Keep the parquet floor or carpet it?

[Larry Turowski]

I'm just about finished with a rehab.  Carpet is to be installed, basically everywhere.  There is this parquet floor in the "fireplace room."  We finished it, but I don't really like it anyway.  Plus it has a deep black mark right at the threshold--couldn't sand it out.

Keep it or carpet it?

[Nicole Benischek]

If it's a rental, I would just stain it a really dark color. It won't be as nice as replacing it, but at least you can boast that it has wood floors. and by not keeping the honey oak color you are modernizing it as much as possible. 

That's my two cents! Good luck!