If you're looking for cheap hardwood flooring, you can find it. You just have to know the right places to shop. Hardwood flooring isn't all super expensive. And cheap hardwood flooring doesn't have to mean low grade. You can get some really great deals on hardwood.
Start with a flooring place in your area. Often, a neighborhood flooring business will give you a better deal on hardwood so that they build a base of local repeat clients. If you find what you're looking for, great. If not, move on to the internet.
A search for "cheap hardwood flooring" will return hundreds of sites. But what do you look for in an online company? How can you tell one from another?
As with any brick and mortar store, you want to look for a company you can trust. Check out what they are offering. Then find their guarantee. Is there a good guarantee in place if anything goes wrong? Is there a return policy? What about defects you might find after deliver? You'll want the answers to all these questions before you give out your credit card number.
Next, check out the stock they offer. You're going to buy hardwood flooring by the square footage. So look for the cheapest price by square foot. If one is $1.29 a square foot, it's a huge savings over one that's $5.00 a square foot. The numbers may look small, but the difference will be immense when you start calculating all the square footage you will need.
Be careful of great deals that sound too good to be true. Often in the fine print you'll see that you have to buy the entire lot of a certain hardwood or there's no price break. If you end up with twice the amount you need for the job, you haven't saved anything at all.
Be mindful of the fact that computer monitors can vary a lot in their ability to portray the real color of an item. You may think you're getting a light tan but it could turn out to be either lighter or darker than you expect. If at all possible, ask to see a sample. Have them mail you one so you can see it in your own home. Finally, check the grade of the wood. If it's not graded for home use, then pass on it. You want only first quality goods of the finest caliber or else you'll want to look somewhere else.