Rental carpet colours

ANGLICANPAT

As a prospective landlord,for practicality reasons, Im advised to put hardwearing fairly dark flecked beigey-browny-fawn carpet throughout the property , so that being all on one floor and small, the all one colour will 'flow' and not look 'bitty'. If I was renting, personally, Id hate bedrooms in such a colour and it would actually put me off choosing a place if I was going to be there a year or more.

Question then is, what do the folk who have rented on here think? Renters have to keep the carpets ok , and they must be clean at the end of the tenancy - so it should be all the same to the LL surely? But - do renters like a light to middle shade of neutral beige carpet throughout which may well look better with most furniture, or do they prefer the kind Ive stated where they dont have to worry so much about every spill and mark --or is it 'to hell' with the flowing look , and they'd perhaps like a mix of maybe pale bedroom , dark hall and middling shade lounge carpeting ? Opinions gratefully accepted .

ACG

Neutral colours.
They recommend neutral colours for a reason, everyone chooses neutral colours for a reason.

When i was a landlord guess what i chose :P
When people came in they were like oh its nice and neutral - they can imagine putting their things in the rooms.

If you went with a brown carpet or red for example their things may not fit/blend in.

I dont trust estate agents as far as i can throw them, but if theyre giving you advice on how to rent a property which they are going to benefit from - i would take their advice.

luvchocolate

Hi I rent a ground floor apartment with carpets as you mention new when I moved in 5 years ago.
They are fine as I have brought colour into the rooms by changing curtains/bedlinen etc....so each room has its own theme. the carpets are practical and it suits me.

shadow81

What a lovely landlord you are :-)

I have always rented. Personally I prefer a lighter beigey colour carpet all the way through. Marks aren't really a problem and I have 2 cats. I have tenants insurance which covers my landlords fixtures and fittings so any accidents are covered. The colour means I can have just about any colour scheme in any room. The walls are magnolia and I simply add accessories and curtains to my taste. My lounge is sage green and brown, the bedroom is purple and the kitchen has a nice light lino and is in blue. Personally I have stayed away from properties to rent that have funny coloured carpets that would make it hard to match my stuff to. Lighter colours lookk cleaner too.

I would also comment that not all tenants who have pets will leave your house in a mess. It's not a bad thing to consider professional people with dogs and cats. I have it written into my tenancy that the carpets will be professionally cleaned when I move out and I put down a double deposit in case of damage caused by the cats :-) It's so hard to rent a decent house when you have pets :-(

cottage_retreatist

I've always rented and I HATE beige carpets - and always think landlords put them in just to catch me out with the deposit!!!!

I lived in a farm house (rental) and they had light beige carpets - i couldn't understand how they thought we could keep the carpets clean. I would go darker the better - for you and for them! Personally I prefer wooden floors - laminate or otherwise but I know carpets are cheaper!

and I agree with shadow81 - watch out for kids not pets with carpets! Or actually my OH!!! :rotfl:

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ANGLICANPAT

I should add that all the shades Ive mentioned are 'neutral' , its more a 'how dark' a neutral is acceptable that Im interested in. Mixed views so far it would seem.
Regarding pets, EA says a massive NO -- but Im prepared to consider on an individual basis I think . Ive just thought of a good way to describe the colour advised - imagine the nondescript brown grey dull contents of the hoover bag when you empty it - well thats what it reminds me of which is possibly why it will as EA says be highly practial, but its also possibly why I dislike it!

penguingirl

We had brown carpets in our rental flat and tbh it was fine as it meant we didn't need to worry about them and we just added our own colour to each room. It's not what we've chosen in our bought house (except in hallways/ stairs) but it was hardly like it clashed.

room512

Our rental property has brown carpet throughout as the carpets were replaced just before we moved in. The original carpets were beige and when the previous tenants moved out they all had to be replaced as they were in a state. The LL has lots of properties and is never using beige again as they show all marks.

cottage_retreatist

ANGLICANPAT wrote: »

I should add that all the shades Ive mentioned are 'neutral' , its more a 'how dark' a neutral is acceptable that Im interested in. Mixed views so far it would seem.
Regarding pets, EA says a massive NO -- but Im prepared to consider on an individual basis I think . Ive just thought of a good way to describe the colour advised - imagine the nondescript brown grey dull contents of the hoover bag when you empty it - well thats what it reminds me of which is possibly why it will as EA says be highly practial, but its also possibly why I dislike it!

how strange! It's your house not the EAs!!! Trying to type but my dog keeps getting in the way of the keyboard!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: How these people think!! I like the sound of hoover bag dust colour!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

and a nice dense weave as well!!! If I owned a house I wouldn't have it either but rentals - it's all about tough wear and tear - i care about my deposit at the end of the day not if my furniture matches - haha!!! its all mix and match and hand-me-downs so it doesn't match anyway!!!!!!!!!!!

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kBHX

If your looking to rent out the property I'd suggest laminate flooring. Beige carpets are unlikely to last long with tenants.

ANGLICANPAT

Am at the end of budget, any laminate worth putting in , is more expensive . Ive been advised cheap ones are soon scratched and more expensive to replace than carpets. Ive no personal experience of course of having it .

Its great hearing all the different opinions, all a huge help thanks in forming my final decisions on what to put in .