Give the buyer an allowance to pick their own floor. I spent money to replace the flooring in the last house I sold and then the new owner came in and ripped it all out. What a waste! The floor is not that bad.

Beautiful window in the kitchen. Have the floors professionally cleaned for the very best look. If the buyers want to remodel, they will. I've seen several houses in my area where the buyers ripped out brand new kitchens, bathrooms, carpeting, and windows (and it all went on the front lawn or into a dumpster) as soon as escrow closed.

Don’t replace it. As others have stated, the new owners might replace whatever flooring you choose. The house across the street from mine is a case in point. Seller replaced all flooring, windows & kitchen before placing on the market. Within a month of closing EVERYTHING was ripped out, including all of the new windows (what a waste ). Off to the landfill.

Leave it be you will not get the money back at sale time if they ask for a bit of a discount think how much work and mess would have beedn done and be fair about the discount.

demo and a new floor will be well over 5K. (and that hex tile doesn't go w/your basic, 1985 cabinets, lam countertops, wallpaper, windows and curved peninsula. redoing the floor will make you want to redo everything else)

Just leave it. what if the new buyer wants to redo the entire kitchen?

Does your realtor say the floor is a complete 'no-go' for buyers? If not, just leave it as is. If the realtor is getting feedback like, "oh, I'd buy the home if it wasn't for those floors" (highly unlikely) then offer a 5K credit at closing.

Thanks for all the comments- seems everyone is in agreement on this one. The floors do actually look worse in person. They were never adhered properly so that is why so many are cracked or loose. It is going to be on the market at a $1 M+ price tag due to the waterfront location, amount of land and condition of the rest of the house- my husband feels it's bad enough we need to replace. Appreciate all the input from everyone.

1M+ with laminate countertops and you're worried about that tile floor?

Perhaps there is wood that you could continue into the kitchen?

my concern would be spending all that money for new flooring, only to have the new owners come in and replace that dated kitchen. they will prob redo the funky angle of the peninsula, which would mean pulling that up and exposing the part of the floor that you guys didn't redo. Now what? now they have to take out brand new flooring that you just dumped thousands on.

get a large sisal rug to cover the tiles when showing the home. offer a floor credit.

You say Victorian? So a true treasure? Don’t do anything to the house. Just show it neat and clean. Purists will make it their own.

Just make your house spotless, declutter, make the rooms look as large as possible and Do not offer any allowances before hand as was suggested. That is for the negotiation process. Don't give away money right off the bat.

Clean it well, and let the new owners negotiate for any repairs. Chances are that new owners will completely redo the dated kitchen and you have no idea what their choices would be. I recently sold my home for asking price, after carefully investing hundreds of dollars into repainting interiors white and outside trim, as well as other items. New buyers had the entire house repainted, inside and out - even though this had already been done!