I was thinking of getting my new apartment re-carpeted. I bet I can get the landlord to pay half, but out of curiosity...can anyone give me an estimate of re-carpeting a small studio apartment with some flat (not fluffy) basic carpeting?
should only be a couple hundred dollars,you can always lower the price if you tear out the old carpet first
Your best bet would be to tell your property manager and use there contacts to get the best deal. Most carpet stores compete for this business and get the contract for little margin but high volume. Therefore you will replace the carpet with same color style etc....Most of the time the winning contract will be between 11 and 12 dollars a yard installed. So your looking around $1200 dollars.
measure all the carpeted areas and figure how many square yards you need. Look in the newspaper for carpet ads and see how much per square yard for the type you want. The labor will be about the same amount as the carpet except at the overpriced places that advertise free installation.
First, you need to find out your square footage/yardage. If carpet you are looking for is sold by square foot, obviously that is easiest to calculate. But if by sq yard, take your square footage, and divide by 9, I would add 5% to that as carpet runs in 12 foot and 15 foot widths, and must run in the same direction. A basic builder grade of residential carpet can run 15 bucks a sq yard installed with a cheap pad, pretty much the same for your basic commercial loop grade. Padding, however, is key.I would definately invest in the pad upgrade and not the carpet upgrade if money were a factor. The less movement the carpet has, the better it wears, meaning a dense, hard padding is the best, 6pound density or above.
