Still, I prefer a few imperfections in my beautiful farmhouse plank rather than in laminate or vinyl. The former looks like life to me, the latter just looks "broken."
I think it's a misconception that you quickly install a new floor once the kids have moved out. It's a huge effort. I'd rather save elsewhere, e.g., on an expensive couch, etc., which is much easier to change. And nowadays there is also affordable parquet flooring, which in my opinion is still a hundred times more beautiful than an artificial floor.Then that's okay. But then you probably won't have to give up a new phone every 2 years to afford the floor. However, if you plan a house that requires a mortgage that could almost drive you to ruin, then such a scratch ultimately hurts. Better to furnish more cheaply and lay the country house floorboards when the kids are older, the old floor covering is worn out, and you are financially more stable again.