Flooring Provides Instant Update

No one can deny that Southwest Florida has enjoyed an unprecedented boom in new home sales over the past decades, but what people often overlook is that resales of area homes account for a large majority of the turnover in today’s real estate market.

With many area homes and condos having been built upwards of fifteen years ago, buyers who are currently purchasing these residences invariably have a remodeling job ahead of them. Builders, designers and contractors are all agreed on one remodeling concept - updating the existing flooring can instantly provide a more contemporary look to an older home.

Rick Johnson of Pelican Bay Floors has been in the flooring business for over forty years and carries every kind of flooring imaginable, from carpet and tile to hardwood.

According to Johnson, “Nowadays, when people buy a condo or home, chances are that it’s over twenty years old and in need of an update. Today, remodels are the guts of our business. We tear out the old and assist our clients with selecting new floors.”

Nothing dates a home like the old, white four by four ceramic flooring tiles. Using today’s larger eighteen inch tiles will give your floors a much more contemporary appearance.

“Natural is the key word in floors today,” says Johnson, “Color, texture and size are the three things to look for when shopping for tile. And when you’re doing a remodel, you can’t beat working with a professional in order to avoid flooring pitfalls about which the average consumer is unaware.”

Johnson suggests laying tile on the diagonal, as this lends more style to the layout, as well as helping to make the room appear larger. Another trick of the trade is that by using larger floor tiles you can eliminate the number of grout lines needed in a design, resulting in a bigger grid pattern that seems less busy and makes room seem larger.

Porcelain tile continues to be the most popular flooring choice, followed closely by hardwood and then carpeting. Occasionally, homeowners simply want to replace a portion of the old flooring. In these cases, Johnson suggests paying close attention to floor transitions where the old flooring will meet the new.

By working with a flooring professional and choosing contemporary flooring from the vast selection available today, you’ll not only be happy with the updated results - you’ll be adding to the resale value of your home.

Pelican Bay Floors
7700 Tamiami Trail North #107,
Naples, FL 34108
239 598-3954

Written by Kristine Hughes

Photos Courtesy of Pelican Bay Floors