Vinyl flooring

Silence101

We're hoping to buy a new build, which comes with no flooring. As we will be decimating our savings with the cost of the move we were thinking of using vinyl flooring for all the rooms apart from the stairs.
Would that work or is it a silly idea? I'm worried the furniture might damage the vinyl quite quickly, but if it lasts 3/5 years we could try and save up to replace it then.

I_have_spoken

Is there no way you can get a higher multiple on your mortgage rather than pay for flooring and fitting twice?

Annie35

i think that would be awful for you & you'll want to fill up on rugs which are crazy expensive! Local carpet places tend to do landlord packages 3bed semi from £399. Or ebays super cheap pm & the berbers same as carpet shops twice the price.

rach_k

I would think the cheap nasty vinyl (like we have in our bathroom!) would be horrible to have all over the house but nicer stuff would be okay. We have Amtico in the kitchen and I really like it. I'd be happy with it in all of our other rooms too, although I'd want to add a few rugs for comfort, or at least one in the lounge. I'm not sure the nicer vinyl would be cheaper than carpet though!

If you need to save up for flooring, couldn't you buy some really big rugs (Ikea are cheap but I think most people would be happy enough with the quality) and just use them on the existing floor for a while? If you don't get proper flooring throughout now, it won't take you as long to save up and you could do a room at a time. I'd prefer to get the living room done properly now than do the whole house in something horrible that won't last very long.

Silence101

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Is there no way you can get a higher multiple on your mortgage rather than pay for flooring and fitting twice?

Unfortunately not, we were thinking of trying to do the fitting ourselves, which is where vinyl is also easier to diy, but we're going to look at quotes to see how much we can afford now.

Silence101

Annie35 wrote: »

i think that would be awful for you & you'll want to fill up on rugs which are crazy expensive! Local carpet places tend to do landlord packages 3bed semi from £399. Or ebays super cheap pm & the berbers same as carpet shops twice the price.

We need to look at quotes really, and ebay. This just seemed like the cheapest option, but I can see how we might regret it pretty quickly!

Silence101

rach_k wrote: »

I would think the cheap nasty vinyl (like we have in our bathroom!) would be horrible to have all over the house but nicer stuff would be okay. We have Amtico in the kitchen and I really like it. I'd be happy with it in all of our other rooms too, although I'd want to add a few rugs for comfort, or at least one in the lounge. I'm not sure the nicer vinyl would be cheaper than carpet though!

If you need to save up for flooring, couldn't you buy some really big rugs (Ikea are cheap but I think most people would be happy enough with the quality) and just use them on the existing floor for a while? If you don't get proper flooring throughout now, it won't take you as long to save up and you could do a room at a time. I'd prefer to get the living room done properly now than do the whole house in something horrible that won't last very long.

I guess it would make more financial sense (even though practically, doing it while the house is empty was my initial priority) I'd feel happier knowing we have a tiny bit of savings left than using every last penny just in case a big expense comes up at the same time!

LandyAndy

Go to a local independent carpet shop and tell them you are looking to carpet a whole house on a budget and ask their advice and recommendation. You might be surprised at how cheap it will be.

Silence101

LandyAndy wrote: »

Go to a local independent carpet shop and tell them you are looking to carpet a whole house on a budget and ask their advice and recommendation. You might be surprised at how cheap it will be.

We will do that, as it may be more affordable than our initial thoughts. Any idea how much notice we'd need to give fitters? We don't really know how much time we'll have between getting keys and having to move out of our current place...

LandyAndy

Silence101 wrote: »

We will do that, as it may be more affordable than our initial thoughts. Any idea how much notice we'd need to give fitters? We don't really know how much time we'll have between getting keys and having to move out of our current place...

Bit of a piece of string question. The shop will advise you. Use 'their' fitters. Fitters are almost all self employed but an established shop will not be using poor fitters.