Summit Hardwood Floors

Summit Hardwood Floors is a one-person flooring operation, run by owner Stephen Neves, who the company says went out on his own in 2020 after ten years already working the trade. He describes serving a stretch from southern New Hampshire down through Cape Cod, doing sanding, refinishing, patch repairs and new installs. Between 2023 and late 2024, a run of Google reviews described the same experience: Steve — sometimes alongside a helper named Tom — showing up on time, walking homeowners through finish options, and leaving floors reviewers called meticulous. A 2024 review recounts a Brookline condo job where old parquet floors were covered in luxury vinyl after the carpet came out, calling him responsive and professional from start to finish; another, also from 2024, said a refinish done about a year earlier still looked wonderful. That same year he also took on a couple of custom woodworking jobs outside flooring — building a desk and a set of walnut benches — that customers praised by name. The one review from the last several months, though, is a different story: a July 2026 customer complained about siding work, describing gaps around a door frame and along an entire side where panels weren't cut or fitted correctly. It's the only negative account on file and the only one this year, on a job outside the flooring work the rest of the history is built on — worth asking Neves about directly, especially if you're hiring him for anything beyond hardwood floors. For a floor that needs sanding, refinishing, or a color change, the record here points to a careful, communicative one-person operation. For siding or other exterior work, get more specific about his experience before booking.