New Bedford Floor Covering Inc

New Bedford Floor Covering is a family-run flooring shop that owner Cecil Lopes has kept going since 1984 — 42 years by BBB's count — doing floor installation and covering sales out of its Union Street location. Reviews from 2022 through 2026 keep hitting the same notes: fair prices and installation people are happy with. In a 2022 review, a restaurant owner described the dining room floor as "a mess" — broken tiles, frost-heaved concrete, uneven rooms — before the crew reworked it into what they called a gorgeous improvement, done quickly. Other 2022 reviewers name installer Chris directly for "expert installation" at a family-owned-business price, and a 2026 review compares the experience favorably to buying flooring at Lowe's, citing good service, price and quality. The record isn't spotless. A 2025 review describes spotting a company van near an address the reviewer associated with a dispensary and says staff denied it when asked, calling for drug testing of employees — there's no way to verify that account independently. Separately, an OSHA enforcement record turns up for a similarly named "New Bedford Floor Covering Sales, Inc.," but it lists a Mashpee, MA facility — a different city from this company's New Bedford address — so it isn't clear it's the same business. For routine flooring and tile work, the run of specific, positive installs — including a full commercial floor rebuild — is the more reliable signal here; worth asking directly about the 2025 review if it gives pause.