A new home I'm thinking of buying has been allotted a $16 per square yard carpet allowance by the builders. Is this low, reasonable, or high? Will this be enough to carpet the house with some of the higher end carpet such as stainmaster?Thanks!
This is a normal amount for a builder's allowance. They do not allow for top quality..that is the way it works. You can purchase what you want, and they will just take off the allowance and you pay for the extra. Not many will negotiate..this is just the way it works. No biggie..just pay the extra to upgrade to what you want. Your kitchen cupboard, countertop, bathroom, all fixtures and flooring are like this ...upgrades can be had you just have to pay the difference.
its very low unless the builders have a discount at the suppliers for all the new home owners to use $16 psy will only allow you to get the basic quality carpet, and certainly nothing like stainmaster i would either renegotiate, or, ask for a total spend in amount, and use that to purchase a couple of good qulaity carpets and buy the rest yourself, a $16 carpet isnt worth having, it will look shabby in no time
On the low side but a normal builders allowance. When shopping for carpet, you ll be buying or comparing that price to an s/f price. This is the way carpet must be sold. The builders price break down to 1.77$ a s/f. You ll be able to get a cheap bedroom carpet for that if you look hard but none with any quality will be found. Get a carpet with a stain protector, you don t necessarily need Staimaster, although a good stain blocker, your paying some for the name. Also shop for a carpet with anti matte, anti crush. This won t matte down and show walk patterns. This differs from an anti wear warranty. Edit to your add on questions.. To start to get into any quality at all you ll have to double that amount to around 30.$ a s/y or 3.5/4$ a s/f.. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
