Home base. Rowhomes, twins, Brandywine Hundred colonials and city condos.
Wilmington is home base. BESA is run out of the city, so a Wilmington job is a short drive rather than a trip, and a look at the room before the quote is easy to fit in.
The housing here is what shapes the work. The rowhomes and twins in neighborhoods like Trolley Square, the Highlands, Little Italy and Wawaset Park were built long before anyone laid a floor with a laser level, which means floors that dip toward the middle of the house, walls that are out of square, and original bathrooms that have usually been tiled over at least once already. Tile telegraphs every one of those, so the subfloor gets checked and flattened first, and the layout is planned to hide the out-of-square wall rather than point at it.
North of the city, the split-levels and colonials of Brandywine Hundred off Concord Pike tend to need something different: builder-grade vinyl and carpet coming up for luxury vinyl plank or hardwood through the main floor, and a 1970s or 1980s hall bath taken back to the studs for new tile. Condos downtown often have building rules about the underlayment under a hard floor, so that gets checked before a single plank is ordered. Whatever the house, the order is the same: the floor under it, the layout before the glue, then set, grouted and trimmed.
Floor and wall tile, mosaic, marble and pattern work, set to a layout that is planned before anything is stuck down.
02Hardwood, luxury vinyl plank and laminate through living space, laid to run with the room rather than against it.
03The tile and floor side of a bathroom remodel, from tear-out and waterproofing prep to fixtures set back onto finished tile.
04The new kitchen floor and the backsplash, planned around the cabinets and counters so the room reads as one piece.
05Shower walls, floors, pans and niches, with the waterproofing prep done before any tile is set over it.
06Backsplashes and kitchen floors, cut around outlets and cabinet runs so the pattern still reads as one piece.
07Subfloor flattening, old flooring removal and tile repairs, which is where most failed floors actually went wrong.
Tile is not a trade you can rush or hand off halfway. The person who measures your floor is the person who sets it.
Substrate checked flat and sound first, because tile telegraphs every dip and every soft spot beneath it.
Where the full tiles land and where the cuts fall is decided before anything is stuck down.
Set to a line, spaced consistently, then grouted and trimmed so the edges are finished rather than filled.
Where a job crosses into licensed plumbing or electrical, you are told plainly, not sold it.
5.0 on Google · Every quote below is a real Google review of BESA Flooring and Tile, in the customer’s own words.
Frank did an amazing job on our floors! He was very professional and did an excellent job. Besa Flooring and Tile LLC were so easy to work with and very efficient! We highly recommend them for flooring work!
Reviews are shown verbatim from BESA Flooring and Tile’s Google Business Profile, with surnames shortened to an initial.
Tell us the room and what you want on the floor. You get a straight number and a straight scope.
Call or text (302) 803-1160 with the room and roughly the square footage. Photos help.
Subfloor, moisture and how flat it actually is, because that decides the prep and the price.
One number, and a plain answer about which parts are licensed plumbing or electrical work.
Laid to the agreed layout, grouted, trimmed, and the room left clean.
Based in Wilmington, working across New Castle County. A little outside it, call and ask.
Tell us the room and what you want on the floor, and you will get a straight number.
