1960s Lounge-Diner and Appealing to Buyers

Arthien

Currently renovating a late 1960s semi, hoping to sell next year. I'm trying to avoid spending too much money (so an extension or moving walls would not be an option), but I'm not sure what to do about the lounge-diner.

The current carpet is bottle-green, so it will have to go, but I'm unsure whether to replace it with a cream or light brown carpet, or whether to go for wooden flooring. My husband thinks the wooden flooring might be better as some people (my mother being one) have a habit of dropping food and drink (she has already ruined a rug as a consequence), but I'm worried that it will feel cold underfoot and not very homely.

I'd rather not split into wooden flooring for the dining area and carpet for the lounge as I think it would make the space look odd, but then again I don't want to waste money on something that potential buyers might then be put off by.

Would you be put off by carpet under a dining table, or wooden floor in the lounge? Answers on a postcard please

Tammykitty

I have carpet in my dining room, and I hate it, but like you, it connects to the living room, and I love carpet in the living room.


Honestly if you going to b selling in a year, I would go for the cheapest option

Alice_Walker

I would go for a neutral carpet, it's fine for dining rooms but also takes account for people that want to use the room for an extended lounge or some other purpose.

Smodlet

If you are doing it up purely to sell and have no intention of staying in it, I would go for the darker shade of carpet throughout (the cheapest you can find that looks good... they all look good when brand new) or, perhaps, one in between the lighter and the darker but definitely neutral. A large expanse of plain carpet is the best way, imho to make a space appear as big as possible. Carpet is easier to clean (until you come to wash them) and will probably be cheaper per square meter than wood/laminate flooring. Just my opinion, of course. HTH.

contrivant

I'm biased because I hate carpet, in general...

But I'd probably do wooden floors with a big area rug in the living room space. That way it's best of both worlds.

D_M_E

You could do both - wood or laminate flooring throughout with some rugs where you feel appropriate.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

I'm biased because I hate wooden/laminate flooring so I'd do carpet throughout.

I think all this thread is demonstrating is how we all have different viewpoints!

AdrianC

Neither would inherently put me off. But food stains in the middle of a floor? That WOULD...

Hoploz

Wooden flooring is in vogue right now, with large area rugs. Ikea do some great value large rugs, I got mine 2m x 3m for £85 I think.

But for cheap and cheerful if it's purely for sale then just carpet it through with a light cream/biscuit beige (not brown, I hate brown it's not neutral it's poo colour lol) Less work to fit it, might save a few quid.

But if your mother is going to be eating there then stick to the hard floor haha!

Owain_Moneysaver

Carpet - and make your mother eat in the kitchen.

You could also live with protective plastic over the new carpet until the house is on the market.

teddysmum

I don't like wooden flooring, especially where dogs are concerned as they can slip and hurt themselves.


Perhaps, because I was raised in an era when wall to wall carpet was the luxury to aim for (we originally had lino and a large central rug) , wood looks cold, bare and unfinished to me.


I have been looking at the latest static holiday caravans and some of those now have hard floors instead of carpeting; they look even more barren.