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Old_Git
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I am replacing laminate flooring in a ground floor flat .
The laminate in down at least 10 years but was cheap stuff .
I will be renting the flat (1 bedroom flat) out unfurnished .
Is it worth spending a bit more on flooring or should I replace with cheap (NEW) laminate again .
One possible tennant is viewing next Tuesday ,I want this done before that .
The laminate in down at least 10 years but was cheap stuff .
I will be renting the flat (1 bedroom flat) out unfurnished .
Is it worth spending a bit more on flooring or should I replace with cheap (NEW) laminate again .
One possible tennant is viewing next Tuesday ,I want this done before that .
"Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
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No expert, but if everything else that I buy is anything to go by, cheap laminate today is a lot inferior than it was 10 years ago.
Unless you can get a 10 year warranty.
Also depends on the tenant you expect and the rent you expect.I am a LandLord,(under review) so there!:p0 -
I've just re-done my bathroom to get my flat ready to rent; I pondered for weeks about the flooring and weighed up all my options. I finally went with floor tiles but they look like wood planks, £10/sqm from B&Q; really happy with the result. Hope that helps. :T0
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I've just done a renovation on our place, using dark wood laminate that I got discontinued for £5 a pack at Wickes! Looks the business, if it's 'proper' laminate, i.e. the click-in stuff, I'm not convinced personally that spending a lot more makes any different other than the look.
Entirely up to you but even cheap laminate will do the job for long enough. We had some terrible, cheap stuff before that was there for about 10yrs and it was fine (other than looking absolutely horrible - it was there when we bought the place).I am a mortgage adviser.You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
Does the lease allow laminate? I know that's what's been there, but that doesn't mean it should have been...0
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Does the lease allow laminate? I know that's what's been there, but that doesn't mean it should have been...
OP is the landlord.I am a mortgage adviser.You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
But he's not the freeholder of the block, is he?0
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there is no leasehold and its a ground floor flat"Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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But he's not the freeholder of the block, is he?
Seems to have been answered, but I've never heard of a lease prohibiting laminate flooring?!?I am a mortgage adviser.You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
You can read 2 of my rental leases if you want then....although mainly the clause is more around the noise issues from above,so first floor upwards,but many leases do have a clause saying it can only be fitted if properly insulated against noise and providing no compaints are made from fellow leaseholders.Mortgage_Mark wrote: »Seems to have been answered, but I've never heard of a lease prohibiting laminate flooring?!?frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!
2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend0 -
There's often threads here where people have come a cropper over hard flooring in flats.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3337670
and
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1032435
and
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/300077
to pick a handful at random from a quick google.0
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