Selling A House Carpet Or Laminate

Lower end carpet can be as inexpensive as 2 per square foot while cheap laminate is less than 1 per square foot.

Selling a house carpet or laminate. But laminate and carpet prices can vary greatly. Remember you bought it as is because it was a deal. If i was buying a place carpet in the bedrooms would still appeal more than laminate unless the rest of the house was good quality laminate and doing the bedrooms matched into it like when you have floorboards whereas laminate in the bedrooms may have more divided opinions. If you want the option to sell with to people with pets carpeting is a bad option.

You can even do it yourself. On the plus side laminate is easy to clean scratch resistant and can be installed in places where natural wood can t. When you want to keep the value of your home high create a stunning first impression among buyers and keep your costs low laminate flooring is ideal. Depends on what you have if you currently have carpet get it cleaned.

And yes it does depend on the neighborhood. Professionals will charge between 2 and 8 per square foot to install laminate which can lead to a higher total cost. Chances are it will sell as is if you price it as an as is. And though it doesn t last as long as hardwood it costs 50 less on average to buy and install.

If you price it right buyers will come. I hate wooden flooring. Congratulations on selling your home. Otherwise leave it as it is.

If the market s house prices have risen since you bought it you will usually automatically rise in profit. Now our house is back on the market. Always offer 3 to buyer agents amp. We told the realtor that if a potential buyer decides they don t like the laminate and brings it up we will replace the laminate with carpet with a full price contingent contract.

When it comes to labor costs carpet is significantly cheaper. I like comfy carpets. Pay to get house on the mls. Unless your house doesn t get sold changing it is just going to cost you money.

Just what are you and the op referring to as laminate. There is a real impact when a homeowner has decided to add laminate flooring instead of hardwood because they didn t have the funds at the time same thing goes in the new york market. Laminate flooring is easy to install. Expect to pay about 5 to 8 a square foot for laminate flooring installed.

Some years ago we had trouble selling our house in a falling market and needed to spend money on carpets decoration and even replacing all the windows before we could get a sale. We ve received a lot of compliments on how nice the house is but the laminate shows its age. Wood laminate is a much better choice and i would even prefer linoleum or tile over carpet since i have 2 dogs. If your damaged floors cannot be easily replaced laminate flooring is the preferred option.

Nowadays people are more likely to rip them up and lay laminate flooring. If you have laminate clean it and repair any minor damage. Do an open house.