R D S wrote

I know this is a crap idea on paper

And in reality.

but I am feeling supremely lazy and i'm cash
and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Then you will be ****ing the cost of the lino against the wall.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino fails quickly.

It's for upstairs at work, there's nobody trotting about in
high heels, just two blokes in trainers. If I rip the carpet up
the floorboards will probably be such that i'd need to put
something over them to remove all the lumps and bumps.