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Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Flooring and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Gloucester homes, delivered across Gloucestershire with samples at £1.99.
Two homes in five in Gloucester are semi-detached, a higher share than anywhere else in the county.
Private renting has climbed by almost four points in a decade while ownership fell, and most of that movement is in Barton and Tredworth rather than in the newer estates.
We deliver across Gloucester and the wider Gloucestershire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Stroud, the Forest of Dean, Cinderford, Lydney, Newent and surrounding Severn Vale. Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Our Gloucestershire delivery covers: Gloucester city centre, Quedgeley, Hucclecote, Tuffley, Longlevens, Barnwood, Abbeydale, Abbeymead, Kingsway, Tredworth, Linden, Podsmead, Matson, Robinswood, Brockworth, Churchdown, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Cinderford, Lydney, Newent, Coleford and surrounding Forest of Dean and Severn Vale
4 chapters on Gloucester homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
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The homes of Gloucester
Gloucester combines historic cathedral-area properties with extensive Victorian and Edwardian terraces around the city centre, and large modern developments at Quedgeley, Abbeymead and Kingsway.
The recently regenerated Docks area has added contemporary waterside apartments, while suburbs like Longlevens and Hucclecote remain popular with families seeking value over neighbouring Cheltenham.
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Floors that suit Gloucester
Engineered oak in mid-tones is the bestseller across Gloucester’s family suburbs, balancing quality and value.
LVT vinyl dominates kitchens and bathrooms, particularly in newer Quedgeley and Kingsway developments. Laminate remains the workhorse choice for the city’s significant buy-to-let market.
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Local conditions in Gloucester
Much of Gloucester is interwar semi, and in that plan the hall runs to a step down into a kitchen added later.
The step is where two subfloors of different ages meet, and it is settled before a material is chosen.
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18.2%live in a flat or maisonette
14.7%live in a purpose-built block of flats
Gloucester in detail
Semi-detached houses make up 39.6% of the stock recorded for Gloucester, with terraces at 20.7% and purpose-built flats at 14.7%.
Owner occupation has slipped from 67.2% in 2011 to 63.9%, while private renting has moved up to 21.3%. Rented homes tend to be refitted between tenancies rather than lived through, which argues for a hard-wearing wear layer and a fitting method that lets one damaged plank come out without disturbing the rest. Across GL1, GL2 and GL4 — Barton and Tredworth, Coney Hill, Barnwood, Abbeymead and Hardwicke among them — the question at survey is whether the ground floor is solid or timber, because one wants a moisture reading and the other wants levelling before anything goes down.
At the 2021 census, 18.2% of households in Gloucester lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 81.3% in a house or bungalow — 20.7% of all households in a terraced house.
Rental Properties: Gloucester’s buy-to-let market demands durable, low-maintenance flooring. Laminate and LVT are the most cost-effective options across multiple rooms, both easy to refresh between tenancies.
Hallways: Engineered oak in consistent warm tones creates inviting first impressions in Gloucester family homes. For period properties near the cathedral, herringbone parquet adds a pattern in keeping with the period.
Kitchens: LVT vinyl is a common kitchen choice across Gloucester, waterproof, easy to clean and realistic enough to carry on into open-plan living areas without a change of floor. Standard in most Quedgeley and Kingsway new-builds.
Living Rooms: Gloucester family homes favour engineered oak in mid-tone, brushed finishes. Wide planks (150mm+) suit the through-lounges typical of Longlevens and Hucclecote Edwardian and 1930s properties.
Yes, to Gloucester and across Gloucestershire — the GL postcodes covering Kingsholm and Wotton, Barton and Tredworth, Podsmead, Tuffley, Matson and Robinswood, Longlevens, Hucclecote, Abbeydale, Elmbridge and Quedgeley.
What flooring works best for Gloucester family homes?
In an interwar semi the two halves of the ground floor are rarely the same age or the same height. Get the levels and the junction agreed first; after that a hard-wearing laminate, LVT or engineered board all work, and the choice comes down to traffic.
Which flooring is best for Gloucester rental properties?
In a let it is the hall and the kitchen that take the wear, and they should be specified for it even if the bedrooms are kept simple. A hard surface layer through those two rooms outlasts a deeper, softer board everywhere.
Local facts
Local facts: Gloucester
9 figures for Gloucester from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
18.2%
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 Gloucester, Census 2021. Area: Gloucester (E07000081), 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
63.9%
own their home
Gloucester63.9%
In 201167.2%
Source
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Gloucester, Census 2021. Area: Gloucester (E07000081), 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
13.6%
rent from a council or housing association
Gloucester13.6%
In 201113.3%
Source
Households renting from a council or housing association in Gloucester, Census 2021. Area: Gloucester (E07000081), 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 Gloucester
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 Gloucester of the same age and type.
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