Ken Korona wrote:

I'm planning on selling my home this spring. Currently I'm doing a lot of
work to put it in as good shape as possible. The entire house has
hardwood
flooring (common 2 1/2 inch wide oak). Currently the living room, dining
room, and master bedroom are carpeted over the hardwood. The carpet is in
pretty skunky condition, not terribly worn, but very dirty. I've had
carpet cleaners come in and it makes it a little better, but there's still
a lot of stains.

So my question is what should I do with the flooring to improve
saleability
the most? I guess my choices a

1. just get the carpet cleaned

2. install new carpet

3. remove the carpet and refinish the underlying hardwood flooring.

My wife in convinced that hardwood is far and away preferable to most
buyers. Personally, I prefer carpet to hardwood flooring. I realize it
is an individual thing, but are there any stats that say, for example, 75%
of buyers prefer hardwood over carpeting?


A dirty and stained carpet will be seen as just another thing the buyer
needs to do before they move in. Hardwood always seems to be a selling
point. I'd refinish the floors.

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--Marc