Tiled kitchen floor - underfloor heating or not?

[CorpusCallosum]

We're about to start our kitchen/dining extension and previously ruled out underfloor heating as too expensive. Now I'm wobbling and thinking we are mad not to do it as the floor with definitely be tiled and it'll just be miserable to sit and play on such a cold floor 😫

Any recommendations on wet vs dry systems and ideas of how much we should have to pay for a 35sqm room?

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Having previously had all tiled kitchen, dining, hall, WC that was freezing underfoot pretty much year round I'd definitely have underfloor heating if it's within budget or I'd change the flooring type to something slightly warmer. I really feel the cold and my feet were permanently freezing even with socks and only slightly better with slippers

Yes, I would definitely have it. It CAN be expensive to run, but it doesn't need to be set high all the time. You can set it just to take the chill off and perhaps a bit warmer at different times.

Definitely. Makes such a difference.

We're having luxury vinyl tiles as can't afford to put underfloor heating in and I hate having cold feet!

I know it's expensive but we're renting a house with a big tiled kitchen extension and no underfloor heating right now and it's so cold in the winter. We had electric underfloor in our house and were advised to keep it on year-round at about 2-3 degrees. That was pre-price hike so not sure what that would now cost, but it worked really well in keeping the floor nice to walk on.