Perkins. The people in office were very friendly. I told them I loved the natural look of my floors which, unfinished, where a white oak with great variation. To achieve this as a finished look, they recommended I do a water based poly finish and no actual stain. The guy at the office was very confident they wouldn't yellow because of the water based poly... or at least yellow very minimally. He even showed me an example of a test they had tried this on and after four years it was still very crisp with almost... read full review
June 2019
We had an amazing experience with Perkins. They were quick, efficient, gave us a clear instructions, and finish the job sooner than expected under budget. No way we could ever ask for more! We love our new floors.
April 2019
I believe the other 5-star reviews on here, so I'm not sure why my experience was so different. While I believe he did a good job on refinishing my hardwoods (with the exception of leaving dark stain splotches in multiple places on my white baseboards), the installation of luxury vinyl tile was definitely not five-star work. I had a variety of other issues as well - a lengthy detailing of those issues with accompanying photos can be found at southernoaksreview.blogspot.com.
So I'll start by saying I didn't hire this company, the work with the builder of my home. My builder allowed me to choose my own stain so I met with Perkins. The people in office were very friendly. I told them I loved the natural look of my floors which, unfinished, where a white oak with great variation. To achieve this as a finished look, they recommended I do a water based poly finish and no actual stain. The guy at the office was very confident they wouldn't yellow because of the water based poly... or at least yellow very minimally. He even showed me an example of a test they had tried this on and after four years it was still very crisp with almost... read full review
We had an amazing experience with Perkins. They were quick, efficient, gave us a clear instructions, and finish the job sooner than expected under budget. No way we could ever ask for more! We love our new floors.
I believe the other 5-star reviews on here, so I'm not sure why my experience was so different. While I believe he did a good job on refinishing my hardwoods (with the exception of leaving dark stain splotches in multiple places on my white baseboards), the installation of luxury vinyl tile was definitely not five-star work. I had a variety of other issues as well - a lengthy detailing of those issues with accompanying photos can be found at southernoaksreview.blogspot.com.