Err...flooring advice needed!

ICBM

If you put something obviously cheap down it will put off even more buyers. The other issue is that if you do completely re-do it so it’s obviously new throughout, a buyer might wonder if you’ve had some issue with damp that you’re not disclosing.

Nitefly

FreddieVanHalen said:

BigMonka said:

I generally agree with the don’t spend on it comments, but it depends how knackered it is. If it’s just a bit tired then that’s fine, but if it’s so bad that it looks like you’ve been the kind of owners who don’t care about the property (and it’s maintenance) then I’d say it’s worth changing.

The existing downstairs carpet is very very, very knackered in the entrance hall and doorway. It's better through the rest of the space, but being semi open plan it would be difficult to just change that bit.

I appreciate the view about not spending too much money, but as that knackered carpet is the first thing that people will experience when they walk into the place I'm thinking it might be worth doing something to spruce that up without going overboard.

Does anyone have experience of wood effect vinyl sheet? I wondered if that would be a reasonable compromise between price and a fresh/modern appearance to help get the place sold?

Is there room to put a rug down, as @skunkwerx suggested, just to cover the worn areas?

FreddieVanHalen

Nitefly said:

Is there room to put a rug down, as @skunkwerx suggested, just to cover the worn areas?

Sounds like this is where the thinking is going. It's an L shaped area, so it might look a bit weird but I'm sure something could be arranged. 

The other option might be to get a carpet fitter to cut out and replace the knackered section with something similar and then use a rug to hide the transition - the semi open plan is divided by a short "corridor" so it hopefully wouldn't look as obvious as new bit vs. old bit.

skunkwerx

Wouldnt worry too much on it or spend too much though. I've never bought a place but if I was, I'd be looking for the bricks and mortar condition, location and neighbourhood.

Stuff like carpets are so easy to replace I can't imagine that actually putting anyone off. If the windows needed doing, I can see that deterring peeps.

bobblehat

If its knackered then a cheap carpet would be my advice. I suspect a lot of your potential  buyers won't have a lot of cash for renovations after they paid their deposit so a new carpet would be a plus point even if its not to their taste.

WiresDreamDisasters

skunkwerx said:

Wouldnt worry too much on it or spend too much though. I've never bought a place but if I was, I'd be looking for the bricks and mortar condition, location and neighbourhood.

Stuff like carpets are so easy to replace I can't imagine that actually putting anyone off. If the windows needed doing, I can see that deterring peeps.

It put us off when we saw a house the other day. Needed about £12,000 on carpets and decorating in order to be livable!

FreddieVanHalen

Thankfully my place isn’t so bashed it needs 12k spent!

Cheap neutral carpets it is!

ICBM

WiresDreamDisasters said:

It put us off when we saw a house the other day. Needed about £12,000 on carpets and decorating in order to be livable!

But would you pay £12K more for the house if it was done, in a style/colour you don't really like?