For the flooring, look into the ceramic tile that looks like hand scraped hardwood. 

I can actually already hear some people saying "what on EARTH is with that hardwood floor?

We actually closed about a week after that, on January 26th.All-in rehab expenses of $38,414, which included adding a shower to the master bathroom, full kitchen remodel, renovating both bathrooms, new point, refinishing hardwoods, insurance, appliances, etc.

The RehabAll new plumbing, including new master bath through slab in garage conversionAll new electricalMost interior walls are newNew drywall and trim throughoutNew windowsNew roof and guttersRepaired foundation and drainage issuesRemoved/replaced bowed stone wallFull cosmetic rehab with a higher end finish (real hardwoods, quartz, marble, etc)New cedar fence, landscaping and stone bordersNew driveway and demo of existing drivewayAdded exterior door next to new carport location Strengths/WeaknessesAfter 9 months and $155k rehab, we learned some things about ourselves and this business.

On a 3000sqft house.You better believe, that was a change order... for both dumpsters and labor and associated consumables.Same sort of thing goes if we hit multiple layers of flooring (tile over engineered floors over resilient flooring over hardwoods for example)

It had some nice old hardwood with thick trim and base boards.

I also typically rip up the carpet and refinish existing hardwoods underneath.

Minimize carpet - hardwood, vinyl, and tile are durable options.

My contractor just refinished hardwood floors for $1500 for about 700 sf.

I have already taken out all of the baseboards becasue I had to refinish the hardwood floors.