Looking for advice please on whether to recarpet before selling in 6 to 12 months time as DP and I can't agree.
The problem: stairs have no carpets and bedrooms carpets been ripped by cat. do we recarpet stairs and bedrooms or remove damaged carpet and make do? We have a cat that vomits every couple of months and DP who insists on wearing shoes indoors.
Im not keen on recarpeting because:
- i know they will get grubby in no time even if we choose a darker hardy type and cat might rip them up again.
- I'm dubious as to whether recarpeting will add any value as the house has bigger turn offs for buyers already like next to HMOs, on a busy street, tiny ONE bathroom with no shower, not much storage.
DP wants us to recarpet because:
- he thinks buyers will overestimate the cost of new floorings and so knock too much off the price or be put off the house. I'm saying we already have to lower the price due to negatives to which new carpets are a drop in the ocean.
Some of the laminate flooring downstairs had water damage so has minor bubbling up at the joints/seams.
I feel that that might be more of an issue than bare hardfloors with rugs upstairs and a painted uncarpeted stairs.
The house is otherwise neutrally decorated, massively decluttered with modern bathroom and kitchen that were installed a few years ago. The house isn't in need of a full refurbishment but isn't top of the spec immaculate either.
Under the carpets its standard wood floors with old paint splashes, stains and marks.
Before the HMOs increased near us i would have said its a family home but now I think landlords and developpers would want it.. so in the light of all this, would you recarpet? Any advice? Thank you so much for reading.