You would first need to define what high end means to you, but in general you are seeing some LVP being installed even in the mid-high end RE markets in FL.

I live in SW FL, about 1/2 mile from the water. Personally I would still expect engineered wood, or a high quality tile, if the house is really in the high end category for that particular area.

IMO wood or carpet in FLA is the wrong choice . I like LVP and IMO beats the heck out of moisture ruined wood or musty carpet.

Patricia, you don't even live in FL! lol

If you have enough moisture and water entering a home that ruins the ENGINEERED wood floors, then you will also have problems with LVP.

Tile on a slab might survive a small/shallow flood that drains out quickly, but you will still have to rip out baseboards, some sheetrock and cabinets.

It all depends. when we were renovating our SW Florida home, DH was set in stone for hardwood. Of course you can have it but it wasnt the right choice for our home. After testing our levels were way to high.

I love our LVP, absolutely the right choice.

High end means 5-8 million dollar home on the Gulf. I have now seen mostly “no” for VP floors compared to tile or wood. Wood scratches so easily with dogs and tile is cold. Designer is pushing for VP. From all comments, if you get any amount of water, you need to pull out the flooring, so the biggest issue would be resale. Thank you all for taking the time to answer.

I would advise a large-scale tile at that price point. Also, isn't a "cold" floor a plus in Florida?

I have actually done a lot of work in Miami Beach so I do know at least that part of florida and the homes I have worked on all had tile floors for exactly that reasonno rot from moisture and no mold from it too.

I noticed that some of the nicest, most convincing LVP were in the same price range as engineered hardwood.

Check out real estate listings in that price point. Talk to realtors about their take. That’s going to be more accurate than us on Houzz in my opinion.

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.

There is a huge range in the quality of engineered wood floors too. We went with what I consider a mid+ range engineered wood floor and picked one that was a medium brown, very low gloss finish, had some texture and finished with hard wax oil.

I have 3 dogs, 2 of which are high energy shepherd mixes and in 10 months only have 1 or 2 scratches by the back slider, but only noticeable if you look very closely.

Definitely don't pick a high gloss perfectly smooth poly finish if you have dogs, because you will notice any scratch or dent that occurs.

I don’t live in Florida so don’t have first-hand knowledge of humidity and standing-water effects on floors.

With that said, I would not be thrilled with LVP floors installed in an upscale, expensive home. Especially if LVP floors were not guaranteed against damage by humidity and/or standing water.

As someone else said, if I can afford the house, I can afford to replace nice floors (hardwood or tile) if they are destroyed. And that’s what I would do rather than have vinyl floors.

Some are not well informed. LVP will do fine in wet environments. My neighbor has LVP in the pool house and its fine. And just because people have money doesnt mean theyd waste it taking a risk and a potential headache to replace their floors.

I had southern yellow pine in Florida for nearly 20 years. Balderdash the comments about mold and rot.

Neither my home in FL, nor that of any of my family or friends have issues of humidity, mold, mildew, or non-weather related moisture in our homes. Hardwood floors from the 1950s are still in perfect condition, as is newer tile and carpet. I think any floor that experienced serious flooding would need to be replaced, so my suggestion would be to choose the floor that fits your lifestyle (comfort, pets, aesthetic, etc). I hope you did not suffer a lot of damage and your new floor turns out great!