Laminate or PVC flooring

Hello everyone. :)

To keep it short, my apartments so far always had PVC flooring, which I liked because it’s easy to mop, scratch-resistant, and low-maintenance, and everyone who visited said wow, that looks good, but it wasn’t really like real wood... :)

Then we had 2 rental apartments where laminate was installed, and what can I say, there were already scratches when we moved in even though only a table with wheels and an office chair were moved, mopping didn’t work either because the laminate started creaking. I was busy for weeks trying to polish it with spray and newspaper, with little success...

We’re moving again now and our acquaintance asked why we wouldn’t take laminate, you can mop over it (which I don’t believe) and also move a table on it (which I also don’t believe).

Is there good laminate today, for example compared to 2011?

Regards Elmoo

I’ve written it a bit better because of Holland and stuff. :)

Ever thought about vinyl? Looks good and is durable. Also easy to install.

Not bad, what are the prices?

Of course there is good laminate! It’s all a matter of quality and thus price ;) - It shouldn’t be the hardware store stuff for €1.99 per sqm.

Ok, and water-resistant and scratch? How expensive is that?

Not more expensive than mid-priced laminate. We pay €25 /sqm plus impact sound insulation and matching moldings = €30.00 /sqm. It is also scratch-resistant.

I have to admit I am a fan of PVC. In my opinion, PVC is much easier to maintain and it looks "nice" for longer. On laminate, on the other hand, you can see every little scratch. You can also clean PVC more easily and you don’t have to be as careful with water as you do when cleaning laminate.