Poll: Carpet or wooden flooring in a flat?

[dowie]

Say you were going to buy a one bedroom flat would you rather buy one with carpets in the lounge/bedroom or wooden flooring, some combination of say wooden flooring in lounge/carpet in bedroom)?

(Just a note/clarification re: this question - it isn't what flooring you'd lay once you've moved in but what flooring you'd prefer to see when buying - i.e. if you're very likely to want to lay your own flooring regardless then perhaps you'd not care either way or perhaps you'd prefer a specific flooring for whatever reason)


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Wooden Flooring
Carpets
Wood in lounge/carpet in bedroom
no preference

 

[redfist]

I would prefer wood/carpet combination as I hate getting up in the middle of the night and walking on cold floor.

 

[a1ex2001]

If I was going to relay I wouldn't care!

 

[dowie]

If I was going to relay I wouldn't care!

But would you be looking to relay anyway or would you accept a reasonable carpet or wooden floor if fairly neutral when buying a new place and if so which?

 

[a1ex2001]

But would you be looking to relay anyway or would you accept a reasonable carpet or wooden floor if fairly neutral when buying a new place and if so which?

I'd rather have carpet in a bedroom I can be flexible over a lounge but kitchen and bathroom definitely no carpets.

 

[dowie]

cool, thanks

(yup, bathroom and kitchen are tiled)

 

[redfist]

I'd prefer good quality wood everywhere, personally. There's not much worse than the cheap laminate flooring you often get.

True, I find the lighter looking wood seem to look cheap no matter what, might just be my preference but I like the look of darker looking wood.

 

[Lopéz]

If there is some kind of entrance porch/hallway then I'm fine with wood or carpet in the living area. If the door opens directly into the living area (as in my house) then wood/laminate all the way - I have carpet and it's very hard to keep clean when you walk directly onto it with shoes on.

 

[covenantuk]

Wood in entrances, hallways, kitchen and bathroom if not tiled.

The rest wouldn't bother me either way, though I had carpet in lounge and bedroom in my old flat. Having warm feet is nice, as is sitting on a nice carpeted floor to watch TV now and then

 

[tom_nieto]

Look carefully into what flooring you're actually allowed in the flat. Quite a few leasehold tenancy agreements state very clearly that wooden flooring is not permitted due to noise issues. Vinyl is allowed most of the time.

From a personal perspective, I would always choose wood in the living areas and carpets in bedrooms.

 

[tom_nieto]

Double post

 

[Liquid_Entity]

We have the carpet/wood(laminate) combo. 2 bedrooms with carpet (needs replacing badly), lounge, hallway and kitchen has laminate and bathroom has karndean vinyl flooring

 

[roadie]

My personal preference is for carpet in the bedrooms and lounge with an easy to maintain surface, whether that be wood or LVT etc in the higher traffic/messy areas.