Carpet or Wood in hallway/throughout staircase?

[greenhouselight]

Hello everyone,

Myself and DD will be moving into our new flat soon.

I originally wanted to put carpet on the hallway and stair case (as it is more uniform). But family are against this and advised that I should put wood in the hallway and just carpet on the stair case? What do you think from looking at the pictures? I originally wanted carpet on the hallway to mitigate noise as the neighbours (below) is directly under our hallway. I was also thinking of adding sound proofing, in the hallway. But anyway, what do you think? I was not sure as just having a carpet on the stair case and not on the hallway (which leads directly to the door) may look a bit odd.

Hallways best as hard floors imo.

Flat? carpet. The lease probably stipulates that.

Yes it's a flat but has three floors. The hallway is the only thing underneath the neighbours and not the rest of the rooms in the flat. We have no neighbours above. Just the roof.

Having to listen to neighbours on the stairs above my head because they haven't carpeted would have me straight onto the managing agent to complain. However quiet you think you're being, there are time when you won't be.

What does the lease say?

Stairs and the hall, that should say, having re-read your post properly.

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain Thanks. So you suggest we should have our hallway carpeted to?

We moved into a house with a carpeted hall (cream!) and I am so glad that we changed it to amtico. It is so much easier to keep clean. The carpet looked great when we moved in (bought the house from a family with late teenage children who had clearly been well trained) but our DC were much younger, and it was an absolute pain.

We have carpet on the stairs though.

If you have people beneath you (which I'm assuming as you say 3 floors, and noone above) you absoolutly need carpet, and no form of hard floor.

You could have wood/amtico and a runner, if you want a kind of wood look? Runner in hall, and then same carpet as runner up the stairs or to full carpet the stairs. Runner also easier to clean or even replace from time to time.

Don't get a cream carpet!

Out of simple neigbourly consideration, yes I would, but you will probably find that your lease requires carpet.

Was also going to suggest a runner where you'll be walking if you want to see the wood floor.

Carpet all the way. Yes it's expensive and there's a lot of waste but we always keep the offcuts. And use them around the house for cupboards etc.

Hate laminate flooring as it is so noisy.

Hard floor and a rug for noise? Carpet will get filthy/worn quickly, a cheap rug can be easier cleaned/replaced. Real wood can get sanded down and resealed. I would just sand your existing steps and floorboards, stain and oil them with OSMO, and get a nice rug plus runner.

For soundproofing, you could lift the floorboards and put insulation into the void.