What carpet do new homes come with as a stardard?
I am buying a new home and was wondering before I go to their home center for picking out what carpet and color cabinets ect. what carpeting comes standard without any upgrade on the carpeting? I realize it won’t be the greatest but we are limited on funds. Would it be pile or plush style carpeting or the next best thing to astro turf.? Thanks in advance!!!
The cheapest the contractor thinks he or she can get away with.
You’ll have to ask. There’s no such thing as a "standard" house world-wide. This is world-wide forum.
In Canada the cheapest and most common carpet is called Burber and it is a short loop and it comes in a mixture of different shades of grays, browns ad greens and it can come with underlay attached or purchased separately.
It looks nice and you will get a few years out of it.
You need to ask the builder what level of quality carpet (usually based on year wear such as 10, 15, etc) he includes standard in the home he builds. Every builder is different, and may set a base quality different from the builder next door. NO one on this forum can answer your question, only your builder. Talk with him and read the contract to determine what quality is included, and of course there will be change order requirements if you choose to upgrade from the carpet he includes in the quoted construction price. But note that they build in a lot of cushion on their cost, so if you are not yet under contract, that is the time to negotiate upgrades at no additional cost.
Carpet Has a minimum ounce weight/ fiber type for the house to qualify for a FHA, VA loan. Therefore more times then not the builder is going to use the minimum which is 25oz for nylon and 30oz for polyester or olefin. Also polyester is cheaper then nylon so the most common used product in new construction is going to be the 30oz polyester. with the option to step up to the 40 or 50oz for generally 5 dollars for each step up. Lastly, there is generally 100 yards of carpet in new construction (less then before because of the popularity of hard surface) so $500 total for each upgrade.