We’ve installed vinyl in the past, although not in this house, but I don’t think I’d like to get involved with tiling, especially when we can get a brilliant professional job, and help a friend, by hiring Mr. Hernandez. The construction industry here has been the pits for about the last 3 years, and he and his wife are both working cleaning jobs to pay the bills.
In his spare time, he tiles things in their house. The dining room and kitchen are spectacular.
I installed sheet vinyl in the 60’s. Tile is more difficult and time consuming, but we saved $6K by doing it ourselves. (We had almost blown our wad at the time.) It actually looks professional, but only because my husband measured, cut and spaced everything.