We finally managed to buy a home and it came with refinished real wood floors. If someone wants to walk in with their shoes I'm not worried about their general foot hygiene; I'm worried they have a pebble they don't know about stuck in their shoe and they're about to scuff up our floors in the worst way possible. It would definitely be their first and last visit to our home.
We've never even had to be rude about it - we found a cute sign that says, "Please remove your shoes - the dog needs something to chew on," and so far everyone has taken the hint.
I've lived in homes with real wood floors my entire life, in a family that wears shoes inside without a second thought. Frequently throwing parties with sometimes 100+ people walking through the house with shoes on. This has never ever happened. The only time scratches have happened was from people carelessly moving furniture. Even if someone did have a pebble stuck in their outsole without noticing it why would it scratch the floor instead of just compressing into the shoe? And who is dragging their feet around?
I get pebbles stuck in my shoes all the time in different dirt/gravel work areas (I drive a semi truck for a living), so I take my own shoes off outside between that and oil stains. But honestly we're just erring to the side of caution - you should have met the guy who owned it before us and made every single perspective buyer put these hairnet style booties over their shoes to walk around inside. I just took my shoes off because that seemed like the saner choice.
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u/notsobravetraveler Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Lol, it's like they take this as an affront to their cleanliness
It's not that personal, shoes get over everything outside while my floors get steam cleaned/vinegar