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Carpet - In or Out?

depglass — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:18:31 GMT

I watch a lot of HGTV. Last night it was Flip or Flop, a couple renovating houses in the $400,000 plus range. I'm not sure where the show is filmed, a warm weather area for sure. I'm surprised they are using so much carpet, it seems like every other show is universally down on carpeting. My neighbor's daughter is urging her to pull her carpeting before they ever list their house. Neighbor says carpet is warm and inviting and won't do it. What do you think?

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brii — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:22:19 GMT

I have carpeting in the bedrooms. I have a sculpted low pile carpet. We don't wear shoes in the house, especially in the bedrooms, so it stays clean.

The main floor is all wood tile.

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Marsha2003 — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:26:07 GMT

I think it depends on where you live. The home improvement/real estate shows all tout hardwoods throughout the house, but a lot of people still like broadloom. The best thing to do when selling is to check out other houses for sale in your area in your price range. As a seller, you want to have comparable amenities to those of your competition or accept that you may not get as high of a price for your home.

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Shelbelle — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:28:43 GMT

I can tolerate hardwood in the living room and dining room, but I want my bedrooms carpeted, so much warmer. My house is 36 years old, has 100% hardwood floors, but they are 100% carpeted as of now.

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brii — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:29:03 GMT

Carpet is warm and inviting.

But if there are pet stains or any stains or any wear, the home will not show well and will turn buyers off.

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RainyDayGal — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:03 GMT

Everyone is different. Some will want carpet, some won't. I would just have my house the way *I* want it - not want some TV show or any other person out their says. It's all personal preference.

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Happy Elizabeth — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:34:04 GMT

I don't know what's "in" or "out" but I immediately removed the carpet from both of the homes I've purchased. I like area rugs, and hate wall to wall carpeting.

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Tootie15 — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:37:52 GMT

Whatever you like, you should have .... we have hardwood floors throughout and use area rugs ...

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CardinalGirl — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:41:53 GMT

I haven't had one stitch of carpet in any of my homes during my adult life (I'm 54). Always hardwood throughout.

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luv2buyshoes — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:44:44 GMT

My husband and I are looking to buy a house. We have seen many houses with carpeting and most of them have terrible looking carpet. This is why I prefer hardwood. I can always add an area rug if I choose.

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:47:16 GMT

Almost all of my house is hardwood floors. I had them put throughout the house before I moved in. I got large plank because I look at many historical houses and they have that and I love the look. I do have area rugs in most rooms in my house with the exception of my kitchen. None of the rugs are the same. I think this gives a very sophisticated look because you get the look of hardwood while still getting the comfort and coziness of carpeting.These are similar to what my floors look like except I have the sides of each plank beveled by hand.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pics+of+large+plank+hardwood+floors&client=firefox-a&hs=Ndz&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&imgil=aJjyINpGpO7lEM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQDh_5-8cHbwAs-T2N2ld36oUMfneeA_rjpg-NWS8IaHYp6OacHgQ%253B500%253B280%253BbPBkNeQEFAv5yM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fatchardwoodflooring.com%25252Fflooring%25252Fplank%25252F&source=iu&usg=__z5bdKQW9nUc-tpcDXdDB3DK3Wfo%3D&sa=X&ei=vKtzU8KKLLLFsASr84DQDA&ved=0CDsQ9QEwAA#facrc=_&imgdii=aJjyINpGpO7lEM%3A%3BnbALZ8JgWkYP8M%3BaJjyINpGpO7lEM%3A&imgrc=aJjyINpGpO7lEM%253A%3BbPBkNeQEFAv5yM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fatchardwoodflooring.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F07%252FPlank.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fatchardwoodflooring.com%252Fflooring%252Fplank%252F%3B500%3B280

In my basement I do have wall to wall Frise shag carpeting and I love it.

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:48:03 GMT

Whoa, not sure why that link is so large, it just shows one picture of the floors very similar to mine. Sorry for the giant link.

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luvdoodles — Wed, 14 May 2014 19:08:58 GMT

We have hardwood through out our house down stairs and we love it. Easy to keep clean. Our bedrooms do have carpet, I prefer something softer in a bed room when I'm not wearing shoes. I do have area rugs down stairs but they still show off the wood floors.

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brewhaha — Wed, 14 May 2014 19:28:31 GMT

Carpeting costs more to clean.

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jackthebear — Wed, 14 May 2014 19:52:11 GMT

I think other peoples carpeting could appear to be dirty and yucky, when you are looking for a house to buy, an old carpet is another expense added to your house purchase

Wood is easier to keep clean.

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Pickwickpapers — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:04:02 GMT

Hardwood is the popular flooring choice today. Many people feel that hardwood is better in terms of durability and cleanliness. Carpet is usually less expensive than hardwood and has a warm and comfortable feel. BUT carpet that is DIRTY, STAINED, WORN, ETC. is not wanted by anyone. Some and certainly not all people DO NOT take care of their carpet and ugly, dirty carpet is a complete turn off in terms of purchasing a house. It is a personal choice decided usually by how much are you willing to pay. Home sellers/flippers may gravitate towards carpet in some markets because carpet is easier on the pocketbook.

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:10:37 GMT

My daughter in Florida has mostly tile and wood floors. My daughter in Va has a mixture of both and also scattered Oriental rugs.

I will have to replace my carpet when I get my house ready to sell. I love the look of wood (clean and shiny). However, I have very bad knees, so I'll probably (mostly) never live in a house with wood floors.

I have expensive Berber (sp) carpeting in the rec room (it will stay).

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151949 — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:28:01 GMT

Here in Florida they really discourage the use of hardwood floors due to extreme high humidity warps it and termites. All the wood used in the building of our home was pretreated to be resistant to termites, so i would not put in wood on the floors that would attract them. So if you don't have carpet you have tile and that is difficult for people with some illnesses like neuropathy to walk on. Thus, because my DH has neuropathy we have carpet. However, we have vinyl woodplank floors in our camper and i think I have him warming up to that idea for the house.

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RainyDayGal — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:32:03 GMT

I recently sold a home and shampooed the carpets and they looked just fine. No way was I investing the time, hassle and money in hardwood floors just to sell my home.

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151949 — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:34:53 GMT

A problem we had when we sold our house was the carpet was light blue - which matched our decor - but was not a color of choice for others. So that brought down the price of the house about $5000 because people knew they were going to need new flooring . If you go with carpet to sell a house - it has to be a neutral color. Our newer built home has taupe carpet that matches everything - but shows a lot more dirt than our blue carpet did. I find it odd that it does show so much dirt since it essentially is the color of dirt - but it does really show the dirt.