Upscale wrote:

with tiling, slate tiling for example. Costs more, is more labour intensive
to cut and one would not be as prone to replace it on a whim like you might
do with vinyl.

What's the consensus there? Do the whole floor after the cabinets are
removed or just tile up to existing cabinets? The disadvantage to tiling

Personally, I'd remove all the cabinets and put new flooring wall-to-wall.
You know the advantages. Ask a flooring contractor how much cost
difference there will be. They usually price flooring per square foot
installed, but I don't know if they just calculate the room dimensions
to get the square footage or do they deduct the cabinet's footprint?

Easy enough to ask. Then it's just a question of whether you think
the cost difference (if any) is worth the possible later hassels.

It's interesting that in Europe it's fairly common for people to
take all their kitchen cabinets with them when they move. So floors
are finished to the walls, and new tenants/owners arrange their
kitchen as they like when they move in.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.