Ecowoods Inc.

We had Francisco refinished our entire floor and stairs. He reply very quick to all our messages and send us the quote right away. He started right on the day he said (in fact they wanted to start earlier, but we were not ready). He was very professional, honest, polite, knowledgable and worked really hard every day.
We are extremely satisfied with his job, our house looks like new!!! We have already recommended him among our friends.

Francisco and Misha were professional, timely and their work was immaculate. I had a time deadline and they were able to meet it. Francisco was also very prompt in returning texts and message. The floor which had been very damaged looks brand new.

Francisco and team were amazing! They arrived on time through the week and were very conscientious of the dust caused from sanding and found ways to contain it to the first floor. Francisco is passionate about his work and even took the time to walk us through the proper care for the floors and banister. Would definitely recommend him and his team for any flooring or refinishing projects.

I had Francisco and his team place hardwood throughout my entire house. He was extremely professional to work with and his work was brilliant. He is a perfectionist. When I moved my furniture back and scratched my floor he came back and re varnished for me. I would 100% recommend ecowood for any hardwood flooring work.

We decided to not get our stairs stained from our builder because they were charging a ridiculous price, so we found Francisco through homestars, his quote was the best compared to two others we received. Him and his workers were quiet, diligent, and respectful, they did a great job. Would recommend them to anyone! our home is in Maple and they matched the colour of the stairs to the hardwood in our home perfectly!

i saw Francisco's company in Homestars, and I decided to give him a call because of his excellent reviews. His price was very competitive, and I chose him as my contractor. From the beginning, he demonstrated great professionalism and care for his work. His team of workers was very pleasent and dedicated. He got me involved in this whole process of the renovation, and took the time to explain me what were my choices of finish and stains. He did a very good job at renovating my wood floors. I am very pleased with my new floors, and i would strongly hire him again to do my upstairs bedrooms and corridor; and i would also recommend him to a friend or a family member to get their floors done with Francisco from Ecowoods.

Although I was initially impressed with Francisco, I now deeply regret hiring Ecowoods. Francisco and I made an agreement that he would sand and stain the floors in my 3 story house.

While working on my kitchen, his crew spilled a pool of stain under the fridge, left it, and continued with the urethane. Unfortunately, the pool of stain leaked out into the main part of the kitchen leaving an ugly dark area (see image.) Although the floor had already been coated with urethane, Francisco tried to fix it by re-sanding the area by hand. He admitted that the damage would always show but explained that there was no way to make it better. My feeling was that it was a minor issue, Francisco had done his best to fix it, and everyone makes mistakes.

But, the other issue was not minor. To be fair, when the floor in my family room was initially sanded, there were some very, subtle “chatter marks”. (“Chatter” is a term used in the flooring industry to describe ripples or waves in the hard wood caused by a poor sanding job or faulty sanding equipment.) It was my understanding that after Ecowoods re-sanded the floor, these would be eliminated. Instead, the original chatter marks in my family room were made worse and furthermore, they now extend clear across the entire family room and across my kitchen as well. My contractor, my son, and various friends confirm my cause for disappointment—immediately following the job done by Francisco’s crew, the chatter marks were considerably worse and more noticeable (see image.) Yet, when Francisco refused to correct this considerable error, our plans to refinish the rest of the floors were abandoned.

It may surprise the reader to know that I believe Ecowoods usually does a reasonably good job, that Francisco is typically polite and prompt, and that he will do all he can to repair the small things that often go wrong in any job (like the spilled stain in my kitchen). However, on the occasions when a significant and costly mistake is made (like chatter), his likable demeanor disappears, he no longer lives up to his reputation, and he does not fix the damage. In fact, in my case, if he had fixed the chatter, I would have written a good review for Francisco. Please check the positive reviews I’ve written for other companies who have worked on my renovation (rated as 10), as well as the exceptional job done by a competitor since my unfortunate experience with Francisco. In fact, while Francisco tries to paint me as a client who is never satisfied, I have been working happily with my original contractor for over a year now, and despite the many people involved in this extensive reno, my experience with Francesco has easily been the worst.

Francisco and his team did an absolutely beautiful job on our floors and stairs. They started on the 2nd floor where they ripped out our old carpet and put down new oak floors, stained and finished them. The next step was the staircase - Francisco worked with Gmano Railings to remove the carpet and replace the old 1982 staircase with a beautiful new one complete with iron railings. The third stage of the project was to re-finish and sand and stain our existing first floor oak hardwoods to match the new 2nd floor and staircase and they did a fantastic job. What made the project go so smoothly was how easy it was to communicate with Francisco. He was prompt to reply, clear in his instructions and he was always at the house when he said he would be. His workers were clean and tidy and they took great care to vacuum up the dust at the end of each day of work, which made the final clean up very easy. Ecowoods exceeded our expectations in every way and we would recommend them to anyone who is very fussy about the finished product.

Based solely on homestars reviews I contacted Ecowoods and am so happy with the work. Francisco and his crew were extremely professional. The final product looks great and shows attention to detail. My husband works with contractors and they have all come through our new home and the first thing they comment on is the quality of the floors. If I have any other floor work to be done I will only call Francisco. I trust him and his work speaks for itself. In addition, he was curteous, punctual and reasonable, making it very easy to work with him. He was patient with all of my questions! Even when we changed our mind last minute as to the colour we wanted. Thanks Francisco! We LOVE our floors! Not being fans of oak, we knew we had to at least change the colour of the floor. It went from a pale yellow/orange to spice brown. The floor now looks modern. Worth every penny! I highly recommend, without any hesitation.