Multi Family Lifestyle
Multi family properties include condos, duplexes, and apartments. In their article on multi family housing, Property Inspect explains that tenants, "often share walls, floors, and sometimes utilities or even space for parking with neighbors." Although affordability is the main benefit for multi dwelling tenants, noisy neighbors is listed first as a drawback when living in such close proximity. Practically speaking, flooring in multi family properties should help with noise reduction while also being comfortable to stylish.
Cork Flooring Is Made for Multi Family
Living in a multi family dwelling means that you share the place you call home with multiple families and tenants. In this environment, flooring needs to improve your cohabitating experience. Cork flooring works perfectly in multi dwelling, as three of its key benefits include how it's:
- Quiet & Acoustic - reducing sound transfer between floors, and the echo of noise in a room.
- Soft & Comfortable - resilient, like walking on air.
- Warm & Insulating - regulating room temperatures.
What Cork Makes So Effective as Flooring
The benefits listed above are primarily due to cork's unique cellular structure, which consists mostly of air! Because cork is naturally insulating, energy bills should be lower with cork flooring. Now that's good news for both multi dwelling residents and owners!
Other benefits of cork flooring include how it's healthy and sustainable. Cork floors have anti-fungal, anti-microbial, and hypoallergenic properties. This makes cork flooring excellent for anyone with allergies or sensitivities to mold and mildew. And since cork comes from the bark of the cork oak tree and not the tree itself, tress are never cut down. As trees regrow their bark between harvests, they absorb even more carbon dioxide than normal.
Choosing cork means choosing something good for people and the planet, and choosing the flooring that's tailor-made for multi family dwellings.
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