Medium/high quality wooden flooring cost

dhokes

I'm trying to work out all the costs associated with purchasing and fitting a new build house and I'm unsure about flooring.

I'd like to have wooden flooring and whilst the developer might try to include the flooring in the asking price, I was wondering how much would a medium-high quality wooden flooring cost to purchase + underlay + fit? The house measures approximately 45m. squared + staircase. I'm based in the East Midlands. Can anyone recommend any brands?

P.S. I've also posted this in the 'In my home' section here.

jimmy_cricket

This is good quality

http://www.junckers.co.uk

We have it throughout the ground floor. Oldest part is about ten years old and only just needed sanding and resealing about the price of good quality carpet if I remember correctly

Edit to say that it is solid wood, not sandwich type with a wood veneer

AlexMac

£1,500 - £5k

Decide whether you want
- solid wood; which to my mind is not as good as
- "engineered wood"; a veneer of real wood on a layered or plywood base; which comes in various grades and quality from £30-£50 per sq Metre supplied, plus (say) a few £ per Sq m to fit... or
- laminate; which you can buy for anything from a few quid per sq M plus underlay at the same again or less and is an easy DIY job to fit- or, again, a few quid pSqM to fit...

We had a fitting job done throughout the whole 42 Sq M of our ground floor three years ago and it looks superb. We used a fairly upmarket product with a 35 year guarantee; "Rustic Oak Brushed & Oiled" with a distinctive grain (the "brushed" surface) and lovely wide planks (190mm)-
http://www.v4woodflooring.co.uk/wood-flooring-products/oak-rustic-brushed-natural-oiled-engineered-wood-floors

We bought it locally but it's supplied to the trade by v4woodflooring.co.uk; who list local suppliers and fitters on their website.

It cost us £3k fitted so your space would cost about £3-4k fitted with underlay depending on what kind of subfloor you have (suspended? solid? even? bumpy? damp? dry?...)

It's a fantastic product, and because it's oiled rather than lacquered it has a matt, grained, natural finish, with none of the problems of wear, scratching, damp-staining and need for re-sanding and re-sealing of shiny lacquered finishes.

In fact, if you want a shiny flat finish, which I think looks cheaper, you may as well use laminate; many modern laminate s are perfectly acceptable- I am doing or bedrooms one-by-one for about £150 per room on a DIY basis; just decent quality B&Q stuff with felt mat underlay. My supplier recommended thinner roll underlay with an integral damp membrane for the downstairs solid floors.

Anyway- look at that website

Riggyman

£30/m2 for quickstep posh laminate. Better than wood floor in my opinion.