My hardwood floors need to be redone through out most of the house. My realtor said to get most out of house I need to do something with them. My options are,
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Sand floors down and poly them. This is the most displacing for us since we have all of our furniture in the rooms and not being able to walk on them for a bit will be hard.
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Put LVP in the common areas and carpet in the bedrooms. This is the most expensive route but is all relatively easy work for myself to do.
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Do nothing and hope it doesn’t bother anybody or at the least be prepared to offer a credit. Realtor said the listing price difference could be $25k on redone vs nothing.
We need to get the most out of the house as possible but also don’t want to put a bunch of money in if possibly the LVP could hurt the sale price. Does LVP flooring really bother people that much
Floors hurting home price?
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If I learned someone covered real hardwood with LVP I’d be ripping it out immediately to refinish them myself
If I were you I would refinish but if you have to sell before you move, just leave them
I would purchase a home with hardwood floor that need to be redone over LVP. LPV always looks like the cheap way out
I don’t look at houses that have LVP throughout, just personal preference. I’d prefer hardwood that needs to be refinished but would ask for credit if it was really bad.
… please don’t cover your hardwood floors. If I bought your home I’d be upset paying to both rip them up and refinish the floor.
Yes, covering real hard wood with LVP will hurt the value and not be worth the money you blow.
Refinish or offer a credit. What will it cost you to rent storage and refinish the wood? Moving everything out is a pain, but you would only want to move very minimal furnishings back in for staging and it gets you one step closer to being packed and moved. Nothing sells an older home like freshly refinished wood floors (as long as they are done right.)
Fire your agent for even suggesting #2.
Hardwood floors are classic. Timeless. They increase the value of your house. To replace them with plastic and carpets would idiotic. It would 100% hurt the value of your home. Your realtor is dumb.
Get a quote for how much redoing the floors would cost. Usually they move your furniture for you (but ofcourse there is a charge in there for that).
Hardwood floors that need refinishing are better than lvp and carpets. The buyer can refinish them eventually. Yes, they may offer lower for having to do that, but not 25k lower… this is why you need to get a quote yourself.
Your house value is still higher with hardwood floors that need work than it is with plastic floors and carpet.
How quickly do you need to sell?
I would prefer hardwood floors and a credit would be attractive. Otherwise, I’d factor in the cost of fixing existing floors or replacing installed LVP.