Mina’s Hardwood Floors

This is not based on the quality of this company’s work, but on the fact that I had an appointment for an estimate and was stood up without a phone call or email.

I just purchased a new house which needed the wood floors refinished and called Minas. This was the best thing I could have done. From my initial meeting with Aaron he had a great personality and it was obvious he knew what he was talking about. He explained what would be done and how long it would take. He answered all my questions and I just knew he was the right person for the job. Let me tell you he exceeded my expectations, my floors look great. His crew was awesome, they showed up and took care of business. During the process he continually kept in contact with me to let me know how it was going. All around they did a great job, I highly recommend Minas Hardwood Floors and I am sure I will be using them again to do other projects around the house since they do home remodeling as well. Do yourself a favor and save yourself some time of shopping around, call Minas if you need your floors done. You will be thankful you did.

We got 3 different estimates for our hardwood floor refinishing in April of this year and decided to go with Mina’s. Our house is 55+ years old and we had original hardwood underneath the carpet (living room, hall and 3 bedrooms). Aaron’s estimate was fair and actually the cheapest. We liked him and felt comfortable with his experience/​knowledge. He told us he’d cover closets/​kitchen entry way so these areas would be protected from minimal dust. We also wanted someone who would help with moving large pieces of furniture (small fee) and Aaron offered that.
We scheduled our project for August to give us time to pack things, etc. A week before the start, we called Aaron and confirmed details, asked a million questions, etc. He answered and assured us everything would be fine. Well, I couldn’t be happier the way they turned out! We wanted the natural wood color and all the different wood grains and that’s what we got. Aaron’s team did a great job. They came in on a Monday and finished Wednesday. Helped move back our large furniture on Thursday. They replaced an old tiled entryway at the front door with wood and you’d never know it was new. Another area in our master bedroom had to be replaced when we had plumbing problems last year… they did a great job here too. They installed new baseboards and nice transition pieces in the bathroom, living room to kitchen and front door. It’s made my old house look so nice and not so old!
My husband was skeptical of having wood floors. He’s got bad knees and was worried about slipping/​sliding. Well, he was suprised at how beautiful the floors came out and no slipping/​sliding for his bad knees. I would definitely recommend Aaron/Mina’s to anyone who’s considering having their floors done. They did a great job and even came in under his original estimate! How often does that happen!

Aaron’s team was fantastic. We got a fair price and the work was done early. Most importantly, the floors look amazing. I cannot recommend Mina’s enough.

I have know Aaron (owner) for over 7 years. He has worked on both my houses; hardwood floors, tiles, and restroom remodels. He has worked on a few of my flips and my restaurant.
Does amazing work; attention to detail is next to none. He is very honest and reasonable!

Aaron just finished redoing our hardwood floors in half of our house, orginal hardwood from the 1950’s and sanded them down, stained them to a lighter more modern color. It looks amazing. He also happens to live around the corner from us so his team came and finished our floors in less than 2 days. We also had his guys install carpet in our masterbedroom which took no time at all maybe a couple hours and we couldn’t be happier. I would definately recommend him for all flooring projects and from the sound of other reviews he pretty much does it all as far as house upgrades go. I would hire him again.

We got our hardwood floor installed by Aaron and his team and we absolutely love it. We called Aaron to install floor two different times and we found him very responsive, trustworthy, and friendly with competitive prices.
If you are in the market for hardwood floor installation, I would highly recommend him and would definitely call him for future hardwood floor projects.

We got wood floors put in our house by Aaron & we love them. Aaron took us around to many flooring showrooms until we found the right floor for us. He does amazing work! You can tell he takes pride in his work, detailed, & fast… he is not happy until it looks perfect. He has great pricing & works with your budget. Thank you Aaron & your team for our beautiful floors!!!

Aaron just finished the floors in our house, and I could not be happier. He was friendly, fast, responsive, and professional all the way through, and his prices were great. Our floors look beautiful. I would highly recommend Aaron.

This guy is solid. His initial sales presentation was a bit strong stating several times how much he didn’t need my business but just wanted to keep his workers busy. Anyhow, he did a solid job fixing some water buckled wood floors from a previous housemate did. The quality of his work is VERY good IMO, price was very reasonable also. I’d use him again!

We had a great experience with Aaron. Great quality work, and very dependable and efficient.

I was incredibly lucky to read these Unilocal reviews and decide to have Aaron at Mina’s Hardwood Floors give me a bid. Since my mother’s house is in Hayward, and I live in Sacramento, I was struggling to get her house in shape to put on the market. Aaron gave me the best price for refinishing the floors of all those I invited to bid, and as other reviewers have noted, he spoke knowledgeably about the floors (60-​year-​old original hardwood that had been covered for years with carpeting) and what I could expect from refinishing.
Later when I was complaining that I would have to be at the house frequently to oversee the tear out of kitchen cabinets and their replacement, Aaron offered to give me a bid on that as well. I was ecstatic with both his bid ($ 100 below the Home Depot referral) and his sourcing knowledge. He saved me $ 500 on the granite counter tops by telling me where to get a good deal (their price vs Home Depot best price). He then picked up all of the cabinetry and granite when they were ready, coordinated the whole installation and never missed a beat when it turned out there was difficulty with the prior garbage disposal. I never even had to return until the job was completely done — and he did an outstanding job!
when I realized I would need someone to clean the yard and get it in shape, I asked him for references for that as well. He found people, reviewed the work to be done with me by phone (him walking through the yard while I sat in my home in Sacramento), and then oversaw it, all for a great price!
I can’t say enough about Aaron’s delivery on his commitments, his professional knowledge, his great pricing, and his wonderful, instantaneous responsiveness. On the last day, when he came by to make sure I was happy and to pick up a check, I was struggling to install a new light fixture — he simply took over. Not even part of the job — just one very nice guy helping a fumble-​fingered woman who hadn’t changed a light fixture in years. Everyone should treat their customers so well!

Aaron and his crew did a great job for us. On time, clean, professional, and fairly priced. We replaced carpeting on a staircase with hardwood floors (a job that can be challenging and intricate given banister posts, borders, and other details), and everything turned out exactly as we hoped. We met with several other hardwood floor professionals and Aaron was really the only one that we felt comfortable with. Others either didn’t know how to deal with stairs or outright told us that the banister needed to be replaced (and hence raised the pricing!). Aaron came in, said we could use the existing posts, and had a discussion with us about the various options. And it all turned out just as he explained. He’s busy, so it took us a bit longer to get this job on calendar, but we’re certainly glad we waited.

On time, fast, efficient and pays close attention to details. Asked Aaron how he came into the business and how long he’s been doing floors and an amazing story of a desk jockey who loves to be creative and use his hands. Aaron has been in the industry for 10 years and all his new business is by word of mouth referrals as well as affliate business partnerships with other contractors subcontracting to him. I met Aaron as he was the subcontractor that refinish 2 rooms and installed brand new solid walnut flooring in my youngest daughter new home.
He and his staff does great work!!! Dispute the cooler humid weather, his team refinished 2 rooms in 2.5 days and installed brand new flooring in 1 day. See progress and finished photos attached to this review.

Mina’s Hardwood Floors is awesome and does so much more than hardwood floors now. It is owned and run by Aaron Esquivel, a bright go-​getter who does a fantastic job and seems to hire the right people. His work is perfection. I live in Palo Alto and used Aaron about 6 years ago when we had our floors in both our main and guest cottage redone. He did great work but the best part was working with Aaron. I have never worked with anyone so service oriented and responsive. This year I called him because I wanted to get a quote for new hardwood in our main house. I got a great quote. He also had fantastic ideas for doing small upgrades that were not too expensive but made a HUGE difference. So in approximately 3 weeks he ripped out my old hardwood, installed beautiful brazilian teak, new baseboards, new crown molding, new doors with hardware, new locks and paint. He and I talked and texted constantly. He always picked up the phone or responded to me in minutes day and night. I am horrible with colors and coordination and probably should have hired an interior decorator but didn’t have to because he was so helpful with guiding me. He had great ideas regarding upgrades, colors, accent walls, etc. He has always been honest regarding what he will do and what needs to bring others in to do. The people he brought in were kind, hardworking and did great work. My house looks so amazing. They finished it today and I can not say enough good things about Aaron and Mina’s Hardwood Floors.