The Flooring Centre AU

Leading up to Christmas period last year I visited many flooring retailers in the inner Eastern suburbs and came across The Flooring Centre. I ended up using their Hawthorn store, but I did visit the Nunawading store too (to borrow some samples). Can I just say, having been to several of these types of stores, that this crowd stood out heads and shoulders above the other ones I went to. Not only are their prices much better, but the main thing was their knowledge compared to the branded franchised stores. It was like black and white which was rather startling actually. I am a Civil Engineer by trade, so I like to research what I am buying (maybe a bit more than the average person) and spent a lot of time teaching myself about various flooring options and some of the information I was given by these franchised stores was nothing short of misleading. I think they just aren't trained well enough perhaps? The Flooring Centre staff I dealt with (3 different people) all knew what they were talking about and even taught me a few things I wasn't aware of. Anyway, suffice to say I had the confidence to use them for my project which was timber flooring in the living areas of a house I am renovating and a small amount of wool carpet for some of the bedrooms. Was just installed late last week. I don't normally do reviews, but the guys at Hawthorn mentioned they would appreciate a review so I said yes and given the outcome of the final installation and the process, it's the least I can do. So my recommendation, for what is worth, is put these guys on your list of places to visit and by all means go into the other franchised stores and then you will see what I am talking about. Be your own judge but I think you'll be surprised at the difference.