Dying Carpet

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Hi O.,
As a realtor and designer, I wouldn't recommend dying the carpet. You don't want to occur any extra expense when the buyers would possibly want to restore the wood floors.
It is better that you offer an allowance of "x" amount of money to go towards closing costs which would cover the amount needed to replace the carpet. Leave it up to the new buyers if they want to do that or repair the wood floors.
Wishing you good health and abundance,
D. Z

I knew someone who was in the same position. He offered a credit at closing towards the cost of new carpet/wood floor restoration. That way, he did not have to bear the cost of the replacement up-front, and the buyer could decide whether they wanted carpet or wood. The credit was maybe 2 or 3 thousand off the closing price, but you can choose what amount you want to offer. This becomes a good selling point - offering a small monetary concession plus the opportunity to choose the flooring. The buyer is the one who has to live with the choice, so it makes sense that they should decide. Good luck!

personally, I vote for wood...

I would check into restoring the wood floors and see how much that is. I'm afraid dying (don't know but wonder if it might seep through and totally ruin the wood floors. There is another
possibility I think that builders do at times. I think that they often buy the really cheap carpet that only lasts a year or two but it looks good because it is brand new. You can call on that
and see what it would cost to do something like this. I'm thinking if there are stains and you dye it the stains might show through that too, depending on the color you go for.

I hope this helps.
Take care,
K.

I am not an expert or anything but I would think dying the carpet over the wood floors would ruin the floors underneath because the wet dye would soak through. I am a real estate agent and would just suggest cleaning as best as possible and offering a flooring allowance to the buyers.

If the floors are good, rip the carpet up. Do not mention about the allowance. the buyers may ask for that in negotiation and then you have a card to play. If the floors are bad, I would then try to get a professional cleaner in. These days it is tough as there are so many houses on the market and you need to "show" really well. So the allowance really does not matter.

Have you tried renting a Rug Doctor from the grocery store? If that doesnt work, I would suggest to just get rid of the carpet all together, specially since you have hardwood floors underneath. Dying a carpet is very risky! Plus you can ruin the padding underneath if your not careful, and that may end up costing you more in the long run....

I watch a a show calld "Sell that House" all the time and they say that showing your home with wood floors that need to be refinished is better than a dirty, nasty carpet. Maybe you should refinish them before putting the house up for sale? The cost you put into refinishisng the floors will get you more money in the sale than if you just leave them in bad condition and have to give a floor allowance. Buyers LOVE wood floors and will pay more money to have them. If they see that they will have to come in and do maintenance on the floors, they will pay less. Good luck.

Hi O.,

As a Realtor I would recommend that you put an incentive in your sale price in the form of a flooring allowance. I would also state in the description that there are wood floors under the existing carpeting. This is most likly going to be a good selling point! Your buyer can then decide for themselves on the color/type of carpeting they would like or if they would rather tear up the carpeting and refinish the wood floors.

Best of luck!
P.

I don't know about dying carpet. However, have you tried using "Spot Shot" on your carpet stains. That stuff works wonderfully. All the REALLY tough stains that I have had that I couldn't get out using other products, "Spot Shot" took out of my carpet easily. If "Spot Shot" is able to remove the stains I would think that it would be a lot lesss money and time/effort than dying your carpet. You spray "Spot Shot" onto the stain, cover it with a white cloth (I used old cloth diapers) and place something heavy on top of it, let it sit there for a little while. Then when you lift it up the stain is gone.

I would say DON'T dye it - you could easily stain and ruin the floor underneath. Let the buyers have the carpet cleaned or removed after you have sold them the house. If it is so bad that that you think you can't even have potential buyers walk through you should have a professional cleaning done yourself. Dying it - or attempting to - could be disastrous - and more expensive than Stanley Steemer (or equivalent). Good luck.

Unless the carpet is a natural fiber like wool or silk you won't be able to dye it. And you wouldn't want to risk ruining the wood underneith. How hard would the carpet be to rip up? As a buyer if I knew that there was hard wood underneith the carpet, the condition of the carpet wouldn't matter to me because I would be ripping it up and restoring the hard wood anyway.

In my personal opinion, I would rather see hardwood floors that need to be refinished than see dirty or badly dyed carpet. Besides it could end up costing you a lot of money to dye the carpet, and might ruin the hardwood underneath. For probably less money/time/effort than it would cost to dye the carpet, maybe you could have a steam cleaning company come out and professionally clean the carpets. I see advertisements all the time for "3 rooms for the price of 1" and a bunch of others. Maybe you could call around and get some quotes. Good luck on selling your house!