Cheap hard wearing carpet for rental property ?

stylus360

So dark brown it is then.

sarah69696pink

random Q....and I could be totally wrong but would laminate be an option?? Not too pricey, easy to clean if there are spillages etc?

serious_saver

stylus360 wrote: »

So dark brown it is then.

There does seem to be a particular brown carpet that has cropped up in about half of the rental properties that I've ever seen. My father worked in a carpet shop for many years and he said that they were pretty much manufactured for this purpose.

If you ask the carpet shop to tell you what their most popular carpet for rentals is; they'll probably show you a brown one with!

millym

Hmm, speaking as a tenant I don't even bother viewing properties with dark carpet in them no matter how appealing the property otherwise is. You might be shooting yourself in the foot here as Ts that are likely to look after the place are going to be turned off by the floor coverings. Ts who don't give a toss won't mind what the it is covered with.

The thing is nobody wants dark carpets any more. Laminate is probably a better solution if you're worried about Ts wrecking the carpets (although personally I think it looks cheap and nasty), but then isn't that what they pay a deposit for?

Our place has beige carpets throughout and while they are harder to keep clean - need shampooing every 4-6 months - I probably wouldn't have taken this tenancy if it didn't have quality flooring. Hope this helps!

Salz

Also Dark Brown carpet shows up every single bit if fluff - its an absolute nightmare to vacuum.

BitterAndTwisted

I'd be thinking about a grey/charcoal sort of colour myself as it's more neutral than a nasty dark brown. I'd really be thinking twice about any kind of laminate flooring, I also think that it's cheap and nasty plus it's quite easy to scratch to say nothing about how cold and noisy it can be to live with. In a flat other than on the ground floor I'd say that it was out completely of the question.

tbs624

I second B&T's comments on laminated flooring - hideous stuff, especially the cheaper stuff.

Mum_of_3_3

Why don't you have a look at local carpet shops and see if they have any offcuts to fit? We've done that the past few times we've needed a carpet and have ended up with a really good quality carpet for half the price! I've just gutted my daughters' room and had their carpet professionally cleaned, it looks like brand new. It's all nice and fluffy again and all the horrid stains I thought were there to stay have gone.

Also, when my brother bought his place it had no carpets anywhere so he went to a local guy and bought the same carpet for the whole of the house (bar the bathrooms and kitchen) and got loads knocked off of the price.

If I were renting a place then dark brown cheap carpet would put me right off. On TV you see some of these places that people do up to rent out and they put in that horrible 'office' carpet (you know the stuff no pile on it what-so-ever) and I feel so sorry for the family that will rent it. I mean how uncomfy must that be on the old bottom when you're sitting on the floor playing with the kids etc, let alone how uncared for it makes the house look.

As for laminate, if it is a choice between industrial carpet-tile style carpet or laminate I would rather have laminate anytime of the day.

If I were you I would buy mid-priced carpet (if you can't get offcuts) and be prepared to replace the main living room carpet often. After like another poster said if it looks like you care for the property then the T will hopefully care for it too.

princeofpounds

Tenanted properties are very hard on carpets

Am I the only one mystified by this statement?

sunshinetours

Really depends on who you are marketing at surely as well. If its a nice flat for commuters or professional couples then wood flooring (engineered/decent laminate/karndean type) may be better
Small house for family use then a general purpose carpet right through the house may be more appropriate

If its a cheaper end rental then noone will be expecting top quality. if its a top end rental then they will be surely?