Carpet or laminate what is better?

Lovelyjoolz

I have real wood floors and I love it. I absolutely detest laminate though.

If its a choice between laminate and carpet, I'd choose carpet.

phoebe1989seb

With that choice, my vote would be for the carpet. IMHO laminate is now seen as being a cheap (and nasty) option

The only time we had laminate was in a kitchen where the rest of the flooring in the house was original 1930s oak and we wanted to match this as best we could so the flooring flowed through from the hallway colour-wise, but with a product that could easily be kept clean. We didn't want to spend a fortune as we were going to be selling the property soon after installation. We really fought against going for laminate as we hated it even then, but we succeeded in finding a very acceptable high-quality antique oak-style laminate that did the job perfectly

In this house we have limestone in the kitchen (blooming expensive, but we don't intend to sell for a while) and will be fitting solid wood/engineered wood throughout the rest of the downstairs as we have some very nice rugs to keep things cosy......

DRP

Laminate is absolutely fine in kitchen and bathroom (Tiles>laminate>lino)

I would prefer carpets everywhere else.

DaftyDuck

Laminate is the Devil's excrement, even more when it is cheap, which normally equates with a botch job of fitting (not removing skirting boards, and just tacking covering strip round the edge). Ugh... vile. So many houses do that as a last-minute smarten-up job. Only makes me wonder what it's hiding underneath.

Frankly, of your original choice, I'd add cheap (ish) carpet (rather than good quality) and glorious rugs. You can take them when you go, or offer to leave them as a bargaining chip when negotiating the sale.

Mind you, if you are "doing up" your property before sale, I'd not do laminate or carpet, and just do the rugs. Similar impact, less expenditure.

Smith_007

Laminate (and tiles/wood) all the way.

Having delt with the vendors serious moth infestation on moving into our new house, I appreciate getting rid of all the carpets. Just a few treated reindeer & sheepskin rugs for us.

Oh, and as to the accusations of laminate being cold, we walk around barefoot & nekkid all the time

Out,_Vile_Jelly

Laminate looks cheap and nasty and increasingly very dated. A lot of people seem to think putting it down adds zillions to the price of their property.

I live in a flat with decent wood flooring, and I find it much easier to clean than carpets, and if feels more hygienic. A quick sweep is much less effort than hoovering, and you can see fluff and bits easily and then deal with them; with carpets they just get ground in. So I'd save up for quality wood.

DRP

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

Laminate looks cheap and nasty and increasingly very dated. A lot of people seem to think putting it down adds zillions to the price of their property.

I live in a flat with decent wood flooring, and I find it much easier to clean than carpets, and if feels more hygienic. A quick sweep is much less effort than hoovering, and you can see fluff and bits easily and then deal with them; with carpets they just get ground in. So I'd save up for quality wood.

Cheap & nasty laminate looks cheap & nasty. But then so does cheap & nasty carpet, tiles or floorboards....

Our bathroom laminate is bootiful

Smith_007 wrote: »

Laminate (and tiles/wood) all the way.

Having delt with the vendors serious moth infestation on moving into our new house, I appreciate getting rid of all the carpets. Just a few treated reindeer & sheepskin rugs for us.

Oh, and as to the accusations of laminate being cold, we walk around barefoot & nekkid all the time

Agree. Laminate isn't cold - certainly not cold like tiles are.

(I'm not convinced about the roadkill rugs though )

DRP

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

Laminate looks cheap and nasty and increasingly very dated. A lot of people seem to think putting it down adds zillions to the price of their property.

I live in a flat with decent wood flooring, and I find it much easier to clean than carpets, and if feels more hygienic. A quick sweep is much less effort than hoovering, and you can see fluff and bits easily and then deal with them; with carpets they just get ground in. So I'd save up for quality wood.

Cheap & nasty laminate looks cheap & nasty. But then so does cheap & nasty carpet, tiles or floorboards....

Our bathroom laminate is bootiful

Smith_007 wrote: »

Laminate (and tiles/wood) all the way.

Having delt with the vendors serious moth infestation on moving into our new house, I appreciate getting rid of all the carpets. Just a few treated reindeer & sheepskin rugs for us.

Oh, and as to the accusations of laminate being cold, we walk around barefoot & nekkid all the time

Agree. Laminate isn't cold - certainly not cold like tiles are.

(I'm not convinced about the roadkill rugs though )


*proviso being that i wouldn't put laminate in a living, dining or bedroom - ktichen/bathroom only

witchy1066

I would take up the carpets , cheap or otherwise,

wood floors or even tiles for me,

laminate would be ok for the short term but the really rubbish cheap stuff would go in the skip with the carpet

I have laminate all through at the mo , its been down 10 years and still looks as good as the day it was put down,
but when I find the right house it will be my retirement home, so will be having wood floors , regardless of cost,





also agree with others if laminate has the proper stuff underneath its not cold, quite the opposite in fact

Better_Days

Not a fan of laminate, the noise of the dogs claws clicking accross it drives me pottty (but then I am easily irritated )

I prefer tiles anywhere I can't have carpet. Tiles are cold (unless you stretch to underfloor heating) but are hardwearing, lots of choice and easy to keep clean.