Affordable wooden flooring - does it exist?

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We have about 50 square metres in our kitchen/ family room that we'd like to re-floor, ideally with wood. However most some of the prices are making my dh choke - can anyone recommend good quality flooring at the...ahem...more value end of the market?

We really don't want laminate, or the wooden covered MDF, as we have had bad experiences with both in the past. If we can't afford wood we'll go with good old fashioned lino instead :o.

Howdens have a lovely solid oak flooring. Think we were quoted around £25/sq m which I thought was good.

I'll be overjoyed MollyC if the Howdens oak floor is £25/sqm, as we have a sample here and it's fabulous quality. Fingers crossed!

Nobodyimportant - thanks for the link, their solid oak flooring also looks great. I'll request a sample from them too.

I'm sure it was around that BUT just remembered that's probably exclusive of VAT @ 20% as it's trade prices. Still a good price imo.

ooh- have you found what you're after? we are also looking for good flooring (not real wood though- too much hard work to maintain) have been recommended this website and so far, quickstep and balterio is in the running for me- balterio have free underlay too.

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If you do resort to lino, CarpetRight do one in a herringbone dark wood block pattern which is dirt cheap and looks great in a small room with lots of through traffic.

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We went for bamboo due to affordability, durability and the fact it is harder than any hardwood; interestingly it also resists moisture well.

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