Floor options for an apartment
Hello everyone, I am trying to change the floors in an apartment in Melbourne and just wanted to hear about other people's experiences/thoughts on the issue.
Currently there's carpet in the living room and kitchen which has been there for 10 years, and tile in the kitchen. It's only about 35sqm in total. I got a quote on hard wood floors (black butt). They did some calculations on the spot and said it would be roughly 6.5k which sounded fine, but then the quote I received ended up being 8k, and the terms on the quote mentioned potential extra costs on top of that. I'm not totally sure if it's worth it. I was also told that if I ever wanted to replace the floors after it's done (not sure why I would though), it's very difficult as it basically gets glued down twice.
Read about vinyl, hybrid and engineered timber and saw that people have had a lot of issues with that. They also don't look or feel as good, and you can't sand them like you can with the hard wood floors.
New carpet could be an option, I don't wear shoes indoors and don't have pets so it might be okay, but I do have hay fever so I wondered if the dust would be an issue.