Kitchen renovation & cork flooring

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Has anyone got a floating cork floor in their kitchen? I have a sample of this that I like www.colourflooring.co.uk/products/bacana-white-cork-floooring

It's white but with grey bits in - am
I mad? Would be about £250 to do the floor.

We're planning to do a DIY install after appliances are in. Can't lay it first because of electrician and plumber being onsite and needing appliances connected before move in.

Is the colour really impractical? Don't like the brown cork stuff as there is too much brown in the house already (we are gradually getting rid)

I quite like it, but it seems that MN is generally anti-cork! We laid it (a pale brown one, floating) in the kitchen and hallway of a flat we owned about 8 years ago. It looked great and I was drawn by the fact that it's not cold underfoot and it's eco credentials.

Yes! Eco credentials are great, and it's lovely and soft.
Did it last well?
The website advises a flat subfloor of any hard material, we don't have cash for anything other than the tatty plywood boards the previous owners used under the vinyl.

I don't know re. it lasting. We sold the flat soon after laying it.. My sister had it in her house hallway and it survived many years of being pounded up and down on by her two sons. In my current house I have the original cork flooring (tiles) from the 1960s in my bathroom. It's very tatty, but still going strong.
I don't remember us doing anything particular to the subfloor prior to laying it, so expect that ours was just laid on floorboards.

Do you have a very tiny kitchen?
Just asking as it cost £94 per box which is only just over 2 square metres. Given that you will need to fit it underneath appliances such as washing machine and fridge/freezer that means you actual floor area would be minuscule. Or you might have seriously underestimated the cost.

I looked at cork for when I replace my kitchen but it was too expensive for me.

Yes, very tiny kitchen!
The link I posted allows you to calculate - even with wastage 3 boxes would be sufficient, so around £280 at most.
Appliances would already be connected etc so we would only floor up to the front of them, I know it's better to go under but we have little chance of being able to go under them because of works schedule and need to have connected before moving in

Sorry, a bit incoherent there...

It’s lovely but quite pale

Yes, I think it is a bit pale. Have ordered this instead www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/forest-bark-cork-tiles
Really nice up close and feels soft.