Northern US Jellies: do houses commonly have 5+ different types of flooring?

Asked by JLeslie (65445) December 6th, 2015 from iPhone

I’m house hunting in OH and so many houses have 2–3 different types of carpet, then some wood and some tile. One house we liked had two different types of wood all in the entry. One in the foyer and dining (the dining is immediately to your right when entering) and that wood ran front to back of the house, and then a different wood in the living room, which is directly in front of the front door, just beyond the foyer, with the wood set on a 45 degree angle. Three different types of carpet in the house. Each bathroom a different tile. It looks like it all should be torn out to me. The house is only ten years old, one owner, and not cheap.

Is my taste just very different? Most houses have a few different types of flooring. It looks choppy to me. I can see a kids room being unique, let them pick their colors, but otherwise I don’t get it.

I ask, because I keep feeling like I need to calculate some renovation into my offer price. I’m frustrated when supposedly OH should be less expensive than where I live now.

I’m sure if everything looked fabulous to me I wouldn’t be so negative. Upgrading tile or even marble in a master bath makes sense, but still some sort of consistency is what I’m accustomed to.