Home Legend Flooring Reviews

It’s surprisingly difficult to find people who want to share their experience with Home Legend flooring. It doesn’t mean that this brand is unpopular. I think I’m just a little unlucky. However, I’ve finally got a few authentic Home Legend flooring reviews and I will try to add more of them later.

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Review #1.

Our first guest is John. Here’s what he writes:

John's Basement 1

John's Basement 2

Yes, hopefully I can help.

I installed over 1000 sq ft of Home Legend Piano finished Pecan Natural in my basement in Oct 2009. I am happy with it overall. I think it is very durable as far as scratches from traffic, etc. I have a dog and a 3 yr old, whom both put the floor to the test.

The only issues I see are some edges of flooring where the basement floor wasn’t quite level. This causes flexing of the floor which I don’t think any laminate would withstand.

Installation was pretty simple…I just had to sort out the different patterns of the planks so that “like patterns” did not sit too close to each other on the floor. It seemed that some boxes had a lot of the same pattern within, so I had to open several boxes at once to get a good variety..if that makes sense.

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Review #2.

Andrew is a graphic designer from Texas. His main hobby is photography and he was very kind to answer my questions and make a photo.

Hi Alex,

Yes, we did get the Home Legend flooring in our house.

1. How long have you been using your Home Legend flooring? What type/product do you have? – We have had the flooring for a little over a year. We got the Maple Sedona engineered flooring.

2. How have you installed it? – We had it installed by Home Depot (where we bought it). It was a floating floor, so not the glue down installation.

3. What could you say about its durability? – So far so good – no complaints. Seems pretty solid.

4. Did you have any problems with this flooring? – No problems..

5. How do you maintain it? – Honestly, we have just used a Swifer sweeper so far. No need to use any other cleaning products yet.

6. Other pros and cons? – The only drawback ( and this is just my personal preference on wood floors in general) is that I wish they could have done a glue-down installation. I prefer the very solid feel of a glue down floor. Floating floors feel a little different.

7. Would you recommend it? – Yes, I would recommend these floors.

I think Home Legend makes a glue down version of this floor now, not sure though.

Hope that helps with your decision.

-Andrew

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Review #3.

Our next guest is Dan from Austin, Texas. Dan has a blog about his kitchen remodel experience – daninaustin.blogspot.com. He has sent me a few photos from the archives of his remodel and I’m happy to publish them here.

Hi Alex,

We do have the Home Legend bamboo flooring installed. I’m not really thrilled with it, as it seems to scratch and dent more easily than I expected, but even with the marks it looks pretty good. Of course, I have very little to compare it to, so my expectations may have been off a bit. The rest of the wood in our house is about 60 years old and has a complete patina of scratches and dents on it, none of which I noticed until I became concerned about the dents in the new stuff. So maybe wood just gets nicked up real easily and you get used it it.

As for your questions:

1. How long have you been using your Home Legend flooring? What type/product do you have? - It was installed about 18 months ago. It is the tongue and groove bamboo product in the “toast” color. Let me know if you need more info and I can try and find it off the box.

2. How have you installed it? - It was installed by a Contractor. They used some type of glue under the boards. They had some trouble laying it flat in some areas – it would occasionally bow up along a line where 2 boards met. Not sure if this was a product issue, or more likely an issue with the skill of the installer.

3. What could you say about its durability? -Seems to dent and scratch much more easily that I expected. If you were to drop a spoon or a cell phone from waist level, it would leave a mark.

4. Did you have any problems with this flooring? - Installation issues noted above at the seams of 2 boards, and the ease of getting marked up.

5. How do you maintain it? - Sweep when needed. Someone cleans it every other week with some type of cleaner, but not sure what they use, though I’m sure it’s really mild.

6. Other pros and cons? – Looks great. There is some variation in the color, but you can match up the boards to keep it from being too dramatic.

7. Would you recommend it? - I would recommend it with the caveat that you have to know going into it that it’s going to get dented and scratched. It doesn’t look all that bad with the marks on it, so if you’re OK with the fact that there will be dents in your new wood floor, you should be happy with it. Of course, I don’t have anything to compare it to.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks,
Dan

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Review #4.

Our next guest is Peachie (I don’t know the real name). It’s very sad that he/she was unable to submit a photo. We had a very small argument about whether a photo could help this post and what is the best way to write such article (testing a sample and interviewing consumers). However, I’m very much obliged to Peachie for this review.

Hi Alex,

This is the first message I received from you and will be glad to try to answer your questions. See my answers in RED.

1. How long have you been using your Home Legend flooring? What type/product do you have? I had the product installed in 2008. Home legend engineered hardwood flooring.

2. How did you install it? I had it installed by someone that does it. He charged me $2.50 a square foot. I covered 3 bedrooms, a hall and a foyer. The material was on sale at Home Depot. He used an underlayment over plywood? (I think). The total job was about $2800. I thought everything came out great 

3. What could you say about its durability? Three year durability-so far, so good.

4. Did you have any problems with this flooring? Not yet!

5. How do you maintain it? Hardwood floor cleaner or little vinegar and water.

6. Other pros and cons? Looks good. Easy to care for. Cheaper than hardwood. Nice compliments.

7. Would you recommend it? I like it for me.

You’re welcome.

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More Home Legend flooring reviews soon…