After much deliberation between real wood/tiles/laminate for our open plan all of downstairs, to keep it seamless, same flooring in hallway, lounge and open plan kitchen/living/dining (that has half wet ufh, half no ufh), I think we're going to go for laminate as the best solution to use throughout. Ideally, we'd have tiles in kitchen and real wood elsewhere, but as that won't give us the seamless look, and we have seen some good laminates out there, we're going to go for it (the fact that it's significantly cheaper doesn't hurt). So what's the best, top of the range, laminate? We've seen Quick Step and I have say, wasn't that impressed (unless they do an entry level and higher level, and we only saw entry level in which case more searching is required). We've seen commercial grade Villeroy & Boch which we liked. Also some Balterio. I've heard Pergo mentioned, although haven't seen it in the shops. Are there any other brands that we should consider?