The floor had ceramic tile and a vinyl baseboard.

Yeah my business partner and are in disagreement on putting down a interlocking Vinyl plank floor or ceramic tile.

We had planned to renovate the entire place ourselves.List of violations:properly repair with similar material the broken or defective sheet-rock at east wall inside base cabinets in the kitchen located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles floor in the bathroom located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly secure the loose base-molding at walls in the 2nd room from north at west located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair the broken or defective counterbalance at upper sash south east window in the 2nd room from north at west located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair the broken or defective counterbalance at lower sash south window in the kitchen located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyreset, so as to secure a proper and tight connection, the water closet bowl .."

We had planned to renovate the entire place ourselves.List of violations:properly repair with similar material the broken or defective sheet-rock at east wall inside base cabinets in the kitchen located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles floor in the bathroom located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly secure the loose base-molding at walls in the 2nd room from north at west located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair the broken or defective counterbalance at upper sash south east window in the 2nd room from north at west located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyproperly repair the broken or defective counterbalance at lower sash south window in the kitchen located at apt 2fl, 2nd storyreset, so as to secure a proper and tight connection, the water closet bowl .."

From all the reviews I've read, it seems people are trying to lay this stuff over unlevel floors.you can't lay this over ceramic tile if there's lippage. it appears no one uses self leveling underlayment before plank install either.Has anyone here actually properly installed plank over a perfectly level floor... and still had issues?

Both laminate and ceramic flooring are extremely heavy.

Ceramic tile doesn't cost that much more.I don't like the height of the stove fan.

I learned how to lay ceramic tile.

However, if you already have ceramic in the kitchen, you'd be far better off leaving it.

TOTALLY RENOVATED, NEW FLOORS, CERAMIC, NEW BATHROOM, NEW KITCHEN AND CABINETS.