Wood effect tile throughout ground floor - too much? Bad idea? Good idea?

[Samosamo]

Hi All,

This is my thinking. I have an Edwardian house. I want tile from the front door throughout the hallway. I have children, they will be dirty, muddy, wet often bring bikes and scooters through etc. The kitchen is at the back. The living room is to the side from the hallway. I wanted wood in the living room, tile in the hallway and kitchen.

I think having one type of tile in the hallway, another in the kitchen, and wood in the living room would be a incongruent. I'm wondering whether I could just lay a classic looking wood effect tile throughout with underfloor heating so it's not crispy cold to the feet. Maybe laid in herringbone or a classic style like that?

Am I missing something that makes this an awful idea?!

Have you looked at wood effect LVT?

We have wood effect tiles in the bathroom and they are obviously tiles. Our neighbours used wood effect LVT in their downstairs and it looks fab.

I would get a few tiles and lay them on your floors and look at them in all lights. When I did this both options (tiles and LVT) looked so fake which seemed even worse in a period property. The knots in the tiles looked awful in certain sunlight and the texture didnt match the grain. Amtico etc look so plastic and fake in certain lights and nothing like the feel of real wood. I laid encaustic tiles in traditional pattern in period hallway and it looks like new after 30 years of kids/mud/pets and no one ever taking shoes off indoors and no sealing or special products in all that time. Am sure LVT would not last like that. If you plan to resell and have other period features consider that too.

Yes, I see what you mean. LVT is probably the netter option. I have read a lot of threads on here about it. I'll look into that more. So many choices though and so many opinions!

@chimneyextractor

I would get a few tiles and lay them on your floors and look at them in all lights. When I did this both options (tiles and LVT) looked so fake which seemed even worse in a period property. The knots in the tiles looked awful in certain sunlight and the texture didnt match the grain. Amtico etc look so plastic and fake in certain lights and nothing like the feel of real wood. I laid encaustic tiles in traditional pattern in period hallway and it looks like new after 30 years of kids/mud/pets and no one ever taking shoes off indoors and no sealing or special products in all that time. Am sure LVT would not last like that. If you plan to resell and have other period features consider that too.

Hmmmm. Yes, I see your point too. That takes me back to tile, tile, wood.