New Flooring when Selling

7 years ago

We are preparing our house to sell. Kitchen has linoleum that is old and cracking. Rest of the ranch style house has carpet. All flooring is original from 1988, but some of the rooms have decent carpets.
Should we replace the flooring in the whole house, and if so, how much should we invest in new flooring?

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millworkman
7 years ago
You won't get it back although it may help you sell it. I would try it as is first and possibly offer a bit of a discount rather than new floors which the new owner may not like anyway.
SJ McCarthy
7 years ago
Going with sheet products (sheet vinyl to replace the stuff in the kitchen; carpet to replace the rest of the house) are some of the CHEAPEST and FASTEST flooring updates you can make.

Many home owners want a turn-key situation. A clean kitchen floor and new carpets (carpets are original????Whaaaaat??? My asthma is KILLING me just thinking about it!) will move the sale along.

Remember to refresh the paint BEFORE you replace the flooring. Old carpet does WONDERS for catching paint drips.

Neutral...Neutral...Neutral. Keep everything low key and neutral. Let the new owners 'see' the potential of the house without seeing outdated projects.
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