Vinyl is only appropriate for under 40th percentile homes. Even "luxury'' vinyl tile. Homes mid grade and up should have tile, or wood. Your home sounds like it would be devalued by vinyl as a choice, but that you would enjoy it, and pay the deduction to take the hit.

Wood is not ''too expensive''. You perhaps are experiencing sticker shock on products. A good vinyl will be as expensive as wood. Wood would be a more appropriate choice.

Your call. Choose the more neighborhood appropriate product, or take the hit at resale.

I was looking at vinyl flooring at HD today. Much improved selection, look and texture from a few years ago. But even flooring retailers say buyers will turn up their noses at vinyl.

As an alternative soft but tough floor, I've used 40" rubber squares. Can't say what buyers will think as I demolished the house a couple years later.

FWIW re: the 'dot' rubber flooring. Unless you love to clean, no way would I put that in a kitchen. Lived in an apt. once with black flooring (granted, black is the WORST flooring color - you see all dirt etc) exactly like the above photo of red dots rubber flooring: dirt collects between every circle. You can vacuum out the loose stuff, but otherwise its very hard to scrub to get all the stuck on stuff out.

I agree with Sophie otherwise.

I'm putting in vinyl plank in a very basic house, the cheapest house in the neighborhood. Also I haven't seen any houses in the neighborhood that have any fancy finishes in them so that's why I'm choosing vinyl plank. If the neighborhood was in the 400's then I would definitely choose better finishes. For you it sounds like you'd want to choose very good finishes. Although vinyl plank isnt necessarily bad. These days, some top of the line luxury vinyl planks with very thick wear layer (like 20 mil) are pretty awesome.

BTW -- we have vinyl plank flooring at work and it looks great and has held up well. But to me its more of a basement/industrial flooring.

In my area, we have upper class homes that are beginning to put lvt in. Maybe you could call a realtor and ask how it would effect resale. Just tell them that you are remodeling and looking to the future when you will be selling. Let us know what you decide.

I'd stick with wood. A $400K house should have at least $4 / sf materials on the floor in the kitchen.

Our son is considering vinyl tile in his great room for ease of install, care and warmer in the winter. Currently it's slate and looks dark and dated. The rest of the home is hardwoods. Kitchen counters have been upgraded to Quartz and new white cabinets. Home is valued under $300 and the area he lives in is mostly starter homes for people under 35. Would vinyl be a good choice for resale, or should we stick with a newer/modern tile?

There is nothing like warm wood under feet. I think the lvp will kind of die quickly. Houses with it as a choice are sitting on the market here.