1960s Lounge-Diner and Appealing to Buyers

ripplyuk

I'd use vinyl. One of those that looks like a wooden floor. Much easier to clean, cheaper and less easily damaged.

And a big rug in the living room area.

phoebe1989seb

I don't like fitted carpet and would much rather see solid or engineered wood with rugs, but agree that if doing it purely to sell on the cheapest option may well be best.......unless this is a house with higher end finishes throughout in which case I'd expect wood personally.

For example, when we were restoring a Georgian house a few years back we had originally spent a fortune on antique limestone in the large breakfast kitchen (the initial intention was to stay there long term ) so it would have seemed like cutting corners to put cheap carpet in the three reception rooms. Instead we bit the bullet and laid good quality engineered oak. This increased saleability and appealed to our target market too

Waterlily24

When we moved here 10 years ago wood was all the rage, I was going to have wood everywhere downstairs. It took us so long to get planning permission and get the extension built that I changed my mind and we went for carpet. I'm so glad we did no regrets at all.

dirty_magic

I'd go for laminate with a big rug in the living room. I love my wood flooring but it's a bit of a nightmare because it dents so easily.

With people moving chairs and dropping knives and forks etc real wood will start to look scruffy quickly. If you do go for wood go for wood with a matt finish that isn't varnished, the dents won't show as much. I told myself dents and marks would add character when we chose it because it's so nice, but in reality dents just looks a bit of a mess!

Arthien

Thanks for the feedback so far! The fact there are so many mixed views says to me that whatever we go for will probably appeal to about 50% of buyers and put off the other 50% :rotfl:

We have been here for nearly 3 years and may well end up not selling until the latter part of next year, depending on how quickly we can get the stamp duty funds together, so I'd like whatever we choose to be something I think looks nice and want to live with, but I'm also trying to be practical and think ahead. We're going for a reasonably high quality spec in the rest of the house, so it would have to give the right overall 'look', and I think that's another reason my husband is inclined towards the wooden flooring.

I tend to think it looks 'cold', but that's probably because I know 2 other houses that have wooden flooring and they're freezing, but then one is a 1930s place with draughts under the floor and the other is a 90s-build and has one tiny radiator for the whole front room. :snow_grin

Regarding my mother's apparent inability to keep her food and drink in the mug/plate provided, she claims it's because our sofa is a funny height :rotfl:

AdrianC

Arthien wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback so far! The fact there are so many mixed views says to me that whatever we go for will probably appeal to about 50% of buyers and put off the other 50% :rotfl:

You will never appeal to everybody. Don't even try. All you CAN do is something clean, simple, and inoffensive to as many as possible.

Regarding my mother's apparent inability to keep her food and drink in the mug/plate provided, she claims it's because our sofa is a funny height :rotfl:

Do you not have a table and chairs in this dining area?

Arthien

AdrianC wrote: »

You will never appeal to everybody. Don't even try. All you CAN do is something clean, simple, and inoffensive to as many as possible.



Do you not have a table and chairs in this dining area?

That's the hope! I think we'll probably compare the prices and how the finished article would look and make a decision from that.

Yes, the dining table was used last time, but only after she spilled an entire mug of tea and a plate of crumbs on the previous 2 occasions. Apparently the mugs are also at fault for being wider at the top than the bottom...

rach_k

I'd put down cheap carpet that doesn't look too bad. As a buyer, I'd hate laminate or cheap wooden flooring and probably want to rip it up but it would feel too wasteful to do that so it would put me off. I'd feel okay ripping up carpet that wasn't to my taste though.

[Deleted User]

If you decide on carpet, why not get a shampooer? Well worth it.

Surprised you couldn't remove the stain your mother left.., most things can be removed.

seven-day-weekend

contrivant wrote: »

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.

I would do this too, for the same reason.