GB HARDWOOD FLOOR INC

Nine reviews landed in the last six months, and eight of them describe the same person: Geovane, out to the house fast, quoting on the spot, then sanding and finishing floors with a crew that cleans up after itself. GB Hardwood Floor Inc works the Greater Boston area from a Norwood address, and the company says the Braga brothers founded it 17 years ago after arriving in the US and spending three years subcontracting in construction. The work runs from refinishing to full installation. A June customer had laminate installed and singled out how quickly calls and texts came back. Another described holes, paint stains and scratches in an old floor being brought back over three days. A townhouse buyer in June said Geovane called back within an hour of an online inquiry, quoted the carpet-removal and hardwood job, and finished the whole thing in a week. In April, a homeowner with wide pine floors credited Mike and Daniel with no-dust sanding and getting the tone right for a 100-year-old house. The cautionary note is real and recent. In June, a Newton customer said a warranty issue on laminate went unaddressed after repeated promises to come look at it, and called the follow-through the problem rather than the installation itself. A July reviewer who used them for several trades liked the flooring but said the painting came back average with spots needing touch-ups, and that new railings had already needed repair. Both point the same direction: the floors land well, the add-on trades and the after-the-job follow-up are where things have slipped. One more thing to settle before signing. BuildZoom lists their Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration (#189636) as expired since April 2025 and re-verified as expired in March 2026. Ask for current HIC registration and proof of insurance in writing — Houzz carries an insured claim, but that is the company's own word, not a verified one. Good fit if you want old wood sanded and finished by a small, hands-on crew with a deep review history — 62 reviews going back to 2017, an A+ at the BBB, 4.9 on Google and 4.6 on Angi. Get the warranty terms and the registration status in writing first, and if you're bundling painting or carpentry onto the floor job, treat those as a separate conversation about scope and touch-ups.