What home price point for BRs w Luxury Vinyl Planks (LVP)
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Anonymous
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We are moving from out of town to a 20 yr house and need to replace the kid and guest bedroom flooring. For a variety of reason we like textured waterproof LVP.
however, we want to consider resale value and trends. We had great hardwood in the main floor and second floor master Br and hallways. Does LVP fly in a BRs of a $1-2M home? A $2-3m hime? A $4-5M home? Thanks. |
Anonymous
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What is a 20 yr house? A house you will live in for 20 years? Resale shouldn't be on your mind that much, short of doing something outrageously offensive, which this is not. A house built 20 years ago, such that it's not historical in any way in character?
Since the hallways and bedroom on that floor already have hardwood, spend the extra few dollars per square foot to make the flooring match and have it feathered in to be seamless. Especially at any of those price points. |
Anonymous
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House is 20 yo. Needs new flooring in some bedrooms. Thx.
Vendor is proposing a laminate option too, over SVP. |
Anonymous
I agree with continuing the hardwoods. $1 million might not be a big deal, but LVP is going to look terrible in a 2 million+ house. Mismatched floor on the same level screams cheap. |
Anonymous
| My 80 y/o $1.2m house has hardwoods on the main and upper level. I think of LVP as something for cheaply thrown together exurban McMansions, cheap flips, and entry point housing (e.g. below 600k). Sorry, but I’m not a fan and can’t imagine anyone spending over $1m would want that in the bedrooms unless it’s a super hot area with low inventory. Either splurge for hardwoods or install cheap carpet the new owners can someday tear up. Ideally you’ll match it to the other bedrooms upstairs. |
Anonymous
No.
Hell no.
Eff no. |
Anonymous
| ^^ put in hardwood |
Anonymous
| Another vote to match the hardwood. |
Anonymous
| What is on the floors in those bedrooms now? If carpet and you cannot afford to match the hardwood, replace with a quality carpet and pad. That's better than the fake wood. |
Anonymous
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Do hardwood or carpet, LVP and laminate scream cheap. I had to rip up part of the floor in a home we just bought because of a water issue (we knew at closing). I couldn't find the exact same floor, so found a nice light wood that matched so if you look quickly you cant tell a difference, but delineates between the two areas of the house. My contractor recommended tile and I said no to that (I like tile, but wouldn't have worked).
If there are carpets in the rooms now you can always steam clean them and change at a later date. Look at places like floor and decor and other flooring places, they are usually helpful and can find you a decent deal. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t buy a $10 strip of LVP. Gross. Get better taste op. |
Anonymous
| Look. There's a $600k house near me that's been sitting. I suspect the only reason is because it's LVP throughout. LVP in a non-basement area is completely unacceptable at any of the price points you list. It's undesirable and lowers your property value everywhere. |
Anonymous
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Isn't laminate wood the same price as hardwood but lasts longer, less scratches and waterproof?
We have that as we have a pool and each bedroom has its own bathroom. Which is actually a daily wet kid / wet towel / wet clothes nightmare. Carpets wouldn't last in our house and wood water damage would be a shame. |
Anonymous
| Sure, LVP in your $2M home! Park that ‘62 Bonneville in the back yard and the Crosley freezer on the front porch, just like when you lived back home in Little Rock, next to the Duggars. |
Anonymous
| We're putting LVP in our basement level to replace 15 yr old carpeting. Realtor said our house will sell in a nanosecond fro $1.5M in close in McLean. I like the look of it so that's what we're doing. |