Flooring Replacement Cost...please help

[Neal Bratton]

Hey Guys,

Trying to put some numbers together on a SFH. All floors need to be replace. House is 1700 sq. feet. Mostly carpet, some linoleum. Does anyone have a quick metric for estimating flooring cost. Looking for installed price. (not really a weekend warrior) I'm in the Midwest (southern Indiana). Planning on holding as a rental. Might upgrade a little on new floors to tenant proof. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.

[J Scott]

$2 per square foot ($18 per square yard) is a safe number in most places for mid-grade nylon carpet installed.  

If you want to make it easy, find the largest carpet retailer in your area, walk in and tell them that your budget is $2/sf, including all materials and installation and that this is for an investment property.  Ask them what's the nicest carpet they can give you for that price?