If budget is not a concern, I’d go with wood. Studiojeandre.com is a great resource for figuring out which wood or engineered wood will work best for you. Here’s just a little sampling.

$500K in a HCOLA or $500K in a LCOLA?

The reason I am asking is that $500K house where I currently live would be an ordinary house on the low end of the market and LVP or laminate flooring would be common. $500K where I am from originally would buy one of the nicest houses in town.

If you have the budget, I don't think you could go wrong with a medium brown wood floor, either wood or engineered wood, neither too wide nor too narrow.

Thank you ffpalms!

Its southeast of Pittsburgh, a pretty decent house, and thank you palimpsest

IMO wall color is the last choice you make and for sure the flooring is one of the first . I too was wondering about the house price . I live a small town in BC in Canada and a 500K home is pretty much entry level. Yes you need to be consistant with the flooring but as to what to choose for thta is up to your lifestlye often.I have 3 huge dogs a wood floor would have been trashed in a year. We have German made laminate in our main floor and in the walkout we have LVP both chosen with the dogs in mind They access a ffree run dog run in all kinds of weather so the LVP is easy to clean and has stood up very well to claws and mud . I do not think they are the perfect choice for everyone but neither is wood. Tile IMO is hard on your body and not nice in cooler climates without infloor heating.

Patricia - Which do you prefer - the LVP or laminate? If you could only pick one to install in your whole house, which would you choose & why? TIA

Don't even consider wood or laminate for kitchens or bathrooms. They fail all the time.

Yes, decide on your flooring first, according to what is your planned color palette, and paint last. “ Light silver” walls sounds cool gray to me, so would drive you towards least- warm tones in woods. Is that the decor you plan?

500k homes here, are not entry- level and often feature hardwood throughout, though “ flipper” homes and teardown/ rebuild in older neighborhoods will often do terrible things with laminate and removing walls. I’m not saying you can’t do LVP, just that you need to want that & select carefully.

What’s your lifestyle and decorating goal? Do you like the look of hardwood throughout? Not bathrooms of course. I think it works in kitchens, but also depends on how kitchen related to adjacent rooms, as in, is kitchen separate or demarcated in a way that different flooring would look appropriate , and whether wood floors in kitchen would make you nervous.

While one flooring might be ideal, you also have to consider your budget. You probably won't recover the cost of replacing the flooring if what you have currently is in good condition.

I would definitely look at replacing the carpet with wood to match what you already have in width and species. If you want to make the wood a different color, then refinish what you have as part of the process.

Regarding the tile, you can consider whether two different tiles make sense. My house actually has 3 tiles, but none of them are visible from another tiled area. There is one place where you can stand and turn around to see all 3 tiles, but I had to even think to realize that. So if it makes sense from the flow of your house, you might need to change out one of the tiles (again to match the wood flooring).

A medium brown (maybe a little less yellow/orange than what you currently have on the wood floor) would be popular if you are choosing a new color. Avoid gray and pink. Actually, in my opinion, yellow/orange are classic and therefore better than gray/pink.

Edited to add: If you go with a medium brown floor, you'll also need to re-think the light silver paint. I would suggest re-thinking that anyway. According to some people, gray is past trend.

Since you are doing this with resale in mind, you have to think about the trends. While you can't predict what will become "in", it is usually easy to see what has just gone "out"

They said moving right in the first sentence and trying to get the best price . IMO put the floor in that is affordable and looks nice and if possible can be done DIY so I would do LVP in anice neutral med. brown Sell the house and move on.

Have you spoken with your realtor about this? Honestly, giving cash back at closing for a floor allowance is appealing to a lot of buyers. Especially if you plan to live there while this work is done this may also be appealing to you - because, solid hardwood everywhere (except the bathroom with a tub or shower) is the most desirable for a buyer. I wouldn’t even consider a whole home in LVP as a buyer. Studying comps with your realtor and weighing that with your floor estimates should be considered. Feathering in new solid hardwood and sanding and staining may be the most cost effective if you have a decent amount of existing hardwood. If you are set on doing it I’d price three scenarios: feather in new hardwood and sand everywhere and stain, new engineered wood floor everywhere and new LVP everywhere (all in a very light medium brown). With the LVP you will have to put down new plywood everywhere which really brings the cost of that up so you may be shocked with the pricing studies.

@patricia colwell

You may be right. She said moving, not selling, so I took it to mean they were moving into a new home and wanted a certain look.

Right, I was also on the track of choosing flooring for their new home, not for selling.

It also can depend on “ best return “ vs quickest sale, if a house looks more move- in ready. Realtor is a good resource though I have had some advise me to do more than was needed because the sale would be easier for them if house were “ prettier “.

Right marmie that’s why it’s important to ask to review the comps. Then it’s just a numbers game. Very rarely does it make sense to sink 30k plus into a project right before a sale (unless of course it’s for the bones and not ‘decoration’).

It’s hard to know based on one photo if this is worth it. That top blue tile with the inlaid border is truly terrible to me. I only like hardwoods (engineered or solid) so lvp would be an immediate tear out after closing. We also can’t tell if the rest of the house has been updated- is everything else new and the floor is holding it back, or are you putting in new floors but you still have popcorn ceilings and builder lights from 1970. I always run hardwoods right into kitchens and have for years.

All great suggestions! To provide more detail, we have updated all of the lighting to LED with more of a modern slant. The 5 different floorings are all viewed from anywhere in the main room, hence what I had termed as disruptive.

Since you are planning on selling you might want to go with an afforable and modern oak lvp throughout. It is modern and neutral so it will appeal to buyers.

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EastCoast Designz - I really like the look of the COREtec Sea Salt Oak color. It looks as if it only comes in a 9" plank. Our house is rather small, and we feel like a 9" plank would look to big so we have only been looking at the 7" planks. It your experience, does the 9" plank look too grand for a smaller house?