flooring choice for GA living room

[rb647]

Hey guys,

I'm moving to Atlanta, renovating my condo, and bringing my ~120g reef system. What's a good floor choice for a Georgia living room? I was thinking tile would be nice. Cool in the summer, attractive looking, and spill resistant. However, I am also worried about resale value.

Do tile living areas (living rooms, bedrooms) sell easily down South? What would you put in your living room or bedroom with a reef tank?

thanks!

 

[curtismaximus]

Hardwood or Vinyl For the living room and carpet for the bedroom.

 

[ripped tide]

One option to consider, if you are on a slab, would be to stain the concrete. I had a stained and sealed slab floor when I lived in savannah and I loved it. When you are ready to resell, put down what ever you want to make it look however you want and go from there.

 

[jef4y]

Hardwood. although the stained concrete idea deserves merit. That's what we will do in the new shop.

 

[markl]

If you have dogs go with vinyl. My last house had wood and the dogs destroyed it.

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

I love my hardwoods, but if you have high traffic, like stated above, you may want to consider other options...

I've seen the stained concrete at a couple of homes here. It actually looks pretty good!!!

Not a big fan of carpet. Stains, smells, etc...

 

[rb647]

thanks guys! lots of votes for laminate/vinyl. That would actually be ideal in terms of resale and appearance. What is the difference between the two? Will these products withstand the occasional spill? Any specific brands recommended?

 

[jef4y]

moving to lounge

 

[jamescook]

Tile is the best floor. vinyl sux, carpet stinks and handles water almost as bad as wood.

 

[jef4y]

cancel that. stay in reef discussion

 

[bycjoe]

We do a lot of tile in living areas now, excluding bedrooms, personally I'd go a prefinished hardwood if you don't want to have to deal with all the sanding/stain/poly with regular hardwoods, plus they come in a wide variety of finishes and are fairly easy to maintain. Hardwood would probably have the best resale value and can be refinished unlike a laminate.

 

[falos]

stone will be the best for resale vs all the others as long as the seams are fitted right silver inlay will push value even higher

 

[ralph atl]

We have Travertine 18 or 24 throughout house except carpet until we get get rid of ..............

I'm thinking it will last a few years.......

 

[grouper therapy]

What size house?

 

[rb647]

it's just a small condo. living room is maybe 250 square feet. Bedroom maybe 150.

seems like there are lots of viable options. basically everything except carpet, which is what's there now.

if i did hardwood I would definitely get prefinished.