Tile or Laminate Wood floor install in rental

[Samuel Fowler]

Hello, 

I am looking for some opinions on the contrasting options for new flooring install in my rental. The Kitchen, Living room and utility are needing to be refloored. The property is in a B class neighborhood but im renovating it to be a nice rental. 

I would prefer to install tile as the durability is higher. Just wanted to get an idea of thoughts from both perspectives of why to choose laminate wood and why to choose ceramic tile from a cost to durability standpoint. 

thanks for the help

[Rob D.]

I would go with tile. You can use cement board as a subfloor. Just make sure you stagger the layout and use the CORRECT fasteners, not wood screws. You can do a small grout line or no grout line 

Make sure you buy additional tiles. You will need 10% over the area you plan on tiling to account for cut off waste and then I would buy some extra tiles as back up if any get chipped or cracked damage

I would also look and see where you can get clearance tile at. Lots of clearance tile joints out there. Ask a few tile guys where they get their supplies at.