John Ricardo Hardwood Floors

John Ricardo Hardwood Floors is a small, owner-run shop in Plymouth that installs and refinishes hardwood floors, including custom borders. Also doing business as Ricardo Flooring, it's run by John Ricardo, and the Better Business Bureau — which gives the company an A+ rating with no complaints on file, despite it not being accredited — lists the business as 24 years old. The reviews that exist are thin but generally favorable. One older account praised John's own communication and how clearly he laid out timelines and pricing on a large refinishing job; a separate review liked his attention to detail and responsiveness on an installation, though that same customer felt the finished floors showed inconsistencies they traced back to the contractor-grade materials they'd supplied rather than the workmanship itself. Google backs that mixed-but-mostly-positive read with a 3.7-star average — but from only six ratings, too small a sample to lean on heavily. Two things are worth asking about directly before booking. BuildZoom's directory lists a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor license (#CS-004246) and a Home Improvement Contractor registration (#112582) for the company, but that's BuildZoom's own listing, not a state-registry check — confirm current status yourself before signing anything. Separately, court records show the business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2015, with the case closing in 2017 and no discharge listed; it's old enough not to be disqualifying on its own, but worth raising in conversation. For a homeowner wanting hardwood floors installed or refinished by a long-running local shop, this looks workable — just verify the license directly with the state, ask what materials will be used and who's supplying them, and get a couple of references beyond what's posted online.