Downstairs flooring - wood, laminate or LVT?

[starshine1926]

I'm trying to choose floor coverings for a house renovation i.e. my house. Thinking of installing under floor heating on the ground floor and engineered wood floor in the living room. So then possibly ceramic tiles in the bathroom and Luxury Vinyl Tiles in the kitchen? I think ceramic tiles are too hard to be standing on in the kitchen. Or laminate or LVT all throughout the downstairs? I might be knocking through from lounge into kitchen but maybe only partially open plan (bifold doors). I believe wood is unsuitable for the kitchen due to risks of moisture. What have you got on your floors downstairs?

We've got wood and marble downstairs. However, when/if we move I won't bother with fancy finishes (that require more care) if I can find LVT that looks convincing (but I'm yet to see any that doesn't look plastic-ey.

Engineered wood that is oiled for the kitchen? Cork?

We've just had laminate laid through the downstairs of our house and new extension and to be honest, along with the skylight it's one of the things that everyone has commented on when they come over. We went with Quickstep Impressive and it's great - 100% waterproof and doesn't feel cold under foot. Loving it so far.

We have engineered oak with a matt brushed lacquer finish downstairs for both the kitchen and living/dining areas. It’s fab! No problem whatsoever with water and looks/feels like solid wood.

I've LVT through the entire downstairs, so loo, kitchen, high traffic hallway etc.
It's been down a year and looks amazing, despite kids / things being dropped etc. I'd highly recommend. I went for Polyfloor.

I'd been set on lvt throughout the downstairs of my home. That is until I got the quote. The floors in my Victorian terrace are all over the place and various materials and levels, concrete, floorboards and stone. It was going to be 2k alone in preparation work alone, plus then the lvt and labour for fitting. So around 6k for 430sq
I've (reluctantly) gone for a good quality laminate instead. I wish I'd had it priced up months ago and saved myself the

disappointment!

We have laminate mostly, click fit LVT in the kitchen. Would have preferred proper stuck down LVT and it would have lasted longer, but we couldn't bring ourselves to spend an extra £1000+ on a different sort of fake.

We have carpet in the living room. We've had real wood parquet before which looked lovely, but we missed the cosiness.

As Minty says, your floors need to be ultra level for LVT. I was going to have it but the sub floor was a mess and would have needed double screeding which just added too much expense. We went for laminate which is more forgiving, and it gets loads of compliments (although I don’t think it really passes for wood)

We had no idea what LVT was before we researched into it and found that IDS had a perfect guide for this.

We decided with a dog and kids it would be perfect.