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When selling a house..

most people want carpet. but if they don't like the color, then they'll want to knock off the price to pay for new carpets
 
carpet, I hate cold feet when I get up to pee. Hardwood is also going to be detrimental to any sex that occurs off, or partially off the bed.
 
This cries out for a poll!

I prefer carpet in the BR.
Although if there were hardwood in there already, it would not be a deal breaker...I would not bother carpeting over it.
 
Carpet in the bedroom or anyplace comfort is a factor like living room or family / tv room, office rooms, etc. . . Hardwood or tile anyplace where spills are likely or foot traffic is high like kitchen, laundry, hallways, entryways, stairways and bathroom.
 
my dream house will have all hardwood floor and maybe tiles in some area, with a big rug underneat the bed. my current condo has all wall to wall carpeting. 😛
 
Totally depends on the buyer.

- Some like hardwood
- Some like carpet
- Some like tile
- Some don't care and plan to cgange it anyway
- Some people put rugs over hardwood
- Some people put rugs over carpet

Just as long as the flooring is clean and in good condition, I don't think it matters especially for the bedroom. For living rooms or dining rooms, that's a different story.

Good luck selling the house.
 
Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
Title says it all.
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Hardwood or tile, actually. Most carpet and padding begins to disintegrate after time and this produces a considerable amount of dust, cobb-webbs, etc. and can lead to an unhealthy home. I am planning on pulling up a lot of carpet from the first floor in the next month as I start the 2005 conversion away from carpet.

Unless carpet and padding is of a high-quality I do not want it in my home. I think people first respond to 'carpet' as being better because its softer and more physically comfortable on the feet while hardwood and tile is hard and can be very cold in the Winter months. But the health aspects for those that have even minor sinus problems can find themselves in serious trouble with a home based on cheap carpet.

Now, to a buyer buying a home I would not think of hardwood as being a turn-off factor as its sold in new homes as a non-standard item unless the home of considerable regional value and not a starter home. If carpet was so highly desired you would never see it in a new home.

Personally, I would take hardwood over carpet anytime, but that is real hardwood (3/4" T&G of any width) as it wears longer, and be resurfaced, and I seldom have to worry about staining from some snot spilling juice on it.
 
Originally posted by: jdub1107
I would prefer a hard surface. I imagine its much easier to clean.
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Actually it just means you need to clean it more often, because you will notice every single bit of dirt, dust, crud or anything else that gets tracked in.
 
Originally posted by: jdub1107
I would prefer a hard surface. I imagine its much easier to clean.
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You've survived for how long without ever actually cleaning a floor, and you still need to imagine whether one or the other would be harder?
 
Originally posted by: Darilus
Originally posted by: jdub1107
I would prefer a hard surface. I imagine its much easier to clean.
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Actually it just means you need to clean it more often, because you will notice every single bit of dirt, dust, crud or anything else that gets tracked in.
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How the heck do you conclude that? If someone comes to visit and brings a juice-spilling snot over how is that reflected, as an example, as someone's cleaning behavior? Also, I find it a heck of a lot easier to draw a broom across a hardwood floor than hault a vacuum from floor to floor in order to push/pull on it for cleaning. Personal preference? Sure, but its another example of why someone might like hardwood over carpet.
 
I'm a huge fan of quality hardwood floors. Just not in the bedrooms. Kitchen and other livings areas for sure. Bedrooms I just want something soft under feet when I get out of bed.
 
Originally posted by: Sasha
How the heck do you conclude that? If someone comes to visit and brings a juice-spilling snot over how is that reflected, as an example, as someone's cleaning behavior? Also, I find it a heck of a lot easier to draw a broom across a hardwood floor than hault a vacuum from floor to floor in order to push/pull on it for cleaning. Personal preference? Sure, but its another example of why someone might like hardwood over carpet.
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I think you missed the point. One strand of hair that fell off someone's head is clearly visible on virtually all hard flooring. Same goes for one piece of dirt or one dropped crumb. On most carpets, it is virtually impossible to see one loose hair, one piece of dirt, or one dropped crumb. Thus hardwood flooring looks dirtier and needs to be cleaned more often than carpet.

Replace look with feel and you get the same thing. You can feel a little dirt on a hardwood floor under your feet. You cannot feel dirt on a carpet.

 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Sasha
How the heck do you conclude that? If someone comes to visit and brings a juice-spilling snot over how is that reflected, as an example, as someone's cleaning behavior? Also, I find it a heck of a lot easier to draw a broom across a hardwood floor than hault a vacuum from floor to floor in order to push/pull on it for cleaning. Personal preference? Sure, but its another example of why someone might like hardwood over carpet.
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I think you missed the point. One strand of hair that fell off someone's head is clearly visible on virtually all hard flooring. Same goes for one piece of dirt or one dropped crumb. On most carpets, it is virtually impossible to see one loose hair, one piece of dirt, or one dropped crumb. Thus hardwood flooring looks dirtier and needs to be cleaned more often than carpet.

Replace look with feel and you get the same thing. You can feel a little dirt on a hardwood floor under your feet. You cannot feel dirt on a carpet.
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Thank you. Now I don't need to explain it.
 
Carpet for comfort. bedrooms, living/family room etc.

Hardwood in the dining area, really makes it look nice!
 
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