I rent so have no choice about the flooring. It’s textured vinyl in the kitchen, hall and bathrooms. We’re a shoes off household so most of the muck is contained to the kitchen where we enter by the back door and take our shoes off. But even then the kitchen. Floor is never fully clean. It’s a large kitchen so lots of vinyl and the texture is a non glossy fine grain type that seems to trap dirt. I’ve spent days of my life on my hands and knees going over it square by square with elbow grease and a magic eraser. Mopping alone doesn’t do anything to tackle the ground in dirt. I hate it. Even after the magic eraser I think it’s clean and then I catch a shadow and realise it’s not. Add to that any time someone drops a fork or knife it makes a dent or slice in the vinyl which dirt gets trapped in. It never ever feels clean. And then I go to work cleaning other peoples lovely tile floors. I’m so jealous.
if I could afford to I would offer to pay for my landlord to tile the whole floor. It would literally make that much of a difference to my little life. 