Is LVP the standard in new construction these days?

[Anonymous]

It seems like every spec house/new "luxury" townhouse these days in this area under let's say $2.7M comes with LVP floors. Has LVP come that far and are people happy with it in not-inexpensive homes?

[Anonymous]

That or engineered. It's fastest to install, doesn't require work to stop for finishing, can be bought in qualities, and doesn't require special storage or acclimation.

[Anonymous]

No way. I have never installed LVP flooring outside of basements and i am not a luxury everything type of person.

Over the past 15 years as I moved up the property ladder: In my 350K apartment i put hardwood floors, in my 650k bungalow I put tile (lower level couldnt put hardwood floors) or hardwood floors. In my 1.5M$ house i put hardwood floors everywhere (to replace upstairs carpet) and LVP in a prone to humidity basement because tile would have been too cold.

When i see LVP flooring i think cheap/plastiquy and second rate option. Equivalent of laminate countertop.

[Anonymous]

The quality of it is much improved—it’s no longer cheap flooring that one should only consider for a basement. That said, it’s builder grade—it’s fine, but it’s what I’d put in a rental, not my dream home.

[Anonymous]

I know more than one person who replaced hardwood flooring with this garbage because their big dogs were scratching the wood with their nails while galloping through the house. As if there were no other solution than plastic floors.

[Anonymous]

It's the flooring of choice in basements, no matter how expensive the home is. It's 100% waterproof, very durable, and insulates over cold concrete. IT's ideal where there's any chance at all of moisture, humidity, or minor flooding. It also feels good underfoot, especially when installed as a floating floor.

[Anonymous]

We have it out of necessity throughout our beach house but real hardwoods in our primary home here. I love how durable and easy it is to keep clean but it definitely doesn't have the same visual effect as real hardwood.

[Anonymous]

No, I hate it.

My dogs have never scratched the wood, I don’t get that.

[Anonymous]

It's waterproof, doesn't warp, and its very nontoxic and green these days

[Anonymous]

Using LVP or not is a question of personal preference.

We prefer hardwood floors almost everywhere - excepting only bathrooms, mudroom, laundry, and basement. In those last 4 we used porcelain tile floors. In the basement, we ultimately chose the wood-look tile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's waterproof, doesn't warp, and its very nontoxic and green these days

Tile also is all of those things.

[Anonymous]

I actually prefer the feel of it to tile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually prefer the feel of it to tile.

Same. We just put it in the basement to replace old tile.

I’d never put it elsewhere in the house, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's waterproof, doesn't warp, and its very nontoxic and green these days

Tile also is all of those things.

It does too warp

[Anonymous]

I am not fancy but I would never put it anywhere but in a basement.