Yes, we chose vinyl plank for our townhouse last year, to replace carpet. I installed it myself as a first time flooring project, it was very easy to install and I have been told it looks pro. It cost 80 cents/sq ft (Lowes Surface Source, I think we got it on close-out as it's no longer available). We are very happy with the floors, they look good - better than most laminate - and there is no noise such as squeaks or crackles. They clean so easily! At first we were careful but now we drag out furniture across the floor etc and have no scratches or marks. I did test various sample planks and chose this one partly due to it's especially durable nature. It's almost a year old now and looks the same as when installed. It is firmly in place not one issue with coming up, gaps or anything. I did follow instructions for installation to leave space under baseboards for expansion an installed in hot weather (it was 80 in May in CA). I put the planks in tight since it was about as hot as the house was going to get, and I don't see gaps now in the winter. It went over old plywood subfloors upstairs and concrete slab ground level. I sealed the concrete with drylok before putting the floors in. Here are some photos! Installation upstairs It is possible with careful measurement and planning to do an entire floor with no transitions Installation downstairs over sealed concrete slab downstairs is also continuous install from living/dining into kitchen and bathroom vinyl floor transitioning to stairs - stained pine treads and painted MDF risers

Our prior home had an open staircase - meaning no risers, just treads - so when we had the entire house repainted/replaced carpet and flooring and I wanted LVP in the front entry hall and stairs where before there was carpet, we didn’t have to worry about the risers too because there were none. However, after the flooring installers came and removed the carpet they stopped to call me on the phone and immediately advised we replace all the treads with new ones due to the majority having cracks across the entire width, the wrong kind of tread brackets on all of them, and to not replace would mean our stairs were too dangerous to do not just the stairs but the loft bedroom second floor carpet plus LVP in the bathroom. There was too much liability risk for them to allow a roll of carpet to get dragged upstairs potentially endangering their workers. So we had them replace the treads and brackets, then complete the rest of the job. Of course this was a home built in a SoCal gated HOA back in 1978, with no grass but ‘waterscaped’ ponds and streams instead. When I bought the place in 2002 the whole community had to be termite tented about 4 months after I moved in, and the fact that at least 3 of the treads in worst condition hadn’t completely failed before the replacement was a miracle from heaven. It was a disaster waiting to happen going up and downstairs! Whether or not your stairs are in similar condition to what we had experienced, I don’t know. But the pictures don’t show any truly noticeable ‘flaws’. Even if the treads did have problems, the time to have that addressed is when the flooring business/installer comes in to consult and put together a contract for what’s being done. If they don’t see a reason/indicate a reason to the customer regarding to replacing treads, it may be because they’re fine or may be due to trying to avoid submitting a bid that takes them out of the running for the job because it’s too high. So if the look your stairs have now is so problematic you want them to redo the work, you will have to pay for the materials (again, can’t really reuse) and the labor (again, because businesses can’t afford to eat the cost of paying for their workers to do a replacement for free when those workers could be sent to another job that keeps the business in the black and remain in operation down the road).

@V M sorry, just seeing your post above. We are just now finally breaking ground on our home so I don't have pics of the flooring to show you from my house. I will come back and post when I do but that will be some months from now. But we are paying, I think, 15K for our Multi-Length Rigid Core SPC floors in color Sandhill. Our house will be 2975 sf and this floor covering will be throughout the home, except in 3 of the full baths and the utility room. I'm not exactly sure how many square feet that leaves but hopefully you can do some rough math. Everything goes through my builder so I don't have an exact price per square foot to provide you. I also am not sure if this includes labor to install.

It is very popular flooring category for sure. The price is from $3 to 7/sqft depending on the brand and thickness. Installation is from $2 to 4/sqft. on top of the material costs. LVP can be installed on the stairs. See below picture of Elegance Plyquet Luxe installed.