zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 1, 2015 12:42:25 GMT -5
It's very hard for a LL to do any updating while there's a tenant in there. I finally bought some paint for my long term tenant and she's said she would paint a wall at a time but floors? No way. She'd have to move her furniture somewhere for days. Too hard on her. She's been there now more than ten years. I know I'll have a lot to do but I've planned for it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 13:25:07 GMT -5
It's very hard for a LL to do any updating while there's a tenant in there. I finally bought some paint for my long term tenant and she's said she would paint a wall at a time but floors? No way. She'd have to move her furniture somewhere for days. Too hard on her. She's been there now more than ten years. I know I'll have a lot to do but I've planned for it. Yes, but how would you feel in the tenant tiled your hardwoods in his/her choice of either vinyl or ceramic?
In every apartment I've ever lived in, just painting the walls a different color was enough to cause you to lose part of your deposit. I can't imagine that the landlord would be thrilled about replacement flooring (on the cheap, no less) that he/she didn't authorize.
At a minimum, I think the OP should talk to her landlord.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 1, 2015 13:49:19 GMT -5
Ńno, I would not want my floor damaged or changed in any way by a tenant. You want to mess with floors? Buy your own home and do so. I always said that you can paint but then you must repaint after. That usually stopped any idea of painting.
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Post by bean29 on Feb 2, 2015 15:09:04 GMT -5
Tile in the living room/dining room is common in the southwest, but not the Midwest. We have carpet in the living room. I wanted hardwood in the whole living center. We have tile in Kitchen, Dinette, Entryway, Laundry room and the Master Bath and Family Baths. DH would have tiled the Dining room too, I said no, so we have hardwood.
About 2 years ago a two story house up the street sold. It took a really long time to sell and it had beautiful (expensive) tile in the dining room. I think it was the tile that people did not like b/c it was a really nice house with lots of upgrades.
I did put tile in my office below grade and in the family room and the rooms look great. I could post pictures if someone will remind me how to do that. We have an area rug under the sofa. My Mother-in-law gave it to us. It was brand new, she just had it sitting in her upstairs bedroom.
We are going to pull our carpet out of the living room and replace it with hardwood this summer - carpet is shot and we now have 2 dogs, so putting in more carpet is just not too smart. I am kind of mad at DH for not letting me do hardwood to begin with as now it will be hard/impossible to match the dining room hardwood.
Mom refinished her hardwoods and it is a 3 day process. Mom and Dad slept in their basement while the floors were being re-done. My landlord re-finished the hardwood floors when we left. We lived in an apartment for 7 months while our house was being built. DH asked if we could rip out the carpet b/c it was gross. He told the guy we would live with the harwoods the way they were until we left. When we moved out he scheduled the floor refinishers and had it professionally refinished.
There has to be like 1/4 inch of hardwood for them to strip/sand/refinish the floor. If it is an older hardwood and it has never been done, it probably could be re-done.
eta, if you are putting tile in a main living area, especially a living room I would put a radiant heat product underneath. The sell it at homedepot and lowes.
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Post by tskeeter on Feb 2, 2015 18:50:28 GMT -5
What do you think? I'm in an apartment (large), and the wood floors are beat. I can't get them redone for many reasons. I got carpeting put down in dining room, living room and long hallway, but my cat has clawed holes in it, and it now looks awful. I'm thinking of getting a tile looking linoleum put down in the whole area, but my DD thinks the tile look will be crazy in the living room. I think it will be fine with an area rug. Has anyone seen or done this? Any suggestions? I don't want to spend as much money as Pergo would cost. One option would be to put down a new wood border and hide the plywood that makes up the center of the floor under a rug. Spend the money where it shows and keep the strictly functional materials where they perform their function. Ain't nobody gonna know unless you tell.
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Post by Formerly SK on Feb 3, 2015 0:52:44 GMT -5
Tile in the living room/dining room is common in the southwest, but not the Midwest. We have carpet in the living room. I wanted hardwood in the whole living center. We have tile in Kitchen, Dinette, Entryway, Laundry room and the Master Bath and Family Baths. DH would have tiled the Dining room too, I said no, so we have hardwood.
About 2 years ago a two story house up the street sold. It took a really long time to sell and it had beautiful (expensive) tile in the dining room. I think it was the tile that people did not like b/c it was a really nice house with lots of upgrades.
I did put tile in my office below grade and in the family room and the rooms look great. I could post pictures if someone will remind me how to do that. We have an area rug under the sofa. My Mother-in-law gave it to us. It was brand new, she just had it sitting in her upstairs bedroom.
We are going to pull our carpet out of the living room and replace it with hardwood this summer - carpet is shot and we now have 2 dogs, so putting in more carpet is just not too smart. I am kind of mad at DH for not letting me do hardwood to begin with as now it will be hard/impossible to match the dining room hardwood.
Mom refinished her hardwoods and it is a 3 day process. Mom and Dad slept in their basement while the floors were being re-done. My landlord re-finished the hardwood floors when we left. We lived in an apartment for 7 months while our house was being built. DH asked if we could rip out the carpet b/c it was gross. He told the guy we would live with the harwoods the way they were until we left. When we moved out he scheduled the floor refinishers and had it professionally refinished.
There has to be like 1/4 inch of hardwood for them to strip/sand/refinish the floor. If it is an older hardwood and it has never been done, it probably could be re-done.
eta, if you are putting tile in a main living area, especially a living room I would put a radiant heat product underneath. The sell it at homedepot and lowes. That's what I want to do, but I'm scared it'll cost a bazillion dollars.
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Post by bean29 on Feb 3, 2015 2:39:54 GMT -5
SK, it is not that expensive, I was going to use it in the basement bath, it is maybe $200-300. I decided not to do it for a variety of reasons (room wasn't designed to use this product, electricity was not in wall for switch, I would need 2 mats not just 1 b/c of bathroom layout and my neighbor was ready to lay tile for us).
Tile is expensive to have installed. My neighbor does not speak english and did the install for a song. Putting your furniture in a pod for a few days and having the floors refinished may be your best option.
You need to approach your landlord, explain that you intend to stay 8 more years but you want new flooring. Ask them to replace the floors and tell them they can adjust your rent to recover the cost.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 3, 2015 16:00:52 GMT -5
ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ That flooring is beautiful, but I think more expensive. My brother has something similar, and paid a lot. NastyWoman Prior to carpeting, I only had an area rug over the harwood, and no complaints from downstairs. @southernsusana I think it could tear if you tried to drag an appliance or large piece of furniture, but I don't think my cat could tear it. I don't think he'd try. I'll get some scatter rugs for him to claw at! My parents just had hardwood look vinyl put in at the beach condo. That stuff is awesome. Of course, they didn't go with the really inexpensive stuff either. This stuff is thicker and has overlapping edges, so it will seal against the sand and water. We haven't had any problems moving furniture or appliances, but we did put sliders under the legs of things so they wouldn't catch. Wood and laminate are both bad ideas for the area, and neither mother or I like tile.
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Post by Happy prose on Feb 3, 2015 16:21:01 GMT -5
CarolinaKat That sounds perfect. Do you know what it is called? And basically one piece type flooring?
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 3, 2015 16:51:52 GMT -5
CarolinaKat That sounds perfect. Do you know what it is called? And basically one piece type flooring? I don't have the name. It was ordered through the *OMG everything is a disaster and we need pros to fix it* company but I"ll see if Mom can remember the brand. It came out in 'planks' similar in size to what I've seen in laminate. It has an adhesive lip that sticks to the underside of the next plank that creates the seal. They have some that looks like wood and what's in the bedroom and bathroom look like tile.
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Post by Happy prose on Feb 3, 2015 17:08:39 GMT -5
CarolinaKat I prefer the wood look really. It would be great if you could find the brand name.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 4, 2015 7:38:20 GMT -5
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Post by Happy prose on Feb 4, 2015 17:25:20 GMT -5
CarolinaKat Thank you! That's beautiful. I'm going to ask my floor guy if he has worked with that before.
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