New house - big hall - carpet or hard floor

[Lotty32]

Been told that carpet in a big hall in the country is "common" what do people think? Existing carpet is old and knackered so I will need to replace it. What would you do? Thx

Hard floor. So much easier to keep clean. I have a gorgeous rug on it though.

Disclaimer: I detest carpets, nothing to do with being 'common'

Hard floor for hallway is better, easier to clean and carpet would wear quickly as it’s a highly frequented area. You can get a large rug to soften the look

We used to live rurally, hard flooring all the way.

Once you’ve lived in the countryside certain things just make sense. Agas, boot-scrapers, turtle mats, you realise why their so popular.

Thx - all new to me hence needing the advice! Bought a robot type hoover which I'm hoping will help!!

Mines running right now. Brilliant inventions.

Hardwood floors or tiles! We have stone floors and they are a medium grey. They don’t really show mud and dirt and are very easy to clean.

What’s under the carpet? Might be something good

Will definitely investigate what's under the carpet - something else to discover!!

How old is the house? Our ground floor had hideous carpet covering herringbone parquet that is 100 years old!

Parts are hundreds of years old
Here's hoping! X

Hopefully you’ve got parquet or tiles too.

Get a really good big outside door mat too, garden trading do a big metal one.

I put small checkerboard tiling in my front hall (big old farmhouse). Looks great and very forgiving to any dirt.

Loving these suggestions please keep them coming! X

I have a big hall upstairs and chose to carpet. It’s much smaller downstairs so it’s stone tiles.