Lino/Vinyl flooring throughout house

[Rubyrose84]

Hi all, so I am moving into a new home within the next couple of weeks. I am single parent of 3 on a tight budget.
I am quite overwhelmed, as well as excited and grateful.
The house will be bare. I will need to get flooring as well alot of other expenses including removals , rent and deposit upfront and blinds / curtains for the property.
I have looked at laminate and it will cost an absolute fortune. I wont be going for carpets as I have two little dogs as well as kids carpets always get grubby quickly with them coming in and out of the garden. I feel like the only way I'm going to get flooring is if I go for lino/vinyl instead of laminate.
Is this ok? Anyone else done this? Is it ok for kids ? As in will it survive wear and tear etc ?

Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks

it isn’t very cushioned under foot unless you spend £££, it’s also very cold. I’ve just been in the kitchen barefoot and it’s freezing -in July!
Laminate at least has insulation laid underneath. I think the heating costs in winter would wipe out any cost savings over laminate tbh as you’d struggle to keep it warm. You would be better getting a cheap carpet & underlay and sticking a washable runner on top near doors, everyone removes shoes on entry and paws wipes with an old towel each time.

I believe the key is getting one with a good thickness or possibly underlay?

Yes underlay ++ then lino.

I would get lino or vinyl and then cover main areas where you might be walking barefoot with rugs/runners. Over time you can pick them up on ebay and charity shops

I always go barefoot in the house but I dont think most people do, so when people say its cold underfoot I dont know how much difference this makes

In the bedrooms you can get rugs on each side of the bed and then at the bottom of the bed so that you're largely walking on rugs

Then you have the flexibility of being able to wash the rugs, change them when necessary, colour match them etc

I think Aldi have some jute cotton runners in at the moment for example, cheap as chips

Thanks for the replies. I will definitely get a better quality one and underlay. In time I hope to get laminate. I definitely wont be getting carpets. I really hate carpets. Rugs and laminate or rugs with lino is the only way for me.

Yes it's absolutely fine. I don't see the point in laminate over it

Thank you, also the quotes I've had between laminate and vinyl ( even the best quality ones) are massively different. Laminate can be so expensive!

I hate laminate so I have wood effect vinyl throughout the downstairs. It looks great, is “soft” not hard like laminate… our floor is never cold so maybe it depends on your particular home- we have concrete floors not floorboards.

Great thank you this is helpful

There is really good vinyl available these days that looks like wooden floors - I would definitely get that and get some washable rugs.