Preferred flooring for landlord and tenants

supa34

Hi

What's your preferred flooring for a rental house. I want the opinion of landlords and tenants. I plan on doing the 2 bedrooms and the kitchen/diner.

I have ruled out carpet due to issues of wear and tear, stains and smell retention.

My preference are

Wood effect tiles, Lvt vinyl flooring and laminate in that order.

There won't be underfloor heating although it is an option but it will add cost to the whole project which I'm trying to keep down as it's more than one property.

Are tenants ok with wood effect tiles flooring?

Tiles are coldest option but you can alway put a rug on. They are also working out the most cheapest and most durable.

Thanks beforehand.

Carrot007

Carpet and never anything else. It' cheaper and can be repaced when required.

anselld

I would prefer wood effect LVT over wood effect tile.
LVT is more tolerant of any flexibility in the subfloor, less likely to be cracked, chipped or for grout to come loose etc. I would say a decent quality LVT (Karndean, etc) would probably be more hard wearing than tile.

oddjobbpb

Howdens do flexible plastic flooring that clicks together like lamniate flooring, looks like wood and is excellent quality and looks superb, plus there is virtually no waste

I put this in my rentals and TBQH it looks lovely and showing no wear after a year.

It was £16 sm2 + VAT with free underlay when I bought it.

Morbier

As a tenant, I've always been used to carpets everywhere except kitchen, utility, cloakroom and bathroom. If I were to move to somewhere with no carpets I would think twice as it would mean a considerable outlay for rugs.

On a more personal note, can't understand how you could have anything but carpet in a bedroom - just thinking of a cold winter's morning and bare tootsies on a laminate/vinyl floor. :eek: Awful.

seven-day-weekend

Morbier wrote: »

As a tenant, I've always been used to carpets everywhere except kitchen, utility, cloakroom and bathroom. If I were to move to somewhere with no carpets I would think twice as it would mean a considerable outlay for rugs.

On a more personal note, can't understand how you could have anything but carpet in a bedroom - just thinking of a cold winter's morning and bare tootsies on a laminate/vinyl floor. :eek: Awful.

In our own bungalow we have no carpets at all, just laminate and good quality vinyl flooring. We have no rugs in the bedrooms. It's not cold - if you think it is, just stick some slippers on as you get out of bed

In our rental flat there is carpet and vinyl flooring. If any needed replacing, I would replace it with the same. Both are cheap and easy to replace. I also think more people like carpet than don't, thereby making it a more attractive rental.

Drawingaline

The idea of carpet in a bathroom! With small children and toilet accidents. No chance.

And I hate kitchen tiles. Nothing bounces.

As a Tennant I always expected carpet and tbh would have dislikes laminate, as someone above said would need to sort rugs.

Sanne

As a tenant I would have loved laminate flooring (or anything else but carpet) - I’ve got a bad dust mite allergy which is easier to manage with no carpets. Unfortunately all three flats had carpet

When we bought I was glad the house had laminate everywhere (vinyl in bathroom and kitchen) apar t from the main bedroom which I quickly changed.

supa34

Wow a good mixture here. My house is all laminate with rug and I don't find it cold. I don't mind giving tenant money for a rug or putting carpet in after they have stayed a year or two.

I don't like look and feel of old carpets or the smell.

The flexible vinyl flooring is lvt. Might look at that again.

theartfullodger

What, tenants require flooring!

PasturesNew

I despise carpets... so grubby, so "fixed" re colour and style ... hard to keep clean/vacuum as dirt/dust settles in the bottom and you can't see the grime building up ... then there's the "fear" of any spills that might occur.

I like anything with a hard/flat floor that can be kept clean ... and I've got the option of buying my own rugs, in whatever style/colour I choose, then taking them with me when I leave. See the dirt, nothing hides/gets ground in, easy to keep clean/you can see the dirt. Simples.

I hope to be moving this year and when I buy my next place I hope to fit that LVT stuff.... my sibling's got it and there's not a mark on it after 10 years, it looks as good as new - and she's not careful at all with it.