Hello Bashir. Your upstairs do not have to be carpet, but you are spot on about the noise they omit downstairs. Obviously carpets will have the best absorbance of sound, but floating floor timbers are not too bad either. They are laid on a foam underlay which help with their leveling and make them soft underfoot, but this also absorbs sound. The thick planks are better for insulating against both noise and temperature, and I would recommend the extra cost. As you upstairs substrate flooring is bound to be a particle board, and not a cement sheeting, laying tiles would be costly, and messy. Cement board would first need to go down, them tile adhesive, tile and lastly grout. I'm tired just thinking about that process. Also, tiles are more permanent, and outdate quicker, it is easy to remove floating floor and re-lay carpet upstairs if you so wished, however removing tile and going back would be a nightmare. For this reason, avoid tile! Go with a timber floating floor instead. Or even better, consider leaving bedrooms crept, and just re floor the main living areas and walkways. Tile any wet areas like toilets or bathrooms. Good luck.

Art-deco was popular in the first quarter of the twentieth century, whereas this home was probably built in the last quarter of the 20th century. I would not categorize it as art deco, even though it has some art deco influenced lines. Without seeing more of the home I would guess that it is more post-modern, and possibly built in the late 1980's, early 1990's. Post Modern architecture often "borrowed" elements from architectural history, and this home has borrowed some art-deco style. Houses from this period were commonly rendered, often with horizontal banding, made a feature of the entry, and incorporated quirky, playful, architectural features that today seem a little irrational. elements.

Yes, I was hoping that they would post photo on here, as they have a lot of beautiful bathrooms on this site, but it is a recent one, so they havent posted yet and I think they will be closed over this period, when a lot of sales are on...I have sold my car yesterday and so now have the funds to finally get my bathroom reno progressed...yay!

i was thinking of a tufted rug that looks like thick carpet for the floor.. can be tedious but not difficult to do and years ago we had a coloured sheep (called Neville Ram!) and i used his handspun wool to knit a collection of different patterned squares that i made into a lovely throw rug that is a permanent reminder of dear old Neville