Porcelanosa Porcelain is fine. Don’t expect vinyl anything to last 10 years.

Porcelain tile, with the structure properly designed to receive it, and with a quality tile person installing it, is a floor that will outlast your taste in fads. If you choose something timeless. If you choose one of the silly gray looking 5 minute things, you deserve to stare at that for the next 30 years. Choose wisely. In both product and installer.

And be sure that your home is designed stuff enough to accept large tiles. The biggest issue that you will have is the cheap GC not wanting to pay decent wages to get someone that knows what he is doing.

https://www.ceramictilefoundation.org/homeowners-guide-to-hiring-qualified-tile-installer

Thanks for the feedback. Yes I'm in Chicago and visited their showroom in the Merch Mart. Definitely don't want anything 'trendy gray' but everything I've read about LVT seems to indicate that the high quality ones should last awhile. We don't want tile in the whole first floor, but do want a continuous surface through foyer/kitchen-great room/hallways on the 1st floor. So, it's either hardwood or LVT. With the kids/dog etc, I'm thinking I'd rather spend less on floors now (maybe re-do in 15 years?) and spend more on some great kitchen appliances maybe? My husband's family owns a a tile/marble/granite shop with top notch experienced installers so we're good on that front.

We put LVT in our farmhouse. We have 6 kids, and I have been so so pleased with the performance. We've had it 3+ years and it still looks wonderful. I have wood in one part of the home and there's no comparison in terms of ease of care and wear and tear. I love my LVT!

We recently had a flooring consultation/measurement meeting with a mom-and-pop flooring shop, and they did *not* recommend LVT/LVP for our home.

Now, we want a dark floor (so if you want a medium or light floor, this may make a difference; I don't know), and we are a half-a-dozen-kids and large-dog kind of family living in 2k square feet (so everywhere is "high traffic"). The guy said that LVT really *isn't* "kid-proof" and "pet-proof"... What the manufacturer (COREtec) really means is "waterproof". He has seen large dogs scratch up a dark LVT floor in short order, and assured me that it would bother me something awful to see the damage, especially when the sunlight hit it. And he's right, lol.

Have you gotten quotes for hardwood vs vinyl? The difference may not be as much as you think.

I will say, though, that the only reason I'm still *maybe* considering LVP is because damaged boards can be replaced easily on a floating floor (the guy said he only installs floating LVP, no glue-downs at all). Even then, I might get a lighter/more busy floor (like hickory) to somewhat camouflage the inevitable damage. Regardless, buying lots of extra boxes probably isn't a bad idea. :-D