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Carpet or laminate?

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  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,454 Forumite
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    glasgowdan wrote: »
    I'd go with carpet but with the thickest underlay you can get, given you've been living with bare concrete floors for years you may not appreciate how cold it makes a house feel.
    Would you really not buy a house because of the underlay?
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  • jellie
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    In my own home, I prefer good quality laminate. However, unless you remove the skirting boards and fit it properly, you'll have to put beading round the edge. This looks horrid to me, so I'd say go for carpet in your situation.
  • Zola.
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    Engineered floors downstairs, carpet for stairs, landing and bedrooms only for us.

    Engineered/wooden/laminate floors are great for keeping clean. Dust can hide more easily in carpet.
  • marc81
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    jellie wrote: »
    In my own home, I prefer good quality laminate. However, unless you remove the skirting boards and fit it properly, you'll have to put beading round the edge. This looks horrid to me, so I'd say go for carpet in your situation.

    Not stuck on coloured beading, but to be honest white beading can look good if you have white skirting... blends in nicely. Obviously under the skirting is still first choice if you have that option.

    To answer the original question, i'd say it all depends on lifestyle. As a family with kids and a dog I prefer laminate downstairs, but would always want carpet upstairs.
  • andrewf75
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    I'd say the quality is the most important thing and what suits the house/rooms

    Carpet in bedrooms, stairs, landings, living room. Some form of hard flooring elsewhere. But as others have said avoid cheap laminate
  • Mojisola
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    I don't have any floor coverings at present except in spare room - they were really old and manky so I chucked them. Downstairs is concrete floor.

    Whatever you chose, there's a high chance that your buyers will prefer something else so I wouldn't spend any more than necessary to present the house well - so, probably, neutral carpets.
  • Annie1960
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    If you get laminate you may need to take the skirtings off to fit it properly. Carpet is easier in this respect.
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  • kerri_gt
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    Just to throw another idea I need the pot, our last house (rental) had wood effect vinyl downstairs. It was just over the concrete floor (so yes flipping cold in winter) but looked ok and was easy to clean. No idea how the cost compares to carpet.

    As a buyer last year, the flooring wasn't really a make or break for houses we viewed...except for the one where we actually stuck to the kitchen floor :eek: the house was already pretty much a 'no' but that most definitely did nothing to encourage us to consider it.
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  • Markojack01
    Markojack01 Posts: 17 Forumite
    We was almost tempted to keep the carpet in our new house even as old fashioned as it was. It was good quality and with a good quality underlay. We removed it all and put engineered wood flooring down. I would rather have the old fashioned carpet than cheap laminate.
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