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Two houses recently sold around the corner from me provide a test case. As for the exterior, layout, and build quality they were identical, built at the same time, I think around 2000ish.
But on the interior, one was updated circa 2013-14 or so, one was not. The updated one had ripped out the carpet, put in wood, or some kind fake wood floors, and put in modern kitchen finishings including fashionable hard counter surface and backsplash, stainless appliances. A few other aesthetic touches here and there.
That one sold within 2 weeks.
The other one had carpet on floors throughout and basic white kitchen appointments befitting a rental. It took about 4 months to sell. My sense was that the carpet was the culprit.
When I sold my old house, the first thing the new owners did was rip the carpet out with a vengeance. They were a young couple around 30, newly married. I drove by like 2 days after we closed, and the carpet remnants were all out in the yard, lol. I don't know why Millennials hate carpet so much but boy do they ever hate it.
I'm not a Millennial and I hate carpet too. It's impossible to keep clean.
I'm a older GenXer, and I despise carpet. It's nothing but a bacteria collector. Even if one were to have it professionally cleaned every month, hypothetically speaking, it wouldn't be entirely clean or sanitized.
I bought my current home almost 5 years ago. There is carpet throughout the bedrooms upstairs that I would love to get rid of. On the main level, the only room that had carpet was the livingroom, and I had that replaced with tile last fall. That decision was one of the best I've ever made in my 25+ years as a home-owner.
Even I didn't have pets, tile is so much more livable. Cleaner, less expensive in the long-run, and so much easier to maintain.
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There was a very short time in history where "wall-to-wall carpeting" was trendy. I'm over 50, and remember when I was a kid in the late 60s/early 70s that was what it was called. Considered very luxurious. My parents were tickled in the 80s when Dad retired from the military and they finally bought a house that had carpets everywhere. My first condo had carpets, but by the time my husband and I bought a house in the early 2000s hardwood was starting a trend comeback. That has lasted, and given the great selection of hard floors, will continue on. I don't see the wall-to-wall trend returning.
Yep. I was a young kid in the 70s, and I clearly remember when wall-to-wall shag carpet was all the rage. I was about 10 when I had orange -- yes, ORANGE -- shag carpet in my bedroom that I was so proud of!
Yep. I was a young kid in the 70s, and I clearly remember when wall-to-wall shag carpet was all the rage. I was about 10 when I had orange -- yes, ORANGE -- shag carpet in my bedroom that I was so proud of!
When I had my first "real" apartment in 1970 (a studio with a miniscule kitchen and bath over a secondhand shop), it had dreary brown linoleum flooring throughout. I was SO thrilled to brighten it up with a large, round orange shag rug right in the middle of the one room. I thought I was so "mod"!
Yep. I was a young kid in the 70s, and I clearly remember when wall-to-wall shag carpet was all the rage. I was about 10 when I had orange -- yes, ORANGE -- shag carpet in my bedroom that I was so proud of!
Did you have a rake for it? One of my chores was to rake the shag carpet in the living room after my mom vacuumed. lol
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Our house was built in 1979 and still has the dark brown shag in the bonus room over the garage. We left it because it's my shop for my side business, and will replace it with probably laminate before we sell in a few years. The rest of the house is a mix of newer carpet (bedrooms, living and dining room) and hardwood (entry, den, family room). I think carpet is best for stairs (quiet and falls) and bedrooms (warm and soft). Trends change, so we will consider what to do before we sell and do what's hot then. Choices are based on influencers rather than practicality or individual taste. Many who have posted here are being practical based on their own experience, but many just go with the trend. I think it's sadly boring to think that everyone has to have hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. This is what TV and social media do to us.
Allergies, asthma, they're harder to keep clean, more limiting for decorating accents, bad with pets.
Carpet is temporary. Wood is forever.
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