Kitchen flooring dilemmas: engineered wood v LVT v engineered stone

[GreenGoblin0]

Having new kitchen installed soon and can't decide on flooring for kitchen/dining room.

Initially wanted engineered wood herringbone but now think this is probably too expensive. Waiting for a quote on this

Also like normal engineered wood planks

Another option is LVT - if we chose this we'd go for a grey stone effect rather than wood effect. Looked at Karndean, Amtico and Quick step. A bit bamboozled by all the choices! Eg which brand and whether stick down or click is better? Are they genuinely hard wearing compared to wood and is stick down or click together and floated better?

What do people have? What would you avoid or recommend?

Oops sorry forgot to add we've also seen an engineered stone floor in Howdens (made by tenacity)

Avoid real wood in the kitchen. Doesnt wear well and there will be patchs.

I’ve got a bomb proof LVT from Polyflor - Georgian Oak laid as parquet. Love it to bits.

LVT every time.....I’ve got an oak moduleo......been down years.....still looks good as new

I got actual old school Lino..so easy.. big range of colours available. Enjoy your new kitchen!

Tiles? Some amazing wooden looking tiles out there

We went for engineered wood and I don't like it, it's dark so it shows all the dirt and if you happen to drop something it leaves a mark. I wish we had gone for Karndean.

We were considering all those options and are most likely going for a high quality laminate (probably quickstep impressive / ultra). Have looked at loads of samples and in showrooms and while I get the advantages of LVT, I prefer the texture and more convincing wood effect of laminate . That surprised me actually!

That’s for a whole ground floor btw, so kitchen, hall, dining, living and conservatory

We've just had Karndean stick down lvt in our kitchen. We've got clicky Kardean in our bedroom. We were advised to get stick down because traders said it was better quality product.

Downside of stick down is that the floor underneath has to be pretty much flawless. Ours looks much better where it's been laid on board rather than on poured floor. Upside is that any damaged bits can be replaced v easily.

Personally, I prefer the look of clicky tbh, but that's because our poured floor isn't perfect.

We have oiled engineered wood and it's a nightmare, everything stains 😭

I have stone effect porcelain tile. It looks much better than Karndean, easier to clean, and was a fraction of the cost.

Amtico stick down here (Linear Shale with a silver grouting/edging), highly recommend.

We had a beautiful oiled engineered wood floor which I wanted and loved and I was prepared to put in the time to maintain properly. Throughout all of the ground floor including kitchen area.
It had to be replaced after 1 year as I couldn't stand the constant new dents and marks. I think the wood they use is too fresh. This was a premium expensive brand, laid professionally and I maintained it as per instructions with special soap and oiling.
A right faff for no benefit.

From your options, Amtico without a shadow of doubt. It will look like new in 20 years time and there is no maintenance. We have it in all our bathrooms because the floors are uneven/ the builders at the time said it would be a better option than stone/ceramic/ marble/you name it in our circumstances.