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Premium Flooring in Durham
Solid Oak Hand-Scraped, Herringbone Parquet Oak and LVT Vinyl Flooring: the floors we recommend for Durham homes, delivered across County Durham with samples at £1.99.
More of Durham is terraced than most of the north east, better than a third of households, with Gilesgate, Elvet, Framwellgate and Neville's Cross close in and the former pit villages at Sacriston, Brandon, Deerness and Shotton around them.
In houses of that age, what is already on the floor is often not the first thing to have been laid there.
We deliver across Durham and the wider County Durham area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Stanley, Consett, Sedgefield and surrounding County Durham. Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Our County Durham delivery covers: Durham city centre, Gilesgate, Crossgate, Neville’s Cross, Sherburn, Bowburn, Pity Me, Belmont, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall, Brandon, Langley Moor, Meadowfield, Ushaw Moor, Coxhoe, Bearpark, Witton Gilbert, Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Stanley, Consett, Sedgefield and surrounding County Durham
4 chapters on Durham homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
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The homes of Durham
Durham combines internationally significant Cathedral and Castle UNESCO heritage with elegant Georgian and Victorian townhouses around the historic core, substantial family homes in Crossgate and Neville’s Cross, plus university-quarter properties in Gilesgate.
The Cathedral, Castle, top-ranked university and proximity to Newcastle drive premium values in this exceptionally architecturally significant city.
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Floors that suit Durham
Solid oak in hand-scraped finishes and engineered oak in warm smoked tones lead Durham’s premium renovations, particularly in Cathedral-area townhouses and Crossgate properties.
Herringbone parquet is the standout upgrade for premium townhouse hallways, while LVT and laminate dominate the substantial Durham University student rental market.
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Local conditions in Durham
Lifting the old covering, the adhesive under it, the disposal and a look at what lies beneath all belong in the quotation rather than in the surprise afterwards.
What is there now is rarely the first thing to have been laid in these houses.
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5.4%live in a flat or maisonette
35.4%live in a terraced house
Durham in detail
These census figures are reported for County Durham as a whole, the unitary authority the area sits in, and they show a housing profile with almost no flats in it: 5.4%, against 38.2% semi-detached and 35.4% terraced.
DH1 and DH99 reach Belmont, Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, Framwellgate & Newton Hall, Neville's Cross and Sacriston & Witton Gilbert. Long terraced rows generally sit on suspended timber ground floors, where airbricks left unblocked and a proper level survey decide the result: three millimetres of dip across a room is enough to open joints in a floating system. Social renting stands at 20.0% and ownership at 62.5%, down from 65.8% ten years earlier, and rented stock tends towards formats that can be replaced quickly.
At the 2021 census, 5.4% of households in County Durham lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 94.4% in a house or bungalow — 35.4% of all households in a terraced house.
Hallways: Herringbone parquet is the defining first impression for Durham’s premium townhouses, creating an immediate sense of quality befitting the city’s heritage. For family homes, engineered oak carries one tone through the ground floor.
Kitchens: Durham kitchens often blend heritage and contemporary styling. Porcelain stone-effect tiles suit traditional schemes; LVT in oak designs offers a warmer alternative for renovated period homes.
Townhouse Reception Rooms: Durham’s Cathedral-area Georgian and Victorian townhouses suit solid oak in hand-scraped finishes, in wide planks (200mm+). Herringbone parquet echoes original patterns found in many premium properties.
Yes, to Durham and across County Durham — DH1 covering Elvet, Gilesgate and Shincliffe, Framwellgate and Newton Hall, Neville's Cross, Belmont, Pittington and Sherburn, Sacriston and Witton Gilbert, Brandon, Deerness, and Easington and Shotton.
What flooring suits Durham’s Cathedral-area heritage properties?
In the older Cathedral-quarter houses, one caution outranks the choice of board: small floor tiles and the black adhesive under them, in properties of a certain age, can contain asbestos. They must not be broken up, sanded or drilled — work stops and someone qualified assesses them.
Which flooring is best for Durham University student rentals?
Student lets are refitted in one short summer window, and what is found under the old floor is what sets the timetable. Book the survey before the tenancy ends rather than after, so the removal and any levelling are priced and planned before the keys come back.
Local facts
Local facts: Durham
8 figures for Durham from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
5.4%
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 County Durham, Census 2021. Area: County Durham (E06000047), 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
62.5%
own their home
Durham62.5%
In 201165.8%
Source
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in County Durham, Census 2021. Area: County Durham (E06000047), 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
20.0%
rent from a council or housing association
Durham20.0%
In 201120.1%
Source
Households renting from a council or housing association in County Durham, Census 2021. Area: County Durham (E06000047), 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 Durham
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 Durham of the same age and type.
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