Secrets to Saving Time & Money on Your New Hardwood Floor

How exciting, it's time to get some beautiful new hardwood flooring for your home or office. Let's face it though, this can be a big investment of both time and money. So, what's the secret to saving both? Find a flooring store that carries a large selection of hardwood in their warehouse. Believe it or not, you can save a substantial sum by choosing an in-stock hardwood. Not only that, in-stock hardwood is ready to go into your space right away - so you save time as well. And let's face it, when you find the perfect new hardwood, you don't want to wait to get it installed, you want it as soon as possible!

So how does this work? Well it is pretty simple, actually. Because the store orders large quantities of the best hardwood floors from their manufacturers, they get a great deal on them and they can pass that pricing on to you. They also save on shipping because instead of shipping a lot of tiny orders over time and paying for each one, they simply get big shipments when they order large quantities of hardwood all at once. Delivering the individual orders from their warehouse is much more reasonable than doing so directly from the manufacturer - which might be located in another city - or even another country. Again, the savings can be passed on to you, their customer. This can add up to some big savings. In fact, these types of stores can often beat the prices of the huge big-box chains with their international buying power simply because they can sell you in-stock flooring rather than custom ordering it for you.

As for the time savings, well, here again a store with a warehouse full of stock ready to go beats the custom-order type stores hands-down. With the custom-order flooring stores, you're going to have to wait for your shipment to come from whatever distant city your chosen manufacturer is located in. It might even have to go to the store you bought it from first, and then they receive it and then they get their crew to send it out to you - another delay as they go through the process of receiving, inventory control, etc. If you get it from a store that carries in-stock hardwood it is just a matter of them sending it out on their next truck - some places can have an installation crew at your place within a day or two depending on how busy they currently are.

Now you might be wondering if you'll be able to find the right flooring from a shop that keeps a supply in-stock. It's true that they won't have every conceivable option available to you and if you are looking for something exotic you might have to wait for the custom order. But for most part, these stores do a good job of carrying the most stylish, popular and modern selections. You should be able to get a maple, cherry, oak, walnut without any difficulty. The truth is, the managers of these stores take a risk whenever they buy a large quantity of hardwood, so they get pretty good at picking the styles people want to buy.

So next time you're shopping for that new hardwood floor, you might want to check for stores that have a big warehouse bursting with in-stock options.