Property & Construction | Floorpride Mandeville
Fall in love with your floor Floorpride Mandeville has been based on its prominent corner site on Mandeville Street, Riccarton since 1988. It’s has been laying quality flooring in Canterbury homes and businesses for those 30 years. That’s an impressive track record.
“We invest time into training and making sure everyone keeps up to date with new products as they come on the market.
The business was purchased in 2000 by current owner Alastair Murcott who combines a lifelong career in flooring with a genuine passion for sales and service.
“Our staff can attend ‘flooring school’ through BCITO (Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation) because we need to be able to advise our clients as to which flooring options will be the best for their home or business environment.”
Starting in carpet retail, Alastair then spent 19 years working for leading manufacturers Feltex and Godfrey Hirst, gaining extensive trade and product knowledge. “Flooring is in my blood,” he says, “or, to quote an old cliché, I have carpet fluff in my veins!” Alastair makes a point of ensuring that his staff in the showroom – many of whom have been with the business for years – also have this combination of passion and strong product knowledge.
And offering a wide range of flooring options is fundamental to Floorpride’s sales philosophy. “We don’t have an agenda to sell particular brands or types of flooring. Rather we tailor to each customer’s individual requirements and lifestyle. “It’s all done in a friendly, relaxed, but very professional manner so that customers feel they can put their trust in our advice.”
Alastair and Tracy Murcott
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We don’t have an agenda to sell particular brands or types of flooring. Rather we tailor to each customer’s individual requirements and lifestyle. - Owner Alastair Murcott
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Walking into a flooring business and being confronted with a myriad of products can be daunting. Floorpride takes pride in putting people at ease and demystifying flooring fads and fashions.
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Alastair explains that fashions and trends do come and go with flooring. “Over the last 10 years synthetic or solution dyed nylon carpet has become more and more popular. “That has mainly been because it does not fade in the way that wool carpets may do in areas exposed to a lot of bright light. “But there is something of a resurgence in wool carpet now. It’s a beautiful, natural, soft fibre that is hypoallergenic, fire resistant and helps to naturally regulate moisture, creating a warm, dry and healthy home.” Floorpride are stockists of New Zealand and Australia’s most recognised brands of carpet, including Cavalier Bremworth, Godfrey Hirst and Feltex. They are also the South Island stockists of Sallee custom carpet.
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“We have always been a one-stop flooring shop with carpet, hardwood flooring, tiles, laminates, vinyl and cork – something for every home, office or commercial premises.”
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