Recent hardwood projects around Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Beaufort County — installs, refinishes, repairs, and one staircase — with what each one cost and why.
The projects below are representative of the work we do around Bluffton and the Lowcountry — the kind of jobs, the way they're priced, and what homeowners tell us after. Verified customer projects replace these examples as jobs close.
Builder carpet and worn sheet vinyl out of a Ridgeland ranch, and 620 square feet of prefinished white oak in — living room, hall, and primary bedroom, done in one pass so the house was disrupted once.
“The carpet had been 'one more year' for about six years. They had the old floors out and the oak down in three days, and the price on paper was the price at the end.” — Greg, Ridgeland
Price: $5,900 · Time on site: 3 days
A Hilton Head condo's oak floors had gone gray from sun and tracked-in sand. Full sand back to bare wood, a warm walnut stain, and a water-based finish that keeps the beach light in the room.
“I thought the floors were just done — twenty years of renters and sand. They sanded them back to wood that looked new and the whole condo feels brighter. Guests notice the floors now, in the good way.” — Nancy, Hilton Head Island
Price: $2,400 · Time on site: 2 days
A Beaufort home on a concrete slab, where solid hardwood would cup by August. 800 square feet of premium wide-plank engineered oak, glue-down over a moisture barrier — the look of solid, built for the slab.
“Two other companies tried to sell me solid oak for a slab house. These folks explained why that fails here, showed me the moisture readings, and put down engineered that looks like a magazine floor.” — Bill, Beaufort
Price: $12,800 · Time on site: 4 days
A slow dishwasher leak in a Sun City kitchen buckled the boards and blackened the subfloor beneath. 35 square feet laced out and replaced board by board, the subfloor section renewed, then the patch sanded and finished to blend with the floor around it.
“The leak had been going for months before the floor told on it. They found the soft boards, replaced what was ruined — including under the floor, not just the pretty part — and I honestly cannot find the patch.” — Debbie, Okatie
Price: $575 · Time on site: 1 day
Fourteen carpeted builder steps in a Hardeeville two-story, stripped back to the oak underneath: treads and risers sanded, stained, and finished to match the foyer floor they had always pretended not to clash with.
“The carpet on those stairs was the first thing you saw and the worst thing in the house. Underneath it was real oak the whole time. Now the staircase matches the foyer and looks like it cost ten times what it did.” — Ron, Hardeeville
Price: $780 · Time on site: 1 day
500 square feet of unfinished red oak in a Pooler family room, installed raw and finished on site — the stain mixed on a sample board until it matched the existing floor in the dining room next door, which was the whole point of doing it the slow way.
“Everybody else wanted to sell us prefinished and 'get it close.' This crew finished the wood in the house and matched the dining room color on a sample board before a drop went on the floor. It reads as one floor now.” — Kathy, Pooler
Price: $6,400 · Time on site: 5 days
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