Cheaper Floors

Great place to shop for living and bathroom floors. Terry is helpful in selection of designs.

I purchased Porcelanosa tile, bathtub, and accessories for 2 full bathroom remodels. Max got me all of the tiles I needed, and I went back for flooring and kitchen backsplash. We ordered the flooring and received it a day in a half later. I wasn’t expecting it to be ready so early, and fortunately I had a truck I could use to haul it home. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any tie downs with me, but Max told me what I needed (even texted me a photo!) and made sure everything was secure for my long ride home. I can’t say enough about cheaper floors, I recommend them to everyone I know. Thanks Max!

I did a lot of research and Cheaper floors was the best combination of quality and pricing. Much Better than the Chinese stores nearby. I got a super deal on approx 1400 square feet of porcelain wood tile .
The owners Max and Terry was super sweet and accommodating. They were even flexible on pricing for certain items. Very easy to deal with, no pressure sales.
You should go here first for all your flooring needs then you will see for yourself.

Worth the drive out to this place. Lots of styles to chose from. Hard wood flooring, laminate, vinyl and more. Max and the staff were knowledgeable, not pushy to sell, explained pros and cons on types of floorings and loaded the flooring for me. We went with the berry alloc laminate — sand greige oak, perfect for our home décor. Just like max said it was easy to install. We’ll definitely be coming back for future projects.

If you are looking for quality floors look no further. My husband and I were impressed with there huge selection of floors and had a great experience with max the owner. Max is very knowledgeable and friendly. After visiting five different locations and comparing prices, cheaper floors/​portofino floors simply had the best quality and the best prices. We went with hardwood engineered floors and they look absolutely beautiful. They are wide plank and hand scrapped. My husband had no trouble installing the floors himself. The underlayment that cheaper floors/​portofino floors carries is top quality. Thank you Max for the helping us get our dream floors.

San Leandro is a little far from where I live. When I checked the review of this store, I found I really like the decorations. I decised to take a look, and I’m glad that we did visit this store.
When we approached the store, I couldn’t find a place called «Cheaper Floors». Instead, there is only one store named «Portofino Floors», and I don’t even know what does Portofino mean. «Wow» was my impression when I walked in the store. I thought we couldn’t afford everything in this beautiful place. While we were looking around in the store, another customer came. He looked like he likes the owner Max a lot.
Before we left, I asked a price of a floor we like. Unexpectedly, the price is super sweet, better than those in the Chinese stores. What’s even better, Max gave us a lot of samples to bring home for free. I really appreciate his kindness. Because I never thought that the colors would change so much. It looked like totally different colors in the store and in my house.
I like the Porcelanosa tiles in San Jose. I don’t think I could afford those, either. Max told me that he gives 40% off for his customers. Now I can buy a better quality tile for a better price. WOW!
Finally, we ordered everything here. My contractor loves this store, too. Thank you, Max.

I would like to say Cheaper Floors is a dealer for Provenza floors. i ordered 3000 sy ft of POMPEII lipari flooring and just received it. It was exactly as Max had told me. He had a excellent price on it. I will be doing business with Max again!
Thank you Max for all your help
Richard R

«Wow» was my impression when I walked out the store after spending over an hour with Max going through my options. I must have stopped by at least over 7 stores throughout the bay area from Belmont to San Jose, through Fremont and to San Ramon. I have been shopping for Porcelanosa tiles and am happy I stopped by.
Note: I am not shopping for a large quantity and only need 40 sq ft. Most of these other stores lose interest immediately — kinda like the same effect when you think of grandma when you are bumping uglies — when I mention 40sq ft.
To my surprise, Max is the owner of the business and not some commissioned sales rep. My experience has been superb, this is how to run a store front business — personable and no pressure. He is extremely patient and easy going, his experienced as a previous installer provides invaluable insight and good recommendations.
He offered to let me take home his display pieces without the need to purchased them or leave a deposit (YMMV I think). While I was there, another customer came by and wanted to change an order she had placed a day before, Max explained that he was unable to stop the order as it was already processed with the supplier but told her that it was ‘ok, not a problem and that he will take care of it’ and she was obviously delighted. There wasn’t any hassle! WOW, am sure its not standard and that a restocking fee is pretty common but he was relaxed about it.
I placed my order with Max today and am very sure I will be back for more (working on a whole house renovation).
I will be comfortable telling my mom, friends and yes even grandma to shop here for their flooring needs.

Max is absolutely helpful and gave me such a great deal! He beats the prices from other vendors without me having to bargain. I can’t ask for more. I got Golden Apple laminate flooring and it looks absolutely beautiful! I would totally recommend Cheaper Floors to anyone from contractors to owners who want to get good deals on floorings.

Huge red flag. Unprofessional manager/​owner. Spent time flirting with me (I’m easy on the eyes but no super model), asking who lived in my household, was I married, and asking how much my jewelry was, instead of the real issue at hand. The merchandise and store was a bit unorganized. He was also very hard to communicate with, linguistically– and style– wise.

Be careful. This company sounds like lumber liquidators.
They rarely answer the phone or call you back.
I wanted to purchase provenza laminate floors
On the Provenza website it says they are not an authorized dealer and they will not honor any warranty.
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Max is super friendly and he has really good price compare to everywhere else! He is effective, responsive and he apparently has very good relationship with Porcelanosa. If the tile is in stock, I can pick up the order the second day after I place the order with Max. I highly recommend Max and cheaper floors.

Great experience with Max at Cheaper Floors. He welcomed us with contagious excitement/​humor and provided thorough information about the flooring of interest. We ended up selecting the Valldemossa by California Classics French Oak hardwood because of the 4 mm thickness in order to allow for future refinishing if/​when necessary. Super high quality stuff and we didn’t even appreciate the scraping/​textural nuances of the floors until actually laid, but now that they’re in our house, I’m so happy we picked them– they’ll hold up super well with our dog/​cat and future children. Our contractors chipped a couple pieces while installing, but given the design/​look of this hardwood, it almost seems as if they’re intentional (awesome!). Check out my photos posted
Again, super happy with our experience at Cheaper Floors given the selection and easy to see display in the showroom. The price was also very fair and seemed well below the price per sq ft listed for the same materials online at competitive shops. Will recommend Max’s shop to our family/​friends in the Bay Area as well.

If you are looking for Porcelanosa tiles, this is certainly the place to go. It’s pretty easy to find as it’s just a block from the freeway offramp at the Marina Exit on 880. Max was a pleasure to work with and was very friendly and outgoing. He even offered us food and snacks each time we went here.
40% off list prices for most of the tiles and luckily, some of the ones we ended up ordering were even at 50% off at the time of our order as they had some special promotions on some of the tiles that we wanted.
After our first visit, he even suggested that we go check out the main porcelanosa showroom in San Jose if we had time since he knew the main showroom had a lot more selection on display. He told us to go check it out and then once we were ready to order, he could order anything that we liked from the main showroom. We ended up doing that and it indeed was very helpful because we did end up getting a lot more ideas. Since we were remodeling a whole house, this was one of the best decisions we made. I encourage going to the main showroom in San Jose as well to anyone who is having trouble deciding on which tiles to select.
The only blip in the radar was that some of the tiles did not arrive on certain days that he had mentioned. But it was okay, because we ended up calling him before we went in just to make sure and didn’t need to waste our time driving over. But that’s a small price to pay when you can get the tiles at such a great price.
Highly recommended as at least a place to check out when you are needing tiles. He mentioned that he can get almost anything so shop at other places and if you can get the tile manufacturer and name, ask him if he can get it. He may be able to get you the same exact tiles as some of the other stores, but probably at a huge discount.

No one greeted us upon our entrance even through the person on the floor clearly saw us. I asked the person politely if they had changed the name of the business from Cheaper Floors to Portofino… he was very rude in his reply and pointed towards a car parked in the front which had Cheaper floors logo. We felt so insulted the way he responded that we decided to leave immediately, and mentioned we will share our experience on Unilocal to which he replied he didn’t care.
He followed us to our car and pointed me to roll down the window, and mentioned that next time we come in he will give us a deal. He came back again few mins later and apologized for his behavior which he attributed to having a bad day. We wished him better day and left.
Note — this individual was wearing a black t shirt.

This place was recommended to me by my contractor. Walked in on Wednesday and was greeted by Max. He was very friendly and attentive from the moment I walked in the door. I came in looking for laminate flooring. He showed me all my options and tried to match my hardwood living room floors from a pic I showed him. He also answered all of my questions. He gave me an excellent price on the laminate and even give me the large sample block to take home so I could be sure about the color of the laminate I was choosing. He escorted me to my car and put the sample in my trunk for me.
Called him today to place my order over the phone. He remembered me as well as the prices he quoted. Placing the order over the phone was quick and easy.
I HIGHLY recommend that you pay him a visit for your flooring needs. Will definitely use him in the future.

Five Star! Great selection, efficient service, on time delivery and great price!
Max is cool. He let me take a few samples back home to make sure I like the floor. I will definitely recommend it!

I was recommended to check out the business for their prices. They’re probably one of the only store in the bay area that provides a generous discount on Porcelanosa to noncontractor civilian.
I’m a new homeowner and had two bathrooms to remodel. I didn’t know where to start. There are so many nonsensical things that go into buying tiles. I had a lot of questions about various types of tiles, size, durability, grout line, etc. Could you imagine how annoying I was?
The business is mostly ran by Max, who was extremely helpful and had been very patient with my indecisive plans. I gave Max the dimensions, and he was able to calculated the amount of tiles to buy. He even replaced two broken tiles hassle-​free. My bathroom layout had changed since I ordered the tiles, and I needed more tiles. Max found the same production batch in Los Angeles and shipped it within 3 days. My experience was great, so I used him again multiple times. Most of times, I called in my orders and was able to have the same day pick at Porcelanosa warehouse in SJ. So easy and simple, that’s what it should be like

Max is a very nice guy. He gave us 40% off over a usually very expensive porcelanosa. He also gave us two bags of grout for free.
Definitely will go back here when we need more.

Got the best deal on our Castle Combe hardwood from Max. We did extensive research and wanted a rustic floor. Max delivered.