Selling... carpet has huge stain

[lataraw]

Carpet in one room has huge stain. Not the best carpet otherwise but as a buyer I'd think it's ok for a while. No way stain will come out (tried everything), currently has a rug over it. Do we:

1 recarpet that one room (though it wouldn't match the rest)

2 recarpet whole house with something cheap but at least in good condition

3 make what we can of the floorboards under the carpet in that room and sell like that

4 leave the rug there for viewings and don't say anything if no one asks (obviously this feels sneaky, but quote to recarpet whole house was 3k and that would be a huge challenge right now)

Thanks

Don't recarpet the whole house! That's a total waste of money. Buyers may want floorboards or a totally different type of carpet.

I'd keep the rug down but if anyone is keen and comes back for second viewings or wants to put an offer in, have the agent show the stain and say that you are prepared to recarpet that room between exchange and completion or take a small drop in the offer price to reflect it.

Ime, you can usually find an almost identical match if you need to redo just one room.