to not get why people are derogatory about laminate flooring

[mavornia]

After having a puker extraordinaire in ds1 and a good few splatterings from ds2, my bedroom carpet is quite frankly rank

I'm having it replaced with laminate flooring on Friday

I think it looks good and it will be delightfully easy to clean

so why are people so sniffy about it?! So much cleaner than carpet with children around and cheaper and easier to clean than real wood too

what am i missing?

no - we did think about doing it (have done single rooms) but it was the whole house and we couldn't face the disruption.

So we went on holiday for a week and left the keys with a sander chappy.

I like it for halls and living areas as it can be cleaned more easily than carpet, our rugs downstairs always end up filthy. I like carpet for bedrooms as it's cosier.