Also, surface mold, such as you would find on porcelain, is fairly harmless. 

Just moving a couple non load bearing walls and renovating the interior with nice but not exquisite materials.

On the other hand, the last three tile floors in kitchens I've done have had the same white, marble-look, impervious PEI 5 porcelain tile.

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Lancaster.

Purchase price: $240,000

Cash invested: $65,000

Beautiful 4-plex in prime condition. Has needed very little mai...

You can be looking at 2$ porcelain tiles or 10$ Spanish tiles.

Porcelain tile or LVP for the whole house/ area.

Failure is an exquisite teacher.

This will be done by:- Removing the original carpet flooring, and replacing it with faux porcelain tile- Updating counter tops and adding a tile backsplash- Updating lighting and lighting fixtures- Adding sq footage by moving the entry way What was the outcome?

Carpet is awful.Your house will be 1000x more appealing to most buyers if you replace the flooring throughout with a hardwood, porcelain tile, ceramic tile, or even laminate that looks like wood.Some people do prefer carpet in the bedrooms which I understand.

For 99c per sqft, I just do ceramic or porcelain tile DIY.