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Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Ashford homes, delivered across Kent with samples at £1.99.
Delivered to Ashford: TN23 to TN24
Start here · Ashford in one figure
13.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →Ashford Borough holds more than fifty thousand households, and houses outnumber flats by better than six to one.
The consequence for flooring is scale rather than style: a Godinton or Goat Lees ground floor runs hall, living room and kitchen together, so the quantity is settled before the colour is.
At a glance
Delivery
We deliver across Ashford and Kent (TN 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 Kent delivery covers: Kennington, Willesborough and Singleton and the TN postcode area
Also nearby: Canterbury, Maidstone, Hastings, Tunbridge Wells
Speak to our team 020 3858 0353Homes in Ashford
4 chapters on Ashford homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
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Detached houses edge out semis across TN23 and TN24, with terraces third – a family-housing mix rather than a flat-heavy one.
Ownership is high and private renting has drifted up only gently. Older properties out towards Charing sit on suspended timber, so lift a corner before ordering.
02/ 04
Ashford is largely an owner-occupier district, and an owner buys a floor they intend to keep, which points to Engineered Oak Wide Plank across the main living space in Bybrook or Godinton, with water-resistant LVT along the kitchen and utility side.
03/ 04
The void under a Mersham or Furley floor holds damp air while the room over it runs heated and dry, and timber cups on that difference across one winter.
Acclimatise the packs before fitting, and leave the perimeter free to move.
04/ 04
We deliver to TN23 and TN24 — Beaver, Bockhanger, Bybrook, Godinton, Goat Lees, Highfield and the newer estates at Conningbrook and Little Burton Farm.
Ashford is a district within Kent, so a two-tier authority: planning goes through Ashford Borough Council, county matters through Kent. Ownership stood at 66.4% at the 2021 census and private renting at 17.7%, up 3.4 points in a decade — a steady drift rather than the sharp swing seen further into the commuter belt. That profile favours engineered wood in the family rooms and a waterproof floor where the kitchen and utility meet. Before ordering, lift a corner of the existing floor: the older cottages around Charing sit on suspended timber, the estates east of the station on a slab.
At the 2021 census, 13.1% of households in Ashford lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 85.6% in a house or bungalow — 22.2% of all households in a terraced house.
Our picks for Ashford
Detached and semi-detached houses dominate Ashford, giving the floor area wide boards ask for, and the layered construction copes with movement over suspended timber.
In a TN24 kitchen, LVT handles spills and stays wipeable, and it sits low enough to meet an adjoining wood floor without an awkward step.
Over the suspended timber found in older Ashford properties, laminate needs a sound underlay to feel solid; it suits a rented house or a room refreshed cheaply.
Floor by floor
Every floor, room and need we deliver to Ashford, 4 of them with a note on Ashford homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor typeAshford
Cottages towards Charing: Lift a corner of the existing floor before you order anything. The older cottages out on the Charing side stand on suspended timber that has settled unevenly, and only once those boards are brought true will engineered wood sit down without complaint.
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Floor typeAshford
New estates at Conningbrook and Little Burton Farm: The newest Ashford housing, out at Conningbrook and Little Burton Farm, went up on a slab rather than joists. Ground like that takes SPC or porcelain tiles with no preparation beyond a moisture check, which is the opposite of what the older streets ask for.
Room
RoomAshford
Where the kitchen runs into the utility: In plenty of Ashford houses the kitchen and the utility are one continuous space, and they are best floored as a single job. LVT carried through the opening keeps one level underfoot, and the material itself does not absorb what a washing machine lets go.
RoomAshford
Family living rooms: Most Ashford households own their home, and the shift towards renting here has been gradual rather than abrupt. A living room floor in that market is picked by the person who will live on it, which is the case for engineered oak over a properly levelled base.
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Room
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Room
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Yes, and TN23 runs further out than the town centre does: Park Farm North, Kingsnorth Village and Bridgefield are all on the round. Orders here come as a pallet rather than a stack of boxes, so name the hard standing it can go on at checkout.
Measure at the doors before you look at boards. In the older terraces of Norman ward and East Stour the doors sit close to the old floor, so underlay height decides the plank: a shallow one under engineered oak clears them, a deep acoustic mat does not.
Samples reach any TN23 or TN24 address. A swatch in the hand under-reads what a wide plank does across a whole Ashford ground floor, so stand two beside each other and judge them from the doorway rather than close up.
Local facts
8 figures for Ashford from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
13.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
For your floorUsually a concrete slab. The lease may name an acoustic underlay; read it before you order.
Households living in a flat, maisonette or apartment in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
10.8%
live in a purpose-built block of flats
Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
63.4%
live in a detached or semi-detached house
For your floorTimber or slab, depending on age. On a slab, check the damp proof membrane first.
Households living in a detached or semi-detached house in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
22.2%
live in a terraced house
For your floorOften suspended timber on the ground floor: level and ventilate it before a floor goes down.
Households living in a terraced house in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
53,580
households in Ashford
Households in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Who lives here
17.7%
of households rent privately
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.
Households renting privately in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford (E07000105), 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
66.4%
own their home
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford (E07000105), 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
14.0%
rent from a council or housing association
Households renting from a council or housing association in Ashford, Census 2021. Area: Ashford (E07000105), 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
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 Ashford of the same age and type.
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