Thanks, but I don't believe VCT is a good choice over a dubious substrate, nor on the stairs where the old wooden treads are flexing and the tile joints are taking beating.

Plus there is a burgioning wine scene you dont get in Bend.. 

Older, wooden houses in Tampa are termite food.

It is an upscale craft beer bar with a full kitchen, wine, and cocktails. 

Just keep picking at the center part of it to loosen it, consider removing the little wooden bobbers by either untying the knots that hold them or cutting the string and retying them on later- if those are out of the way it becomes easier.  

@Ursula B........or wine!

They may wine and complain and get mad.

The door in your picture is an old solid wooden door, likely with a built-to-size frame/jamb.  

From experience I know that military moves are fast paced and stressful so I did a few things to ease their transition;Made sure they left Illinois with keys already in hand even though their lease wasn't officially started so they wouldn't have to go to a hotel or wait to link up with my agent for keys if they arrived at odd hours.Left Directv hooked up and operational so they could keep the kids entertained during unloading.Sent a large fresh fruit and snacks basket from Wine Country Gifts so they could have something immediately coming off of road trip food.Left them some furniture so they wouldn't have to get everything unloaded right away just to have a place to sit and relax after a long trip.Left them recommendations for the best vet in the area in case they had problems with their pets upon arrival.Just little things that I hope made for a little less stressful day 1.

The laundry area could be partitioned off with louvered bi-fold doors to ease appearances.You could possibly take down the wooden shed between the trees and build a garage with extra storage space right behind the "patio", if that would withstand being used as part of a driveway.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.