Floorway Vinyl – Orion

Description

Orion Floorway: Rental Property Flooring Chosen on Cost Per Year

Landlords and investors look at a floor differently from homeowners. The question is not whether it will still be loved in ten years, it is how many tenancies it survives, how quickly a unit can be turned over, and what it takes to keep it presentable without a trade visit. Orion from the Floorway range is built for that arithmetic, and sensible rental property flooring is judged over its whole working life rather than at the moment of purchase.

The Number That Actually Matters

Cost per square foot is the figure that gets compared, and it is the least useful one. Divide what a floor costs to supply and fit by the number of years it serves before it has to be replaced, and the ranking changes completely. A cheap floor that needs replacing after two tenancies, with the void period and the labour that involves, is rarely the economical choice. A hard wearing vinyl surface that comes through several tenancies looking respectable usually wins that comparison quietly, without ever having been the lowest line on the quotation.

The same logic applies to the turnover itself. Every day a unit sits empty while a floor is sanded, sealed or aired is a day without income, and hard wearing vinyl that only needs a clean between tenants keeps those gaps short.

What Happens Between Tenants

Tenancies are hard on floors in ordinary ways. Furniture is dragged rather than lifted on moving day, a washing machine hose lets go and nobody is home, pets arrive that were mentioned only briefly, and boots come in unwiped through a long Ontario winter. Vinyl plank is built as a printed decorative layer over a dense core with a protective wear surface on top, and because the structure is not wood it is water resistant, which is the property that matters most when you are not the person living there to catch a spill.

Repair One Plank, Not One Room

The most underrated advantage of a plank floor in a rental is granularity. Where sheet goods mean a whole room is compromised by one deep gouge, a damaged plank can often be dealt with on its own, and a room can be brought back to standard in an afternoon instead of a week. A few simple habits make that possible:

• Keep the offcuts and a spare box from the original order, labelled and stored on site
• Note the product name and the order details in your property file
• Have your installer confirm at the outset how an individual plank is lifted and replaced
• Photograph each floor at the start of a tenancy so wear and damage can be told apart

Low maintenance flooring is worth more in a portfolio than in a family home, because every task you remove is a task repeated across every unit you own. Sweeping and an occasional damp mop is the whole routine, with no sanding and no refinishing, and low maintenance flooring of this kind also photographs well, since a clean neutral hard surface makes a listing image read as bright, spacious and cared for.

Specification and Fitting

Investment work is usually done to a schedule, so get the detail settled early. Professional installation is the sensible route when several units are involved, and we ask that you confirm the specification, the installation method, the suitability for the room in question and the total quantity with the Petun Flooring team before placing an order.

Colour and finish never translate reliably through a listing photograph or a screen, so examine the product image carefully and take a sample to hold in the actual unit. Orion is collectable in Kitchener and Cambridge, inventory is limited, and arriving with your measurements, or a schedule of units, lets us plan the order around your timetable.