Hello all
I love in a 2 bed flat in SW London with a 2 and under 1 yo (plus DH). We are looking to move at the end of the year/early next, basically we've been waiting to see how DH's job will fare as brexit progresses but need to move asap.
We currently have carpet throughout, it's old and gross tbh. Our leasehold says we can have carpet or lino but if we want wood etc then we have to use special dampening materials and even so if the person below us complains we will have to put carpet back.
Looking on zoopla most other flats have wood flooring (prices have been really up and down over the last few years, next door bought @ 20 ish per cent more than our flat is currently worth). The flat above us gas wood flooring and I can occasionally hear hoovering etc but the person who loves there is super quiet and makes no noise. Not the case for us!
Now i was planning to leave the carpets because whoever buys it might want to remodel anyway and not care about my design choices but I've recently been thinking I can lay luxury vinyl tiles throughout? (Not bathroom as recently done)
So my question is wwyd? My concern is that LVT won't be as appreciated as wooden floors seem to be so will be a pointless exercise. Getting carpets laid will be a waste if money I think (?) And realistically wood floors will be too noisy and the person below will complain.
Would you leave it as is? I won't benefit from the tiles myself but would this spruce up the flat or would it make no difference? The whole place could also do with a paint and new kitchen but I won't see that money back (more spruced up places are on for a similar price so I was just thinking of doing the tiles as it will be cheap and enjoyable for us for 6 mo, anything that requires labour won't be worth the investment)
Thank you for reading my very long post 