Contractor doing estimate: Since your floorboards are continuous we're probably going to have to replace all of them, including ripping out the cabinets since the original developer put floor boards under there.
Me: Get the freak out of my house.
Lol, that sounds like my reaction.
Fortunately I'm in an area of Long Island where there are so many contractors, roofers, masons, plumbers, landscapers within a stone's throw.
Plenty of estimates and opinions to get, and the crappy ones tend to disappear after a while....kind of like bagel places or Chinese food places in the area. Yet it's always a throw of the dice as a homeowner.