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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Ideal Floor Covering Inc. 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
Customers have described both detailed help choosing flooring and costly problems with orders and installation at Ideal Floor Covering. Its Falmouth store is at 882 Main Street. The company now calls itself Ideal Design Center and says it began as a specialty flooring store in 1983, later expanding into kitchen and bathroom remodeling, cabinetry and interior design. It names Mark Woods as founder and owner and describes a Hyannis showroom and Mashpee warehouse alongside the Falmouth location. In a February 2026 Google review, a customer said Ana helped choose bathroom and foyer tile and a stair and hallway runner while staying within their budget. She had samples ready on each visit, came to the house to help measure and assisted with other design questions. A September 2025 customer praised Jane for patient, detailed selection help with two rooms, a bathroom and staircase flooring. A March 2022 reviewer described Diana as knowledgeable and helpful and said the installation was prompt and nicely done. An October 2025 customer liked the glass tile Anna helped select for a kitchen backsplash and appreciated being able to take a sample home. They also said callbacks were late or absent, requiring repeated follow-up. Grout arrived significantly later than the tile, and a box omitted by the warehouse left the installer short of tile. The customer said both supply problems were resolved and they were happy with the result. Other complaints were sharper. In September 2025, a customer buying tile for a three-bathroom renovation said misinformation increased their costs and that the business would not acknowledge mistakes or work with them. That reviewer also said all ordered tile was final sale. In a July 2025 review, another customer reported bubbling stair and upstairs carpeting, poor service on a hardwood installation and measurement errors that left exposed tack strips for several days. These are the reviewers’ accounts of their experiences. An April 2025 visitor to the Falmouth store said a salesperson gave little guidance on carpet, interrupted the conversation and left to help another couple. They decided against hiring the business. Google rates the business 4.5 stars from 69 ratings, and Houzz rates it 4.6 from ten. BBB gives it an A+ and lists accreditation since January 2009. The company dates its start to 1983; BBB lists January 1985.
““I named it after Falmouth,” town resident Mr. Haq said of the new, family-run business, The Falmouth Convenience Store, which now fills the space next to Ideal Floor Covering, Inc. that was formerly occupied by the local Radio Shack.”
We worked with Ana at Ideal Design to select tile for our new bathroom and foyer and a runner for our stairs and hallway. She is the best! She has excellent taste and helped us select the perfect colors and arrangements, helping us stay within our budget - never pushing pricy options. Each time we visited with Ana, she had several samples and options ready for us to see, which made the selection process even easier. She also came to our house to help measure, ensuring we were making all the right decisions and even helped us with some non-flooring design questions. Ana and Ideal Design did an absolutely fantastic job at reasonable prices. I highly recommend!
Anna was extremely helpful in assisting me with the selection of my kitchen tile backsplash. After I shared the color of my cabinets, flooring, and countertop, as well as the style I had in mind, she carefully curated a few glass tile options that complemented my space beautifully. She also allowed me to take a sample home to see how it looked in my kitchen, which made the decision process much easier. One issue I had with her was that she didn’t always call me back timely or at all, so I had to continuously follow up. I absolutely love the final choice. Thank you, Anna, for your excellent service—four stars. I experienced two challenges, the grout arrived significantly later than the tile and the installer ran out of tile because the warehouse initially missed including one box of tile. Why couldn’t they improve their customer service and deliver this to my house, it would not have been an inconvenience at all? Fortunately, both issues were resolved, and I’m very happy with the overall result.
Hi there, this review is about both Ideal Flooring but mainly about the exceptionally talented, knowledgeable, and kind store associate Jane! I have been working with Jane now for a couple of weeks and I can honestly say without her expertise and input I would have been entirely lost. She has been incredibly patient and beyond helpful. I went in looking for 1 item and with Janes detailed help and discerning eye I’ve been able to complete the look for 2 full rooms, bathroom, and flooring for a staircase. She made things feels streamlined. I cannot say enough about her. If you need something done with great attention to detail and a lot of TLC, go seen Jane!
If I could I would give Ideal Floor zero stars I would. Our experience for a 3 bathroom renovation was nothing but negative. We were given a variety of misinformation on tiles that ended up costing us significantly more money. But the biggest issue is that they were not willing to own up to their mistakes or to try to work with us. Before the project started our tiler warned us not to use them but sadly we did and thought everything would be fine. Warning bells should have gone off when I walked into the store for the first time and overheard an irate customer screaming at Diana, the showroom manager, about a mismanagement of a project they did for them. Lastly, all tile ordered is final sale. Most of their competitors will take back unused tile. So beware!
This is a late review but everything about our experience with Ideal Flooring was bad. Service & installation both terrible. Lightly used stair and upstairs carpeting was poorly installed and is bubbling all over. Also had hardwood flooring installed and service on that was really bad by store employee. Basic area measurements were miscalculated and left us with open tack strips for several days on carpet. Now apparent it was installed by an amateur hack.
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