The rest comes down to the tile - you usually find some pretty nice porcelain 12x24" tiles for around $2 psqft, or find some cheaper ceramic at a clearance store for perhaps less than $1.The real cost is in the labour, in my market, a tiler would usually charge $700 and up for tiling a shower surround.

They have sheet vinyl that looks like ceramic tile that can make a huge improvement as well. 

I also use "Nature's Miracle" or another enzyme formula.I no longer allow pets, other than in a house with ceramic flooring.

And I installed ceramic tile in the kitchen/bath of another.I think the best combo, for me, will be a light laminate in living areas and bedroomsAnd ceramic tile in kitchen and bath.Tile and laminate, I think you are going to get the most years out of.

Ceramic, Vinyl, granite tiles or wood?

 * New ceramic tile throughout downstairs, front and back landscaping, interior paint, granite countertops, new HVAC, new blinds, built in entertainment center.

I'm sorry I misspoke, the existing flooring is ceramic tile, not laminate, he used grout for the flooring.

good nhood I'd go ceramic.

I have an icemaker at my house, but it's my house and if it leaks it has a path right into the unfinished mechanical room without destroying my wood floors in the LR (kitchen is ceramic). 

Before (Guest Bath, Pretty in Pink) After(Ceramic Tile Surround, Tile Floors, Bronze Shower Trim) Before (Master Shower) After20" Porcelain Tile Surround (cut in half, looks like Travertine),Mosaic Tumbled Travertine Tile FloorOil Rubbed Bronze Shower TrimKitchen Backsplash BeforeAfter, Used 4 x 6 Noce for Edges, 10x10 Glass TileBefore, FireplaceAfter, Simple Paint, Trim and Minor Staging.