Flooring Options: What Would You Do?

[Alex Huang]

Hoping to get some feedback from some others on what they would do in this situation. As I'm working on rehabbing my rental, I am now at the stages of picking out materials.

I've visited the obvious big box stores and have also worked with some area flooring specialists, but I am now stuck as to which option would be best. 

Aesthetically, they are all about equal to me, so here are the specs for each of my options:

Vinyl A - $0.99 sq ft glue down planks. Floor is 2mm thick

Vinyl B - $1.79 sq ft glue down planks. Floor is 3.7mm thick and regularly recommended in the BP forums (Allure Traffic Master)

Vinyl C - $2.79 sq ft floating vinyl. Floor is 7mm thick and was highly recommended by the Home Depot associate, who cited that several of their investor clients choose this floor

My initial reaction was to go with Vinyl A. It's a rental and even if it feels a little cheap, it looks nice and is the most affordable. My concern is durability at 2mm thick. Does any one have any experience working with flooring that is this thin? 

FWIW, the property it is going in is in an A area and will rent for $1200-$1300/mo. It's a 4/2 brick ranch.