I would really appreciate if some of you can help with my dilemma. We are looking into flooring options for our new home. We live in Arizona. I was looking in to wood look porcelain tile because I really like the look of wood, but I want something where I can have the same kind of flooring in the entire main floor, so hard wood tile combo is out. We have hardwood in our current house in both our floors except kitchen and stairs as much as I love the look of it, I don’t like the upkeep that comes with it. A couple of our friends got LVP done in their homes and they really like it. I love how it looks but just can’t get over the vinyl part and how will it effect the value of the house? I spoke to a couple of local suppliers and contractors and they said I can’t go wrong with either it just comes down to personal choice. And with regard to the value they said only hard wood increases the value and carpet may decrease the value because buyers would like to change the carpet but vinyl or tile don’t add or delete anything in our are. it most likely will be our forever home till we downsize but just in case. Our home will be around 700k. I understand that vinyl costs less in labor charges but a 20mil wear layer vinyl is not cheap in material and I don’t mind to spend more on the labor of tile and prefer to compromise somewhere else which I can change easily later . I know some of the same things were discussed in this thread but most of them are over a year old was wondering if everyone is still on the same page. For everyone who has wood look porcelain tile or LVP do you still like it after a couple of years? What are the pros and cons. For me one big con with the tile is grout. And LVP’s pro is it’s looks. Do you have problems with footprints being seen on LVP like how a few mentioned in an other thread? any pro’s please give your input on what you think? Thanks a lot if you read till now. I will greatly appreciate any help you can provide.

If your contractor can't guarantee that grout lines will be minimal with wood-look tile, then how can he guarantee that they will be minimal with the 12x24 tile? A good tile installation has 2 parts, first is a good quality tile and the second is a great installer. There is a third component and that is building a good/level structure that is ready for tile, without having to use bucket loads of leveling compound! We used a wood look tile about 8 years ago when we built a guest house. It was a high quality tile that was straight and level and the installer was able to lay it like real wood, with a random layout. No lippage due to good materials and great workmanship.

I would certainly keep the hardwood in the kitchen area. I would also keep tile in the mud room and back entrance. There is a large area in the foyer in front of the stairs and that abuts the living and dining rooms, and at the far right, the family room. Why not price out hardwood for that big area in the foyer? Or, keep tile in the immediate entry and then hardwood for the central area? I see nothing wrong with carpet in the LR, DR, Family Room, and the Study if that is what you prefer. I would, however, get quotes on hardwood for the entry and foyer….

IMO seeing flooring in someone elses house will not help you unless their house is exactly like yours. Same lighting same furniture same wall color, so forget it . I usually suggest you buy a box and lay it out in your house to see what it is like.