decisions for prepping house before selling
The topic is hardwood vs carpet floors... we have a combined living room/dining room, and a long hallway... the living/dining room is currently carpeted, but very old and ugly, it will get replaced with *something* in any case; the hallway is 50+ year old tile. He is a strong believer in hardwood floors, and wants to convert all of those areas into that; actually, he says that his contractor looked under the existing carpet and says there is a beautiful hardwood floor underneath that rug, that would be lovely once they cleaned it up and refinished it (it has been carpeted for at least the past 50 years). He has told me multiple times that buyers *much* prefer hardwood floors...
However, that doesn't really match my (admittedly meager) experice; milady and I *hate* cold hardwood floors, and both of the tenants that rented it, felt the same, and they both got throw carpets to cover the two smaller rooms that are currently hardwood floors... so I don't know what to think about this...
And *yes*, it is true that I won't be living there anyway, so what do I care?? He's getting me quotes for both options, and they look at this point like the costs will be more or less comparable.
Anyway, I just would like to know what other people with experience, think about hardwood vs carpet floors, specifically in heavily-used central rooms?? I wish to have some insight into this topic, from people who have experience in dealing with many properties. Thank you all once again for your insights!!
I enjoy hardwood, I believe it will be a selling point and more appealing. Carpets look cheap and exposing what's actually under them is a great step for a seller. I know you Californians have weird carpet taste.... I saw a house in Tahoe with Carpet in the bathroom
If there are nice hardwoods underneath the carpet and you are going to replace the flooring, refinishing the hardwoods is a no brainer for added value and mass appeal.
From a design and salability standpoint, your realtor is right. Carpet is awful.
Your house will be 1000x more appealing to most buyers if you replace the flooring throughout with a hardwood, porcelain tile, ceramic tile, or even laminate that looks like wood.
Some people do prefer carpet in the bedrooms which I understand. But I would never put carpet in any common living space (use an area rug in the staging if you want it to feel a little cozier)
I will never ever consider buying a property with carpet for my residence.
Carpet is full of dust and the root cause of many diseases.