Total renovation with new appliances and cabinets in kitchen and bathroom including all new laminate flooring throughout and porcelain tile in bathroom.

Cast iron tubs have a porcelain enamel finish and it will also eventually succumb to harsh cleaners and abrasives.Both type of finishes can be "renewed", but it is an added expense.

Grease stains can 100% be removed from porcelain enamel on a stove.

Originally posted by @Wilson Churchill:You could always make your own tile countertops with wood and cement board.There is a newer tile format that probably most have never heard of, it's got different names, but typically goes by something like 'thin porcelain tile'.

Personally I've installed porcelain (not ceramic) wood look tile and it's great.

I am a fan of the porcelain tile instead of porcelain (69 cent per foot at Floor and Decor).

... except ceramic or porcelain tile.I've been researching what to replace the remaining bedroom carpet with, and I've been looking for an alternative to labor-intensive ceramic tile.This property has a concrete slab.The most common complaints I have seen for luxury vinyl plank are splitting seams.

There are really nice porcelain tiles for $0.50-0.99/sf that will be very durable and provide a clean look long-term.

In the breakfast area they have the wood look porcelain tiles.  

Countertop is porcelain tile.