Kodi Clark
Dogs and Hardwood Floors
We are considering allowing a couple with (2) Golden Retrievers to rent our home. We have Newly refinished hardwood floors (About 1500 sqft worth) /our Lower Level is Carpet and tile. When I did a google search-lookin...
Kunal Doshi
Hardwood vs Tile
I'm in the process of purchasing a home that I will be renovating and then renting out. The home has hardwood floors downstairs and plywood upstairs. Typically in a rehab and sell situation I would refinish the floors...
Winford Hill
Hardwood vs carpet for rental
I just acquired a property that I plan to renovate as a rental. When I pulled up the carpet, I saw nice hardwood floors underneath. So now I’m trying to decide if I should sand and finish the hardwood or if I should i...
Anil Thomas
Question about tenant damage to hardwood floors
Hello BP community,Wanted to get your advice about repairs to our rental:We have just had our first tenant move out of our rental home. The tenant had put a plant pot on the hard wood floor on the first floor which c...
Tom Rychlewski
How much of deposit should I keep for damage to flooring
I have a house that I put pre-finished hard wood floors in about 3 years ago. My latest tenants dogs (2 labs) completely scratched the floors. I called a few companies to repair and they say that because it's only 1...
John Knappmann
An Observation Mid-way Through Refinishing Hardwood Floors
There are those who think that refinishing hardwood floors on your rental units should be hired out to those who know how to do it.
There are those who think it is comparatively simple and that you should do it you...
Stacey Collins
Should I choose the one with pets or with kids?
Hello,We are taking applications for our first rental home. We have two strong candidates right now and would love your thoughts on this.First, it is a higher-end rental ($2350/month for a small 3 BR, 2 BA single fami...
Barrett Lund
First Major Renovation Project - Does this Quote Sound Right?
Still learning my way around BP, if this is not the right area to post I can move it. I've decided to completely update and renovate my fourplex + detached unit (5 total units) and I am working with a referred contrac...
Adam Drummond
cleaning dirty hardwood floors??
I have an older home with original hardwood floors which are prob 70-80 years old. Floors were refinished 5-7 years ago, but the prev tenants made them pretty disgusting. Any suggestions on the best way to scrub / c...
Zachary R.
Finding Original Hardwood Under Carpet! (Photos)
I am currently turning tenants in a 4br/2ba SFH in Arvada, CO and planned to have laminate flooring + new carpet installed on Wednesday. As I'm sure a lot of you have done, I opted to pull out the old stain riddled c...