Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Aldershot homes, delivered across Hampshire with samples at £1.99.
Aldershot 21.5%In 2011 17.6%Each square is 1% of homes
Not every Aldershot tenancy has a private landlord.
Social renting covers roughly one Rushmoor household in six, and has held there for a decade. So a GU11 or GU12 floor is sometimes bought by the tenant rather than the landlord, and has to come up undamaged at the end of the let.
We deliver across Aldershot and Hampshire (GU postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Our Hampshire delivery covers: North Town, Cargate and Manor Park and the GU postcode area
4 chapters on Aldershot homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
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The homes of Aldershot
Semis lead the Rushmoor stock, with terraces and purpose-built flats behind them across GU11 and GU12.
Private renting has climbed since the previous census while ownership slipped, so a good share of Aldershot floors are ordered by a landlord between lets rather than by the people who will live on them.
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Floors that suit Aldershot
About a fifth of households here rent privately, and that share sets the brief: LVT and a higher AC-rated laminate take a change of tenant without needing a refinish.
Buying for your own house in Rowhill or Wellington, the sum works the other way and oak earns its keep.
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Local conditions in Aldershot
A landlord specifying a floor is not the household that will heat the room it goes into.
A Manor Park let stands cold between tenancies, then gets warmed hard the day someone moves in, and a solid board takes that swing worse than a layered one.
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27.5%live in a flat or maisonette
23.5%live in a terraced house
Aldershot in detail
Aldershot sits in Rushmoor borough, and we deliver to GU11 and GU12 — Aldershot Park, Manor Park, North Town, Rowhill and across to Ash Vale and Ash Wharf.
Rushmoor's tenure profile is unusual for Hampshire: at the 2021 census 21.5% of households rented privately, up 3.9 points on 2011, while ownership fell to 60.5%. A fifth of the local market is therefore a landlord deciding between voids and durability, and that changes what sells. For a rental turnaround, LVT and a good AC-rated laminate do more per pound than engineered oak, because the floor has to survive tenants rather than impress guests. For your own home the calculation reverses.
At the 2021 census, 27.5% of households in Rushmoor lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 72.1% in a house or bungalow — 23.5% of all households in a terraced house.
In the semis and terraces bought by the people living in them, engineered oak repays its price, since the floor stays down for years and can be refinished.
Purpose-built flats make up a fair slice of Rushmoor stock, and click-lock LVT sits thin enough for existing thresholds while wiping clean at the end of a tenancy.
Rental turnarounds in GU11 and GU12: Rushmoor has an unusually large private rented sector for Hampshire, so a Manor Park or North Town relet is judged on how it survives the next tenancy. LVT and a hard-wearing laminate stretch a landlord’s budget further than a premium timber floor would.
Hallways and stairs: In an Ash Vale or Ash Wharf house that changes tenants often, the hall wears out before any room it opens onto. A plank LVT hides scuffs, and because it is laid piece by piece a damaged strip can be swapped without disturbing the rest.
Kitchens: A kitchen in a Rushmoor let and a kitchen the owner cooks in want different things from the same room. SPC shrugs off dropped pans and trolley wheels between tenancies, while porcelain tiles suit a Cargate or Ash South household planning to stay.
Living rooms in owner-occupied homes: Where the home is lived in rather than let, the calculation reverses and the longer view pays. Streets like Aldershot Park and Rowhill are family housing, and a through lounge there carries engineered oak once the subfloor has been levelled.
Both GU11 and GU12 are covered, from Aldershot Park and Manor Park through North Town and Rowhill and across to Ash Vale and Ash Wharf. If the keys sit with an agent, give us the empty property's address rather than your own.
Which flooring is best for Aldershot homes?
Settle what goes under the boards before the boards. A purpose-built flat has a lease naming an acoustic mat; a North Town terrace has only the neighbour, and nothing obliges you to match it. Use click LVT over a rated mat anyway: the party wall carries footfall.
Can I order flooring samples to my Aldershot address?
Yes, to a St Mark's or Wellington address, or wherever the person choosing actually is. A sample settles colour and how the joint sits; it cannot settle wear, so read the rating we publish beside the range rather than trusting a piece nobody has walked on.
Local facts
Local facts: Aldershot
8 figures for Aldershot from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
27.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
For your floorUsually a concrete slab. The lease may name an acoustic underlay; read it before you order.
For your floorWhere a home is let, the landlord chooses the floor and the tenant lives on it, so it has to take wear and be quick to put right between tenancies.
Source
Households renting privately in Rushmoor, Census 2021. Area: Rushmoor (E07000092), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Who lives here
60.5%
own their home
Aldershot60.5%
In 201163.5%
Source
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Rushmoor, Census 2021. Area: Rushmoor (E07000092), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Who lives here
16.2%
rent from a council or housing association
Aldershot16.2%
In 201116.3%
Source
Households renting from a council or housing association in Rushmoor, Census 2021. Area: Rushmoor (E07000092), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Local guides
Local guides near Aldershot
For these towns we have written a local guide from the census and other official records there: what the homes are built on and what that asks of each floor. Much of it applies to homes in Aldershot of the same age and type.
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