Polished concrete floors

[ellamella]

I contemplating using concrete floors for a finish on a house I plan to build sometime down the line. I am still in the planning stages. Can anyone tell me if there are any financial advantages to using a polished and stained concrete floor. Are there any disadvantages. I thought of one disadvantage: hairline cracks in the concrete would show. My thoughs are though polished concrete noosa, that the labor involved in getting this finish would equal the cost of ceramic tile or any other decent flooring. Basically I wanna know if it is cheaper, and if it is, would the end result justify it. I have seen them at malls and commercial buildings and they look great. Another problem would be finding someone in my area that know what they are doing.