Flooring- Polished Concrete?

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I did post on DIY but no response so here for traffic. I live in a renovated Georgian schoolhouse. Think quirky (not twee) with sash windows and big thick walls. I've only been here 4 months and am starting to put my stamp on it. It's fairly traditionally decorated. My taste is more modern/industrial. Would I be crazy to put polished concrete floors in a 200yr old house? The base slab under the current floor is concrete already.

We stayed in a hotel in Rome (v traditional building) with polished concrete floors and it didn't look out of place - it looked fab.

Oh please do it, I think it would look brilliant.

I have done a couple of kitchen breakfast bar upstands in polished concrete and they look great and were reasonably straightforward to do

I would recommend putting wet underfloor heating in a floor tho

I love the look, but it will be cold and hard. If that's not an issue- go for it.

We considered an asphalt floor for the lounge diner- looks like polished obsidian :-)

In the end we went for LVT. Less echo, a bit softer and warmer. Still very industrial looking (tiles look like tarnished copper).

Cold and echoey.

Nah.

@donquixotedelamancha what type of LVT did you use? Our kitchen is amtico currently. I'm just worried that our 3 big dogs will score it to bits. I need something really hard wearing and low maintenance as I'm a lazy witch

It's Karndean da vinci molten. Expensive. Other makes of LVT seem just as good quality, it's just that specific tile we wanted. Our little dog does nothing to the floors.

The rigid click LVT is much easier (so cheaper) to fit and even more bullet proof.

Thank you. I'll have a look. Cost isn't a driving factor but I don't want to be putting another floor down for the next 20yrs +

I love polished concrete. Do it and post pictures when you're done.

Love it love it.

I recently did up a quirky Georgian house in London and desperately wanted polished concrete, and/or a wood-formed concrete kitchen. DH was a (sensible, budget conscious) killjoy, though.

@Peony99 OH paying for this. I paid for bathrooms so I'm going get my moneys worth