Price for laminant plank flooring?

Question

Wondering what price per square foot people are paying for their hard surface flooring. Started replacing all our carpet in living areas and wondered if I was paying to much for the product I chose. I am paying $2.59 a square foot for the material.

Johann Jells · Answer

Best value I've found over the years is Costco's laminate, currently $1.57/ft for 10mm. Much better quality than some other products at that price. Drawback is you can only choose from 2 or 3 finishes.  The latest stuff is supposedly 24 hr spill proof.

Jason Alexander · Answer

Great advice. We installed the LVP flooring in 780 sq foot apartment Cost around $1500.00 (included luan). Went down easy. Looks great.Just worried that the $2.59 a square foot was to high. I am going to look into the cost of hard wood.

Joe Aiola · Answer

@Jason Alexander You have some good responses from @Aaron K. @Adam Azam and @Pat L.

I would just add to consider the amount of sqft you need and the goal for the property. If it's a flip and the competitors in your market use laminate, then by all means do that. But if it's a long-term rental and only a 2 bedroom apartment, for example, it might make more sense to do hardwood. It will be more money upfront but will last much longer and save you down the road.

Just some food for thought! Best of luck!

Pat L. · Answer

We grabbed enough of a HD sell-off @ $1.58 sq ft (5mm with rubber backing) to do a studio apartment. It was easy to install, (& we have installed a lot of LVL flooring). It has weathered well after several tenants.

Adam Azam · Answer

I shopped around and found some nice click together vinyl (lots of laminate options, too) for $2 per foot, for a total cost of $1500 for 700 sq. ft of living space. It's super easy to do yourself... use a handheld jigsaw to cut pieces to length and to fit around doorways/corners and click it together.

Aaron K. · Answer

Obviously depends on the quality of your material but there are less expensive options out there and in a rental, it might not matter as much as long as it holds up reasonably well.