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Hardwood floor refinishing brought two customers to Dawley Flooring & Tile, with different experiences. The company says Scott Dawley has operated the Martha's Vineyard flooring and tile business since 1999. It advertises flooring installation, custom tile installation and floor refinishing, and names island towns plus Falmouth, Mashpee and Hyannis in its service area. In an August 2025 Google review, a customer said Scott had redone their Vineyard hardwood floors in June, but splitting appeared a couple of weeks later. The customer alleged they had paid for four coats yet the finish looked like one or two, with uncoated areas where the floors were splitting. They also described unprofessional text messages, refusal to inspect or fix the work, and unanswered calls and emails over subsequent weeks. The customer said Scott had told them the work would last ten years. These are that customer's allegations about the job and follow-up. A December 2022 customer described hiring Scott to refinish the entire first floor of a home and repair two damaged areas after thirteen years of summer rentals. That reviewer praised Scott and his crew's work and said the floor looked like it did when first installed. Google reports a 3.7-star average from three ratings.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Dawley Flooring & Tile. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$6,000 – $9,600
Typical flooring project around $7,800
Very poor experience. Scott redid our hardwood floors in the vineyard in June. We were concerned about the floors splitting a couple weeks later. I tried to txt him and he said some awful and unprofessional words to us through text message. We have all messages saved. Said his job was completed and would not look at the work he had done to fix anything. We paid for 4 coats which was a lot more money. However, it looks like he used 1-2 coats and the floors are splitting in the middle with no coats. We tried to call and email him for weeks and he didn’t respond. We paid him thousands of dollars and he disappeared and would not back up his work. We have dealt with many many contractors and never had a contractor take our money and treat us poorly, say awful words in a text message, and tell us he is not going to fix anything. He told us his work lasted 10 years after he completes our floors and yet after a few weeks he refused to communicate with us or come to our home for even 10 mins to look at the floors splitting and make things right. or care about his reputation. We hope no one goes through this experience. Hire a different floor company, a reputable company that cares about customer service and doing the next right thing. There are many other floor companies that would care about their customers especially knowing happy customers refers them to their friends and neighbors.
Hired Scott to refinish the entire first floor of our home and to repair two areas that had damage. After weekly rentals in the summer for the past 13 years, it was pretty beat up. Scott and his crew did a fantastic job, the floor looks like the day it was installed. I could not be happier and will use him again in a few years when we plan on doing some remodeling.
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