Herringbone flooring - how much will the labour be to lay it?

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We’re doing a kitchen renovation/garage conversion in a couple of months and I want herringbone flooring

just wondering if others have had it and what the cost was roughly please? I’m in the north east and I know prices differ across the UK

I know approx how much it will cost to buy the actual tiles, but I don’t know how much for the labour, as I know fitters will charge a premium to lay it (and some don’t like doing it but my builder said they’re happy to do it, going to meet in a few weeks anyway and said can discuss cost then)

any ideas greatly appreciated. The area would be kitchen 14.38m2 and garage conversion 9.62m2 (for reference if it helps at all lol)

We paid £1,250 in 2019 for the fitting of Karndean as herringbone in our kitchen, hall, downstairs toilet and utility. It also included two small bathrooms with simpler tiles, but I know the bulk of the cost was the herringbone. It also included them screeding the floor beforehand. We’re in the Midlands. I’ve assumed you are talking about LVT, no idea about proper wood I’m afraid!

Thanks very much for this. I’m gonna say it will definitely be more expensive now than 2019 🫣😂 but that’s a good figure to start with so thank you for sharing! And yes will be the LVT. 😊

Yes I did mean to say that! The fitters said it was an absolute pain to lay as it was fiddly, but I love it!

It looks stunning and I’ve waited a bloody long time for this kitchen… the people pleaser in me doesn’t want to give anyone hassle 🙈 buttttt I will regret it if I don’t do it!

As a rule of thumb it takes 3-4x as long to lay as plank so if you know the daily rate that will give you an idea of the difference

We've just had herringbone LVT fitted in our kitchen which is approx 10m2 although the floor with herringbone is less than this as it doesn't go under cabinets. We paid just over £1000 which included the LVT, leveling the floor and the fitting. It took 1 day and 2/3 guys. Hope that helps :)

Were paying about £600 to have a karndean herringbone floor fitted to a smallish to medium living room. This includes laying a subfloor as there's not a proper level base to lay it on. We paid a little less to have the a smaller pattern herringbone floor in our loft en suite. It was a new loft and needed boarding first. That one was a more complicated pattern with a distinctive inlay that was quite a fiddly metallic pattern and done in 2025. Were in the Midlands

Thanks everyone - these are really helpful :)

Solid wood or engineered wood? We had engineered wood laid in a previous property at an angle across the room, so not actual herringbone. The guy had laid floors before, but it became clear he was out of his depth and not able to do the angle!

New house now and went with woodpecker, solid wood with a straight pattern! Can't help with labouring costs as SE but do ensure the person has laid herringbone MANY times and ideally see pics or their actual work.

We just paid £550 to have Amtico herringbone pattern laid in our hall. It took rather longer than we expected and we had to wait on a delivery due to materials estimate being out but it does look good. We are on Merseyside.

if you are looking at LVT look up a brand called lithium core. Here’s my light oak herringbone and it’s such a nice quality.

Starting to feel we may have overpaid for our Amtico French oak which cost £1,500 for hall and downstairs cloakroom. It does look lovely though, brings me real joy every time I see it which is many times a day. It was fitted during the heatwave, day one involved laying a level floor on top of ceramic tiles and then day two it took two fitters the whole day in searing heat and they did a lovely job. We’re in Somerset.

@Dontevenlookatme Starting to feel we may have overpaid for our Amtico French oak which cost £1,500 for hall and downstairs cloakroom

The £550 was just the labour and sundries - the actual tiles were £165 a box and we needed several. Can't find the invoice but it was about £1500 all in I think. We'd thought about taking it through to the dining room but that would have been a mere £3K plus more to do.

@Laughingravy that’s reassuring! Worth every penny for me as the tiles they are covering were cold grey marble effect (not our choice). The difference it’s made is huge.

I am so tempted to have them in the kitchen too but think the cost would be prohibitive. I might ask for a quote…