All Forum Posts by: Chandler Canepa

Ask the realtor that plan on listing with they know their customers.

I agree with @Jo-Ann Lapin that the realtor should know the market and if putting in laminate will provide a return to be worth the effort/cost.  Use your realtor's knowledge.

Like many people on BP I have rentals.  At rehab I have been putting in composite flooring but we typically only do rehabs upon tenant turn over on units that the rehab will provide 150% return on rehab cost.  So the most thrashed units are the ones that get rehabbed.  This implies that I have quite a few units that have not been rehabbed and many of these have carpet.  Occasionally carpet needs to be replaced while the tenants occupy the unit (sewer, slab leaks that went undetected for too long and mold is under carpet, etc).  We look to use remnants first.  We personally like the slightly darker neutral color, higher end remnants but the darker color is because it hides stains better in the rentals.

If laminate is not worth the cost/effort but the carpets are really worn you may desire to look at what is available in remnants in your area.  The cost should be significantly less than laminate and less than non remnant carpet.  Again the realtor should be able to tell you if replacing the carpet with remnants will be worth the effort/cost.

Good luck

If the unit next to yours sold in a week, over asking, and was in worse condition then yours then why make the improvement? Are you trying to sell for a higher price then you think you can get in the current condition?

It might be cheaper and faster to just get some decent, low price carpet (HD or Lowe’s) to replace what’s there. That may make it look a little cleaner instead of the time and labor of laminate, unless you think you can get that done less expensively.