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New-town terraces, flats and screeds
Just 0.2% of Basildon dwellings predate 1919, 141st of 141 towns. What the new town's terraces, blocks, lets and surface water mean for choosing a floor.
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Before you choose a floor in Basildon
0.2%
built before 1919
141st highest of 141 towns
VOA, 2025-03-31 · all local facts →Just 0.2% of the dwellings in Basildon were built before 1919, which leaves the town 141st of 141 towns on this measure; across England and Wales the figure is 20.8%.
Much of the standard British advice on old floors starts from boards on joists above a ventilated void, the ground floor that housing of that age commonly has. In Basildon that advice fits very few front doors. The town you are buying a floor for was planned after the Second World War and filled in decade by decade, so the useful question is not whether the airbricks are clear but which decade your street belongs to.
The answer changes what may sit under the carpet you are about to lift, how the room is shaped and who hears your footsteps.
Read the 7 chapters on Basildon homes See all 16 local facts
At a glance
Basildon at a glance
Homes in Basildon
7 chapters on Basildon homes and what they ask of a floor · about 4 min read
01/ 07
- 2.4%built before 1940
Designated in January 1949, built in phases
The Basildon New Town (Designation) Order was made on 4 January 1949 under the New Towns Act, 1946. Essex County Council's design guide calls the result a Mark 1 New Town and says it went up in successive phases spread across 50 years. Before 1940 only 2.4% of today's dwellings existed, 139th of 141 towns, while England and Wales stand at 35.4%.
For a floor, that history is practical rather than nostalgic. Which rooms stand above which, and what the joists are made of, follows the age of a house, and the period-homes guidance on ventilated timber ground floors describes a stock that Basildon barely has. Before ordering, find out the decade of your house from the deeds, the estate or a neighbour, then look at the floor itself instead of assuming.
02/ 07
- 8.5%built 1945 to 1954
- 20.7%built 1973 to 1982
Through-lounges of 1973 to 1982, solid floors of the 1950s
Dwellings built from 1973 to 1982 make up 20.7% of Basildon's stock, 5th of 141 towns and well above the 8.9% recorded for England and Wales. The living-rooms guide sets the 1970s through-lounge, one room from the front window to the back, against the Victorian front room and finds that they ask different things of a floor: here it is one continuous surface with light from both ends. Plan the board direction along the length of the room before anything else.
An older layer sits beneath that. 8.5% of dwellings date from 1945 to 1954, above the 6.4% for England and Wales. A solid floor laid in those mid-century years may have no damp-proof membrane at all, and no wood floor should go down on it until you know. A moisture test of the base comes before any choice of colour or plank.
03/ 07
- 43.8%in a terraced house
- 22.0%in a purpose-built flat
Rows of terraces and purpose-built blocks
Terraced houses are home to 43.8% of Basildon households, 7th of 151 towns, against 23.2% in England and Wales. The guide on wet floors makes a point that matters in a town of terraces: which rooms get wet, and how often, is not the same in a terrace with one bathroom as in a house with three. A single bathroom means every shower lands on one floor.
Purpose-built blocks of flats or tenements house 22.0% of households, compared with 16.7% for England and Wales. The separating floor of a purpose-built flat is held to stricter airborne and impact sound figures than one formed by converting a house, and the covering you lay becomes part of what the flat below hears. In a block, choose the underlay by its stated impact figure first and the surface second.
04/ 07
- 30.0%rent socially
Council and housing association homes
30.0% of Basildon households rent from a council or housing association, 5th of 151 towns and far above the 17.1% for England and Wales. In a let, a floor is judged on how it comes through a change of tenant, and on how much damage a slow leak can do before anyone reports it.
In a let, the rentals guide observes, a washing machine leaks or a shower overflows and nobody reports it straight away. A floor that takes on no water turns that into a drying job; one that swells turns it into a replacement and an empty property. If you are a landlord, or a tenant allowed to change the floor, wet rooms deserve that test before anything else.
05/ 07
Surface water risk across Basildon borough
Measured across the whole borough, 38.8% of homes are in areas at high, medium or low risk of surface water flooding, 1st of 135 towns and against 14.3% for England. This is water that gathers on the ground after rain, not a river breaking its banks, and it reaches a house from the outside, by the door.
Here the glossary draws a distinction worth keeping in mind. A covering whose material does not absorb water is not an installation that keeps water out: a plank listed as waterproof still lets water reach the subfloor through an open joint or the perimeter gap. Near the back door, in the kitchen and in a ground-floor flat, choose a floor listed as waterproof for the spill, and do not count on any floor to stop standing water.
06/ 07
- 0.5listed entries per 1,000 homes
Noak Bridge: a conservation area since 1996
Basildon District Council designated Noak Bridge, Basildon, as a conservation area with effect from January 1996. The parish council's character appraisal describes its houses south-west of Bridge Street and around the school and green as brick, white painted timber, white or black timber cladding and render.
Conservation-area rules concern the outside of a building, so a new floor inside one of these houses is not what the designation addresses. The facade is also a poor guide to the floor: cladding and render tell you nothing about the base, and whatever you lay on top inherits the condition of what is underneath. Listing barely touches the town either, with 0.5 listed building entries per 1,000 dwellings, 135th of 135 towns, against 14.7 for England.
07/ 07
- 10.0%built 2009 or later
Recent estates, new screeds and slow housebuilding
Dwellings built in 2009 or later account for 10.0% of the stock, a little below the 11.8% for England and Wales. Across the borough, new homes completed in the year to March 2026 came to 4.2 per 1,000 dwellings, against 5.5 for England, and a government letter of July 2026 gives the council's Housing Delivery Test score as 35% in 2023.
Fewer new homes do not make the new-build question go away for the buyer of one. A fresh screed looks finished long before it is: flat, pale and firm underfoot while still the wettest thing in the building. Its drying allowance is a planning figure, telling you when to start testing, not that the screed is dry. Test before any floor goes down, and if the house has underfloor heating, let it be run up and down as its commissioning requires first.
Floor by floor
Each kind of floor, read against Basildon homes
19 floors, rooms and needs, each with a note written for Basildon homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor types
Floor typeBasildon
Engineered Wood
On a mid-century solid floor, find out whether there is a damp-proof membrane before deciding to float engineered oak or glue it.
Floor typeBasildon
Solid Wood
With listed buildings this rare in Basildon, solid boards are seldom a consent matter; the dryness of the base decides instead.
Floor typeBasildon
Parquet
With so few pre-war homes in Basildon, original parquet to restore is rare, so a new parquet floor starts with testing the base it is bonded to.
Floor typeBasildon
Laminate
Laid in a purpose-built block, laminate needs an underlay with a stated impact figure, because the flat below hears every step.
Floor typeBasildon
LVT Vinyl
For a council or housing association home, vinyl listed as waterproof keeps an unreported leak a drying job rather than a refit.
Floor typeBasildon
SPC Rigid Vinyl
With surface water risk high across the borough, a rigid core listed as waterproof handles spills, though water can still reach the subfloor at the joints.
Rooms
RoomBasildon
Hallway
Grit and rain from the street land first on the hall floor of a terrace, so the hardest-wearing rating in the home belongs there.
RoomBasildon
Kitchen
A kitchen floor in a family terrace meets water at the sink and the washing machine, which argues for one that takes on no water.
RoomBasildon
Living Room
A through-lounge is one long room from front to back, so a living-room floor here is chosen to run unbroken under both windows.
RoomBasildon
Bedroom
Bedrooms take the least wear in a house, so in a Basildon terrace the budget held back upstairs can go to the hall and kitchen.
RoomBasildon
Bathroom
A terrace with a single bathroom puts every shower on one floor, so that floor sees more water than a bathroom in a house with three.
RoomBasildon
Utility Room
A washing machine leak in a rented home can go unnoticed for days, so the utility floor should be one that takes on no water.
RoomBasildon
Conservatory
A glazed room added to a post-war house still swings between hot afternoons and frosty nights, and its floor is chosen for that swing.
Patterns & needs
Pattern or needBasildon
Herringbone
In a through-lounge of the 1970s, a herringbone floor shows its axis along the whole room, so set it out from the longer wall.
Pattern or needBasildon
Chevron
A chevron floor in a Noak Bridge house depends on the base, not on the village-style front, so check it for flatness first.
Pattern or needBasildon
Waterproof
Floors listed as waterproof resist the spill at the sink; standing water from outside still finds the perimeter gap, so plan the threshold too.
Pattern or needBasildon
Underfloor Heating
On the screed of a recent Basildon home, heating goes on only once tests show the screed dry, not when the allowance runs out.
Pattern or needBasildon
Pet-Friendly
Where a dog shares a terraced house, wet paws from the garden reach the floor before anything else, so choose for water as well as claws.
Pattern or needBasildon
Grey
A grey floor looks different in a through-lounge lit from both ends than in a single-aspect room, so judge a sample in the room itself.
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Questions about flooring in Basildon
How likely is a ventilated timber ground floor in a Basildon house?
Much less likely than in an older town. Only 0.2% of dwellings here were built before 1919 and 2.4% before 1940, against 20.8% and 35.4% across England and Wales, so check your own floor rather than assume either way.
Does the Noak Bridge conservation area control a new floor inside a house?
No. Its rules concern the outside of buildings. Listing is rare across the town too, at 0.5 entries per 1,000 dwellings.
What matters most when laying a hard floor in a Basildon flat?
The underlay. 22.0% of households live in a purpose-built block of flats or tenement, where the separating floor is held to strict sound figures, so pick an underlay with a stated impact figure.
Why do Basildon lets need floors that take on no water?
Because leaks in a let are found late. 30.0% of households rent from a council or housing association, and on a floor that absorbs nothing an unreported leak stays a drying job.
Does surface water risk in the borough change which floor to buy?
It changes what to expect of it. 38.8% of homes across the borough are in areas at high, medium or low risk of surface water flooding; a floor listed as waterproof handles spills, but no installation keeps standing water away from the subfloor.
Local facts
Local facts: Basildon
16 facts from the census, the Met Office, the council and other public records, each with what it means for a floor in Basildon and where it comes from.
When they were built
0.2%
built before 1919
Basildon0.2%England and Wales20.8%141st highest of 141 towns
For your floorWith almost none of Basildon's dwellings older than 1919, the ventilated timber ground floor of that era is the exception here, not the starting point.
Source
Dwellings built before 1919. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025, table CTSOP4.1 (build period). Data: 2025-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
2.4%
built before 1940
Basildon2.4%England and Wales35.4%139th highest of 141 towns
For your floorPre-war houses whose floors depend on clear airbricks are a small remnant of Basildon's stock, so that check applies to few homes.
Source
Dwellings built before 1940. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025, table CTSOP4.1 (build period). Data: 2025-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
8.5%
built 1945 to 1954
Basildon8.5%England and Wales6.4%40th highest of 141 towns
For your floorBasildon's homes from 1945 to 1954 may have solid floors without a damp-proof membrane, which must be known before wood goes down.
Source
Dwellings built 1945 to 1954. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025, table CTSOP4.1 (build period). Data: 2025-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
20.7%
built 1973 to 1982
Basildon20.7%England and Wales8.9%5th highest of 141 towns
For your floorThe large share of Basildon homes from 1973 to 1982 brings the through-lounge, a long room that asks for one continuous floor.
Source
Dwellings built 1973 to 1982. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025, table CTSOP4.1 (build period). Data: 2025-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
10.0%
built 2009 or later
Basildon10.0%England and Wales11.8%80th highest of 141 towns
For your floorBasildon's homes from 2009 onwards have a different floor beneath the floor from the older estates, and checks start there.
Source
Dwellings built 2009 or later. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025, table CTSOP4.1 (build period). Data: 2025-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
4.2 per 1,000 dwellings
New homes completed in the year per 1,000 existing homes
Basildon4.2England5.576th highest of 135 towns
For your floorEach newly completed home in Basildon borough comes with a screed that looks ready well before it is dry.
Source
New homes completed in the year per 1,000 existing homes. Area: Basildon local authority. MHCLG, Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply, Table 253 "Permanent dwellings started and completed, by tenure and district", sheet FY_2025_26, column "All Completions" (building control reported, rounded to the nearest 10 by MHCLG); per 1,000 dwellings in Live Table 125 (dwelling stock at 31 March 2025). Data: 2025-04-01/2026-03-31 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
Who lives here
30.0%
rent socially
Basildon30.0%England and Wales17.1%5th highest of 151 towns
For your floorIn Basildon's large council and housing association sector, a floor that takes on no water limits the damage of leaks reported late.
Source
Households renting from a council or housing association. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
Heritage & plans
0.5
listed entries per 1,000 homes
Basildon0.5England14.7135th highest of 135 towns
For your floorListed building consent for lifting original floors concerns very few Basildon homes, given how rare listed entries are here.
Source
Listed building entries per 1,000 dwellings. Area: Basildon built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). Historic England, National Heritage List for England, listed building entries. Data: 2026-09-21 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
Building period
The Minister of Town and Country Planning made the Basildon New Town (Designation) Order on 4 January 1949 under the New Towns Act, 1946, designating the site of a proposed new town in Essex.
For your floorThe 1949 designation dates the town's housing to the post-war decades, which sets what its floors and joists are likely to be made of.
Source
Area: Basildon New Town designated area (then in the Urban Districts of Billericay and Thurrock, Essex). Basildon New Town (Designation) Order, 1949 (notice under the New Towns Act, 1946). Data: notice dated 7 January 1949 (order made 4 January 1949) · retrieved 2026-10-21.
When they were built
Building period
Essex County Council's design guide describes Basildon town as a Mark 1 New Town, designated in 1949 and built in a number of phases over 50 years.
For your floorBecause Basildon was built in phases across decades, the age of a street, and so its floor structure, differs from estate to estate.
Source
Area: Basildon town (Basildon Borough, Essex). Essex Local Authorities: Basildon (Essex Design Guide). Data: web page, page updated 29/08/2019 (content as retrieved 2026-10-21) · retrieved 2026-10-21.
Heritage & plans
Conservation areas
Basildon District Council designated Noak Bridge, Basildon, as a conservation area with effect from January 1996.
For your floorThe Noak Bridge designation governs the outside of its houses, so a new floor inside is not what the conservation area addresses.
Source
Area: Noak Bridge conservation area, Basildon. Noak Bridge Conservation Area: notice of designation (Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990). Data: Gazette of 9 February 1996 (notice dated February 1996; designation with effect from January 1996) · retrieved 2026-10-21.
Heritage & plans
Construction and materials
The character appraisal names brick, white painted timber, white or black timber cladding and render in neutral colours as the main materials of the houses south-west of Bridge Street and around the school and green.
For your floorBrick, timber cladding and render describe Noak Bridge facades, not floors, so the base under an existing floor has to be checked directly.
Source
Area: Noak Bridge character areas 1 and 4 (south-west of Bridge Street; the school and green), Basildon. Noak Bridge Character Appraisal to support the Noak Bridge Neighbourhood Plan (V1.8). Data: V1.8, updated June 2024 (neighbourhood plan evidence; states that it does not supersede the council's adopted conservation area appraisal) · retrieved 2026-10-21.
When they were built
New homes planned
The Minister of State for Housing and Planning's letter of July 2026 gives the council's latest Housing Delivery Test score as 35% in 2023, which it says places the council among the poorest performers nationally.
For your floorWhere new Basildon homes are delivered, each new screed's drying allowance only says when to test, not that it is dry.
Source
Area: Basildon Borough (Basildon Borough Council area). Basildon Borough Council local plan intervention letter. Data: letter of 21 July 2026 · retrieved 2026-10-21.
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