HELP!!! TOO MUCH FLOORING TO CHOOSE FROM!!!ANY ADVICE GUYS/GALS PLEASE?

I am due to move into my new build bungalow probably after xmas now and I have been looking at a range of flooring for my kitchen, utility room, bathroom & en-suite.
I have already decided on Grant Westfields Twin Click flooring for my bathroom & en-suite because my friend has it in her bathroom as says it's fab stuff to lay & is waterproof etc., so I sent off for a couple of samples and I really like one of the oak one's.

I just discovered Moduleo flooring yesterday & have a brochure it reads like fantastic stuff but today I have googled it and the reviews are awful!!!

I would like karndean parquet flooring in my hallway which is L shaped.

I considered proper hard flooring tiles in my kitchen & utility room as I have a labrador and a border terrier so really I need non slip, scratch resistant flooring suitable for the dogs and so I can mop clean. As soon as I read the brochure for MODULEO the Transform stuff I was impressed with the scratch resistant, no stain etc and dog proof lol

The builder of my bungalow is offering to lay Jewsons brand of laminate flooring in my family room and hallway but I have laminate & real wood flooring in my current house and the dogs just skid all over it. I have hard floor tiles in my kitchen which are great for mopping and large spills of dog bowl water etc., plus I can use detergent in the water when mopping.

I know this thread is a lot of asks but because this house move is going to be my final one I really would like to get everything as right as can be and I am hoping the flooring I decide on my builder can get it for me then I can pay the price without VAT because he can claim VAT back on his new builds where as I can't.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated,

Cheers Trish

 

I would just highlight that there is no such thing as a scratch resistant floor, they will have coatings on and some are harder than others but all floors will scratch under the correct stress. I'm personally not a fan of click together floors as if not correctly installed they are prone to shifting so I tend to recommend a stick down application to my customers. Moduleo I've not had any problems with apart from limited design and sell lots of polyflor products. Most of the cheaper end will always have bad reviews but if they are correctly installed should perform as expected. Karndean and amtico are the obvious market leaders but most products tend to be the same and it wouldn't surprise me if most came out the same factories

 

Thank you much appreciated, I guess it is like anything you simply get what you pay for and I agree they will all probably come out of same factory but just in different boxes

 

Just on the VAT point - you shouldn't have to pay VAT on any of the flooring you have mentioned (carpet is different) provided it is installed before you move in to a new property or on the installation either.

This applies if you get it from the builder or from a flooring company who will more than likely do a better job.

 

Personally forget laminate and buy the best lvt you can afford, weather that's karndean, Moduleo or distinctive but ensure a trained specialist installs it rather than a builder, the finish of the product will look so much better with the correct person installing it, where you based? There may be someone on here that could help?

 

If you expect the floor to be very wet or need mopping on a regular basis, then laminate is definitely not the way to go, i would echo what Adam has said
and buy the best quality LVT you can afford.
As this is going to be your final house, do it right and do it once