The price that you should be paying is a quart ot the price that they are asking! Base on the state that you are!

Thank you. No contract-but my long term trusted contractor recommended this place. Please tell me what I should be looking for with respect to binding and appearance of staples. Thanks for you help!!!

Thank you to everyone for your input! I wanted to follow up just in case anybody else is struggling with the same decisions I was with a curved expanded bottom couple of steps in an old staircase. Despite some of the recommendations above, I did go with plaid and I absolutely adore it. So it can be done, but to get the lines to continue to flow in a consistent way took a ton of planning and hours of labor. But I love how it turned out. Thank you again for all the help And suggestions!

You don't need a high pile anything on lower level or bedrooms. Pick ONE neutral carpet for both floors, and then something bolder/different for your stair. If at all Possible? Even better is the LVP everywhere, use AREA RUGS..........and just runner or carpet the stair. Higher piles have nothing to to with comfort or warmth, really. Climbing out of bed onto an area rug is just as comfortable as any edge to edge broadloom. Your will have more unity in the house, a larger feel, and for kids? An opportunity to use inexpensive area rugs as they grow, and decor changes over the years. it's also a better long term solution. Bedrroom and closet carpet gets dirtier faster than anywhere else in your home. Why? It is where you spend more barefoot time, change clothes.......dust is largely human skin. Bare feet are the enemy of broadloom. LEAVING FOOT OILS BEHIND, THE MAGNET FOR DUST AND A GUARANTEED GRUNGE TRAFFIC PATTERN. : )