I have the vinyl wood flooring and love it! I did the entire house with the exception of the master bedroom and guest bedroom. I've had it about a year and a half now and it looks as good as when I got it.

Mine is the Novalis planks.

I'd go ahead and do it. I can't imagine it would detract from the value of your home any more than stained, allergen-heavy, out-of-style W2W carpeting would. But you DO need to know what your local RE market is like, if you are serious about selling in such a short time. Here, it would be an upgrade - sellers buying starter homes where I live want anything EXCEPT carpeting; young people generally don't like it. Wood is preferred, but wood-look will do almost as well.

Our housing market is one of the few that hasn't gone ANYWHERE for several years.... our 3000 sq ft 7 yr old home would go for around 300K. It definitely isn't a starter home by any means, those are about 100K or less.

I think we are going to do it, I am so done with the yuck.

You may have some people who will try to use this a bargining tool when you sale. People do like wood and laminate is sometimes not "good" enough for some people. Me personally I would choose that over carpet.

If I were paying $300,000 for a house I wouldn't be expecting vinyl, but we may have diff markets. At that price in my area it would be an almost custom home with grainte counter tops and hardwoods/tile throughout.

But if you are going to be living there atleast a few more years I would go for it, because stained, worn carpet is going to turn off alot more buyers then vinyl flooring.

That is what I am thinking... I would rather have this stuff in my house for the time I live here (who knows, maybe we'll be in here for the long haul) over the yucky carpet, and deal with potential buyers if/when the time comes. I think they would rather see somthing clean and stain free over the worn down builders crap they put in.

Gray, where do you live?? Sounds like an even better market than what we have!! For 300K you could get a custom home with granite/hardwoods throughout, but it would only be about 1500 sq ft. For my size home, it would be around 400K+ or so.

dixiedo, put down the vinyl and worry about resale when the time comes. You have to live for now and I'm with you 100% in getting rid of the nasty carpet. Carpet is dirty and anything solid would be better.

I live in south west Va. The average home price is under $100,000 and $170,000 will buy you a remodeled house with alot of upgrades and $200,000 can get your into a new construction home and with the advailable upgrades you can get hardwoods, grainte, and tile. Of course all those extras will bump up the sale price to around $300,000 maybe alot less depending on how much you want to spend.

We are looking to buy a nice home around 2000 sq ft. My husband wants some land with it so our search is going to be a difficult one to get the home I want with the ammount of land that he wants.

I have been thinking of vinyl wood also but wonder if it outgases like some plastics do that bother me.

$254,000 in my area buys a one bedroom condo with a kitchen too small to eat in, a small dining room, a small living room, one small bedroom, and one small bathroom.

I know one townhouse owner who sold her townhouse for over 1/2 million dollars 2.5 years ago in my neighborhood who had pergo floors in her living room that were gorgeous. Her home sale helped my appraisal when I was refinancing.

I wonder if Pergo outgases? I have allergies to certain plastics that outgas like vinyl shower curtains and allergies to particle board. But I want wooden floors but I fear them getting ruined by my little dogs and my home office traffic.

Dixiedo,

I'm glad you asked because I'm tempted to do the same thing. I put Novalis in my kitchen and I love it. It's so easy-care and it looks so rich and warm. What do you plan to do about the staircase?

Jeanim,

I'm glad you spoke up and I hope you're still reading. You haven't had any regrets? Do your guests think it's wood? What did you do about staircases, if you have any?

Thanks