All Forum Posts by: Jake Beggs

I take the opposite approach from Arlan.  Hollow cores seem to be magnets of destruction in our C level apartments.  Fix it once, or fix it 10 times....I prefer to touch it once.  No way they will put their fist through a solid core.

Keep in mind this is with a C level tenant.

We put solid cores in everything now.  It never fails, especially on our C level apartments the tenants just destroy hollow cores.  We can replace it once for $250 or who knows how many times for $125 with a hollow core.  Hollow cores seem to be magnets of destruction for us.

That is a tough call, but I will say this....We have installed the peel and stick flooring in some of our apartments, and it does seem to turn people off slightly.  You have to weigh the risk of getting slightly lower grade tenants that don't care about the laminate which in turn may cost you more than your vacancy in the long run. In my experience the lower the grade of tenant the more potential there is for repairs when they move out.

Are you really only getting 5 years out of your wood floors before they are trashed?  We are doing an experiment on 2 of our single family homes right now with refinished hardwood.  We want to find out if the additional cost of refinishing the hardwood we found underneath the old carpet is better in the long run than having to replace carpet every so often.