Post by penguingrrl on May 4, 2015 13:45:21 GMT -5
I live in the northeast and carpet is a deal breaker in a home, especially a rental. I sucked it up and accepted carpet in. Our current place an our allerges and asthma are not happy and it's one factor in leaving the minute our lease is up. I will never again accept a home with hardwood. I hate tile, too. It's hard and cold and the one time I dropped a heavy bowl on tile the bowl and the tile shattered. Basically wood floors are all I'll accept. No more of other people's foot basin was an dust bunnies.
Post by ninjabridemom on May 4, 2015 14:08:24 GMT -5
I HATE carpet. When we have the luxury we decide largely based on flooring. Like when we moved from the shithole to our current place, I didn't look at a place that had carpet.
I am suddenly regretting all the times I laid on the living room floor in my apartment.
Today I had to go over and check out the "bumble bees" in the yard (carpenter bees, DH, carpenter bees) and turn off the circuit box so PECO can turn the power back on and DD was laying on the floor and rolling around. I almost vomited.
We were just in this situation and got so much blowback about replacing the living room carpet with carpet again that we ended up with laminate. We found a supplier that did it for like only $300 more than carpeting was going to be and that included a small foyer that wasn't quoted with the carpet. We live in Florida so whole house tile is not that unusual, but it was much more costly than the laminate and I think it makes the house look a little generic. The Wood looking tile is super expensive from what I've seen.
It doesn't look like expensive hardwood, but it's a mid to lower upper range rental in my area so that was fine. I definitely think it adds character to the house that tile wouldn't. If part of it gets scratched, it can be replaced relatively easily. We have both a water heater and washer in the laundry room that "back up" to the wood floor area so we thought about flooding as well (and also pet "deposits"). As long as the laminate isn't saturated for a long period, it will "probably" be ok...or at least said our installer.
I am suddenly regretting all the times I laid on the living room floor in my apartment.
Today I had to go over and check out the "bumble bees" in the yard (carpenter bees, DH, carpenter bees) and turn off the circuit box so PECO can turn the power back on and DD was laying on the floor and rolling around. I almost vomited.
LOL.
I laid all over that floor. Dramatically rolled around on it when I was tired and being silly and trying to make my H laugh. Had sex on it countless times.
Today I had to go over and check out the "bumble bees" in the yard (carpenter bees, DH, carpenter bees) and turn off the circuit box so PECO can turn the power back on and DD was laying on the floor and rolling around. I almost vomited.
LOL.
I laid all over that floor. Dramatically rolled around on it when I was tired and being silly and trying to make my H laugh. Had sex on it countless times.
WHOOPS
And you wonder why we all don't want rental carpet??
I laid all over that floor. Dramatically rolled around on it when I was tired and being silly and trying to make my H laugh. Had sex on it countless times.
WHOOPS
And you wonder why we all don't want rental carpet??
*snort* Point taken.
Sex towels. I live by them
Am I allowed to lay on my carpet in my house? I mean, other people lived there for the last 14 years lol. I need to know the rules!
Go for the carpet square thingies. It's great as a renter b/c I know I can replace a piece, and it's great for an owner b/c you don't risk the whole carpet area.