Now that we’re finally closed on The Corn House (House #1), I took some time and put together a list of the Top 10 mistakes we made and lessons learned on this first investment of ours.
Top 10 Lessons Learned on House #1
If you have any of your own lessons to add (or have any questions about ours), leave me a comment. I have a feeling a lot of our readers will find this article to be very helpful…
whats your take on using this wood laminate, interlocking joint, type of flooring
[floating floor]
Thanks John
Hey John,
I’m not a huge fan of laminate wood floors, for several reasons. First, you can get decent engineered hardwood for nearly the same price, and I don’t think the small savings justifies the big difference in quality. In this house, the laminate was especially bad, because the subfloor was a type of OSB instead of plywood. The house was 30 years old, and the OSB subfloor was soft and spongy, so the laminate was a bit “bouncy” in places. It looked okay, but the feel when walking on it was not great.
If I knew then what I know now, I’d have either put carpet down instead of any type of wood or I would have replaced all the subfloor. These days, we don’t use much wood, but when we do, it’s either engineered wood or real oak.