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Typical your area range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from New England Floor Sanding. 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
Sam has been sanding floors long enough that one of his 2025 reviewers is a tradesman he trained more than forty years ago. New England Floor Sanding works out of Nashua and, by the company's own account, has been installing and refinishing hardwood for 42 years, across southern New Hampshire and out into the Boston suburbs. A lot of this is rescue work. A family in August 2026 had their floors done by someone else, hit a problem, and had this crew in to fix it quickly. In a January 2026 review, a homeowner who wanted the natural light Bona look hired another company first, watched it ruin every floor in the house, and called Sam in a panic. That same August, a Carlisle, MA homeowner had 6,000 square feet of existing hardwood sanded and stained plus new flooring installed, finally out from under the pumpkin-orange polyurethane they had lived with. Matching wood is the technical part customers credit them for. One writing in July 2026 had 30-year-old red oak refinished and, after installing white oak in the kitchen by mistake, had the two blended together seamlessly. In a March 2026 review, a Hollis, NH job ran to thousands of square feet of new flooring woven into existing boards with eighth-inch height differences, three stairways and long stretches of open balcony. Another homeowner wanting away from cherry's deep orange had Sam suggest a bleaching process applied after the sanding. Speed and directness come up nearly every time. Sam quotes from photos, answers on a Sunday, and in a 2024 review had a crew at a house by Wednesday after a Sunday call. Whole first floors come back in about two days. In a 2025 review, the crew held a customer's move-in date even after equipment failures threatened it. Two accounts sit below the rest. In a 2025 review, a homeowner who was unsure of the square footage and asked for someone to come out and measure found the reply condescending. And a customer writing in February 2026 was not happy with the finished work — the update on that review says Sam came out and offered to redo it or pay another contractor to, and the reviewer credited him for wanting to do right by them. On Google the company sits at 5 stars across 255 ratings, and the BBB grade is A+. For refinishing old boards, matching new wood to old, or undoing a bad finish someone else left behind, this is a direct call. Ask how the square footage gets measured and priced before the quote is settled, and agree up front what happens if the colour doesn't come out the way you pictured.
New England Floor Sanding recently did both new hardwood flooring installation as well as sanding and staining our entire 6,000 sq. ft existing hardwood floors in Carlisle, MA. We could not have been happier with the outcome. We went from the classic pumpkin colored polyurethane oil stain to a much lighter Nordic stained natural color with satin finished HD Traffic water-based urethane and it completely transformed our house. Sam walked us through all the stages of the project and patiently answered all our questions. His installers / finishers were incredibly professional while on the job and were extremely responsive to minor touch ups that we requested at the end of job. I highly recommend New England Floor Sanding if you're considering either refinishing your existing hardwood floors or installing new hardwood.
My family and I had a great experience with New England Floor Sanding. We had an issue with our floors after having them done by someone else, and they came in and fixed the problem very quickly. The floors came out beautiful, and we are extremely happy with the final result. They were professional, very clean, and respectful of our home throughout the entire process. They took their time to make sure everything was done properly and left everything neat when they finished. We really appreciate the work they did for us and would definitely recommend New England Floor Sanding!
Beautiful flooring. Reasonable pricing and very communicative throughout process. You can’t go wrong with them!
Sam and his team did fantastic work refinishing our 30 year old red oak flooring. Even with my mistake of installing white oak flooring during our kitchen renovation, Sam’s team was able to seamlessly blend them together. Sam communicated well, always keeping me updated. His team worked very hard to complete the job in a timely manner. Highly recommend. We’d love to have Sam and his team back to install flooring in the rest of our home.
Great experience They were quick to respond and did an Excellent job Matching the color of floor I needed.
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