Experts identify home flooring mistakes making selling harder

If you want to sell your home, a range of flooring experts have reasoned that certain flooring choices make it more difficult to sell according to flooring experts. In this blog, we’re reviewing five of these choices.

1. Too many flooring types

Paul Hambidge, the managing director of a flooring supplier says that too many flooring types in a home often puts buyers off. It's fine to have carpets in bedrooms and hard surface flooring in living rooms, but according to Hambidge:

"The days of different rooms in the house having very different personalities are long gone. Now, there's a trend for flow and continuity throughout the entire home."

2. Worn carpets

Wall-to-wall carpets that look worn make the home feel unwelcoming to prospective buyers. Jane Lee from Jane Lee Interiors recommends replacing them with new neutral-coloured carpets, leaving a border around the carpet.

3. Cheap laminate

Inexpensive laminate flooring was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. This laminate flooring may still look in good condition, but it does not impress potential buyers. Wood flooring expert Natalie Mudd suggests replacing laminate with hardwood flooring or less expensive engineered wood.

4. Outdated tiles

Flooring trends come and go. What was once a trendy patterned tile floor may become outdated in the near future. Consider replacing outdated designs with large format plain colour tiles.

5. Impractical flooring

Carpets in high-moisture areas such as bathrooms and utility spaces are impractical, so you may wish to replace them with hard surface waterproof flooring.

To make a house easier to sell, talk to a local flooring retailer in Chester or North Wales about replacing poor flooring.