Dream Home - St. James  12mm African Mahogany Laminate

While I really like the look of the African Mahogany and the price is great for what you're getting, the product has some serious flaws.

The system for interlocking doesn't click like other floors that I've installed. As well, you have to be extremely careful when tapping in because the edges will bubble at a minimum or chip easily. I'm very nervous about dropping anything on the floors because I feel that they will chip if caught at the wrong angle. Also, the fact that the boards are pre-cut to three different sizes is ridiculous. You're going to have to cut boards anyway, so they should all be one size. I don't understand the reasoning behind pre-cutting. My last complaint is that the floor is definitely laminate flooring. There is no attempt to make this look nor feel like hardwood flooring. So if you're going for a hardwood look/feel, then this floor is not the choice for you.

So, overall I think this is a ok option for flooring. I'm undecided if I would recommend this to someone. It's probably a decent value, but it's nothing special.

I had it installed, was told that installation process was great, and the finish product was beyond expectations. I had never been that crazy about laminate flooring until I had it installed in my son home. I am now getting it installed in my home.

First time doing flooring with no experience. Watched a youtube video and this was easy anyone can do it.

I used this to replace carpet in my basement. I turned the finished basement into a fan room/man cave. I think it looks great. It was fairly easy to install. This is the second room I have done with laminate flooring, and this one looks the best, by far!!

Installed the floor just over a year ago. Fairly easy to install and it looks great when done. However, we have had some complaints that would make me look at other options in the future.

Look out for any type of moisture being around this floor. Moisture gets into the cracks and starts to bubble the floor up. We have two kids and there are a couple spots where they left a juice cup laying on the floor, just a couple drops sitting there for a while will bubble the floor and its not an easy repair.

It it hard to keep clean. Due to the high gloss finish it shows everything, every foot print, hand print, paw print, you name it it will show.

It it fairly durable, the kids beat on it all time with toys and dog nails don't seem to scratch it. However, don't drop anything with a sharp edge or it will chip. During install I dropped a square from about 2 feet which left a nice ding.

It makes noise when walking on it. Not a lot of noise but little creaks and pops here and there. And yes, my floor was level when we did the install. Bare feet also like to stick to the floor just a bit (again high gloss floor) which makes noise when walking. Makes it hard to sneak up on the kids!

Over all we are satisfied with how the floor has performed so far. Keeping in mind that this was not very expensive flooring.

Added tremendous value to my home.
Floor looks gorgeous.
My wife loves it.

We are in love with this flooring. Great value. Much much better than the laminate flooring we got at a big box store. Installation is easy with this high quality flooring!!! And it is gorgeous!

Service and delivery comments:

We picked up our order at the store, but the service there was excellent! We will be regular customers there!!

LOVE it ....
as long as you use the Dream Home Spray cleaner there are no issues.

I love the look of these floors..But I would of not bought and installed them if I knew of all the smudges,footprints...It is imposible to keep smudge free....A really bad decision..Beware!!!

There were many damaged panels in the bundles, making it difficult to manage a production installation because of rework.