All Forum Posts by: Lucy Tschappler

I'd like to install the standard Allure luxury vinyl planking (with an adhesive grip on two ends) in an upstairs unit of a fourplex in which I took out carpet.  I'm concerned about noise issues travelling to the downstairs unit and am investigating putting a roll of cork over the MDF boards that are on the floor.  (Haven't been able to figure out a good way of using the GreenGlue for flooring which is supposed to be good between sheetrock layers in walls.) Should I put cork under cement board for installing this product, or should the cork go over the cement board, do you think?  My husband went out and found the warranty info on the Allure and apparently putting an underlayment under the product voids the warranty?!  My bigger concern (over the 5-year warranty in a commercial setting) is a good installation and I'm considering taking this product back to the store before I even install it and finding another product for this LivingRoom-Kitchen-Bath project.  Also, after reading this discussion, I'm wondering if we should put the toilet down first and then caulk around the bottom of the toilet in the bathroom, instead of putting the vinyl under the toilet  and not installing under the frig and stove in the kitchen, since it's supposed to be free-floating.  Is the Allure Ultra product click-lock and therefore better? Do ya'll have flooring installation ideas, tips, warnings, or advice for me here?  

Thank you, @Henri Meli. I've realized I don't know this prospective market well enough and I live too far away to invest out-of-state right now so I'm not agonna even offer.  I had realized that I would have to assume the worst, but I really wanted this to be a jewel in the rough that I had found.  It might be one, but I live too far away and have too many home responsibilities to be the one to refine it at this stage of my life.  Thanks for the input!

Thank you all for your input.  It helps to be able to step back and look at objectively like you all.  I have some decisions to make and now I have some fodder for making them.  Appreciate your help!

After much searching I've found an out-of-state multi-family building that looks like a good buy.  I researched on Zillow and found a great agent with a great reputation and today she reached out for me to the seller's agent about the building and its status.  A summary of that conversation is that the building's in good shape and leased out completely, but the seller wants a cash buyer, which is why it's priced attractively.  Also mentioned was that it's very difficult to get in to see those units, and my agent surmised that the seller has had difficulties with banks before.  These two together seem like a red flag, or is this a typical appropriate attitude for a seller to take?  We have about half of the price of the building, but not the whole amount; we're also not excited about using all of our cash for purchasing, since we expected to put a percentage down on this one and be able to buy another building also.  Is there a creative way for us to finance this so that we can come in as "cash buyers"?  Should we even try?  Without seeing inside the units, I'm not sure how hard we should push on financing...