Wood floor or Luxury vinyl for kitchen/first floor of new build home?
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new house build- worried about mixing woods in open floor plan. I
Comments (1)First off you put this in the fireplaces category(?) so not sure how many responses you’ll get. I would NOT plan a kitchen around a table. Do what you want and like, trust me tastes will change and you might want a different table down the road....See Morewood floor or luxury vinyl plank?
Comments (3)Absolutely agree with Jan - LVP is just plastic - I don't even think it can go over real wood. Put the REAL thing in your kitchen and refinish to a different color if you must....See MoreDo luxury vinyl plank floors lower the value of high end homes in FL
Comments (16)Unless you are flipping a property... get what you want. In my experience, the LVP debate becomes a bit less important in upper price ranges. When paying 3+ million for a home you have the money to get a new floor. So, as long as the existing floor is attractive buyers are not going to care as much. We sold a property on Longboat Key not long ago and I would not have wanted engineered wood flooring (it was beachfront and had a regular helping of wet without flooding). We actually had terrazzo floors but if I still owned and used the property I would cover them with LVP... I know that is a sin, but I like going barefoot in my house and no one likes hopping out of bed onto cold floors....See MoreReal wood vs. Luxury Vinyl Flooring? Which one?
Comments (8)Why are you getting new floors instaed of refininishing what you have ? I have 3 huge dogs if we had hardwood it would have been trash long ago so we have really good laminate from germany on our main gloor and LVP in the walkout basement where the dogs are in and out of a dog run in all kinds of weather . Both floors have stood up very well and still look great 17 yrs later. Only you know what your life is like but real hardwood of course is beautiful and kids really do not ruin it in my experience. I grew up in a house with all wood floors 2 kids not very careful but the floors were beautiful...See MoreShadyWillowFarm
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