I have always avoided carpets, mostly because I have allergies, and they hold so much dust and dirt.
Despite this, our home had carpet in the living room and the bedrooms.
We had gotten a very good deal on the house that would have been foolish to pass just because of something that we could easily change later on, plus there was room on the budget for that. The house had an electric heating system, and the annual HVAC service plan with the local heating dealership had served us well for the past two years. After two years, we were finally able to redo our floors. The floor underneath the carpet was just concrete, and since we both wanted to have tiled floors, we set out to look for the tiles that would best suit our style as well as the interior. The one downside of tiles is that they are cold. My partner suggested having heated floors to solve that problem. The next thing was to consult an HVAC tech to find out if we could incorporate that with our current heater. He assured us that since it was an electric boiler. This meant that he would have to change a few things for the furnace/heater installation but nothing major. Heater maintenance would have to be conducted, and then the cables would be put in before laying the tiles. I knew little of the heating industry and my knowledge on heat and AC products, but I knew that a wireless thermostat helps save energy, and that is why we would be having one installed. The one thing that would not change even with the new arrangement was regular changing of the furnace filter and an occasional heating repair..