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Yes, when I lived in Mexico. Just remember that grout is a PITA to clean. People think tile is easier to clean - but forget about cleaning the grout.
But - you need to deal with the grout. Which is a pain.
I have a good friend with an expensive place in the SF Bay Area, and she's had problems trying to find help to clean her house. She bought a roomba to clean the floors, but it couldn't deal with her tile floors with grout.
So, even though it's beautiful and cool and doesn't hold onto pet hair, etc., - you will need to figure out who and/or how you are going to deal with cleaning it and the grout around it. And therein lies the major challenge.
You apply a sealer over the grout when the tile is installed. We have had absolutely no issues with our sealed grout.
We have a winter home in Arizona and we went all tile. After 3.5 years we still love it. Cleanups are a breeze. I really think flooring really depends on geographical location. Tile is great in Arizona, but our Alaska house has mostly laminate. Entryway, laundry room and bathrooms are LVT and two bedrooms are carpet. All tile would not be a good choice in Alaska.
Our family in Puerto Rico have all tile. It is quite nice, but can be slippery if you ain't careful.
Our home in Alaska has tile in the kitchen/dining room area. It is also our main entryway. It was great until winter came along. We have multiple towels down so that we can get our boots on and off with the grippers. We are renting, and the lack of an arctic entryway sucks.
In warmer weather locales, all time homes are not uncommon at all. You can have wood-look tile and get the best of both worlds. After dealing with dog and kid damage to my Brazilian Cherry floors, I'd love to switch to tile but don't want to spend the money.
In-floor heat can also be installed when the tile goes in. Not that hard to do entire bathrooms.
Are people's feet really that cold?! I consider myself really cold blooded but I don't even notice when I'm cooking, for example or even when getting up in the middle of the night for a trip to the bathroom. Those of you who are so cold, do you really HAVE tile or are just repeating what you think it would feel like?
I looked for no-carpet floors in homes for sale and found only one in our desired geographical area (Scottsdale). This is in houses over $1 million, though. I think all-tile looks...well, downmarket.
The house I expect we will buy has some sort of laminate in the master, tile in most of the rest of the house and carpet in the bedrooms. The first thing I will do is replace the carpet with hardwood or engineered hardwood. I need that "give" for my aching knees.
The tile will be covered with washable area rugs. We have one elderly cat and I'm allergic to her.
In-floor heat can also be installed when the tile goes in. Not that hard to do entire bathrooms.
Are people's feet really that cold?! I consider myself really cold blooded but I don't even notice when I'm cooking, for example or even when getting up in the middle of the night for a trip to the bathroom. Those of you who are so cold, do you really HAVE tile or are just repeating what you think it would feel like?
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