I’ve seen them and they do look lovely. However, I have real tile in my home on the main level and you cant compare the value. Never scratches with dogs, easy to clean. If I was buying in a higher end home I’d want wood or tile. No matter how beautiful LVP is, it’s not wood and it’s not tile.

Having said that, I would absolutely buy a home with a nice LVP.

Editing my response to add that I live in the south and tile through main living space is common. I’ve seen some model homes with LVP and it looks great, but I've heard people make comments that it’s a lower end flooring.

Patricia - I’m reading other threads about how hard it is to clean LVP, particularly those in darker colors. What brand/color are your floors and what has your experience been? Thank you!

I think I remember @Patricia Colwell Consulting mentioning the LVP and how pleased she is with it- hoping she will indicate the brand. ( I think you might have done this already but I forgot!).

Sorry did not go back to read . Mine is a product that was really 1st generation LVP it is from HD and called Allure . We installed it with dri core underneath because the flooring has a strip of glue that attaches to the next plank so not a click install. It is a walnut color so quite dark , we have a ton of windows in our walkout,. I have never found it hard to keep clean . We used the dricore because tit protects if you have a bit of water come in the basement and keeps the floor feeling a bit warmer. A lot of the newer vinyl planks have a base that does that job. I will however say install over any other flooring can be an issue so you might want to add even a very thin plywood over the engineered before doing the plank.BTW I think HD still carries Allure but there are tons to choose from now.

We live in a high end area and LVP is the go to. Living in Florida we deal with humidity, sand and if you have a pool, water. Our LVP is very beautiful, however it does scratch if you drag a heavy piece of furniture across it. Under our bar stools we have some scratches because the stools are moved so much and sand ends up under the feet. Over all, we are very happy with our floors. This is our before and (still in work) after, the LVP for us is actually very easy to keep clean.

You have hardwood on slab. That means it is NOT advisable to add vinyl over top of the hardwood. My guess is the hardwood is GLUED DOWN. Can you confirm the hardwood was glued in place?

Vinyl is something that SEALS wood from above. It prevents wood (like plywood) from 'breathing'. This is fine for a subfloor that breathes from underneath. But a FINISHED hardwood is NOT allowed to be sealed over top like vinyl would.

The hardwood will try to off-gas moisture vapour by moving it through the poly finish. This is a slow process. The poly slows down the 'breathing'...but it still happens and then the air whisks away the little bit of moisture.

Now imagine what happens if that moisture hits a BARRIER like vinyl. Yep. It hits the vinyl and DROPS BACK DOWN...like a slow tiny drip. Vinyl will cause your hardwood to ROT because of the moisture sitting on the wood surface. There is no air to allow the water vapour to move it away from the surface of the hardwood.

We've seen this before. In just 5-10 years, the hardwood turns to this black, moldy, soupy mess. It is nasty, nasty stuff. And the STENCH is enough to bowl you over!

If you want vinyl you MUST rip out the hardwood. If you want to run something over top then look at laminate. It breathes about the same as hardwood = can be done safely.

Thanks, all, for your comments. I went to a locally owned flooring store this past weekend and he recommended removing our engineered to prevent moisture issues before installing a new floor we choose, so we're definitely not going to install over our existing floor. He was also against LVP for the main living area over concerns of resale, but I still think they're quite beautiful and practical. Since this is becoming a larger expense than originally intended, we may install a higher-end resandable engineered floor that would better at preventing scratches than my builder-grade engineered floor. I'm also planning a lighter color as well, which may help.

If I had a basement I would definitely install LVP for it's looks, practicality, and price-point. I just have too many concerns it would hurt resale if we end up moving due to a job transfer.

Annette, what is your flooring? Very pretty!

I could never replace hardwoods for vinyl. Where are you located? We are in south FL so we didn't consider hardwood and couldn't get behind lvp for the entire main living area, went with porcelain tile. But if you're in a colder climate I'm not sure tile is ideal either.