February 22, 20233 yr Hi In the early stages of build and one thing that is on my wife's "must have" lists is LVT throughout upstairs and down. Personally, I think it's where some value engineering might have to happen, but I could do with some rough guide numbers of m2 by flooring types. Ones we have so far : LVT - Quoted at £45 m2 - is that high/low? Tiles - Quoted at £25 m2 - is that high/low?
February 22, 20233 yr Supply and fit, or materials only? I laid LVT throughout the last house at £25/M², and just did the downstairs here for the same, materials only. These were both the floating floor type with integrated underlay, dead easy to get down so DIY was a realistic option. I wouldn't trust myself with tiles. I vaguely recall a supply+fit quote for LVT in 2021 at around £50/sqm but they were precious about the finish work involved with a retrofit - they wanted us to handle all the skirting, cut the doors to match the new floor level, etc. They were only interested in the easy bit!
February 22, 20233 yr On the "value engineering" side, I found the recommended 10% allowance for cuts/wastage to be far too much on the first house. Ended up selling the excess on a online marketplace to someone who did a corridor with it. Dropped it to 5% for this one and didn't feel short of materials at any point.
February 22, 20233 yr Author Great tip on that, thanks. Hadn't actually thought about wastage as an increase of costs
February 22, 20233 yr My flooring guy charges the same but says LVT easier to work with. From memory for labour he's £12/m2 for straight laid stuff and £20/m2 for herringbone.
February 22, 20233 yr Ah, supply and fit - it's in the title ^^ LVT is really, honestly, dead-simple enough to do yourself, assuming a nice flat floor to start with. If someone had been handing me a £10 or £20 note every time i got four of the planks down, it would have been a fun time.
February 23, 20233 yr On 22/02/2023 at 09:13, Mr Punter said: LVT sounds about right. Tiles seem cheap. Make sure they are porcelain. Depends what lvt I guess though.
February 24, 20233 yr On 22/02/2023 at 10:01, Nick Thomas said: 10% allowance I have been caught by that also. Nice easy money making scheme by wholesalers.
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