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Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Gravesend homes, delivered across Kent with samples at £1.99.
Delivered to Gravesend: DA11 to DA12
Start here · Gravesend in one figure
19.1%
of households rent privately
ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →Better than one home in three across DA11 and DA12 has its floor chosen by a landlord or a housing association rather than by whoever walks on it, and social renting here sits where the previous census left it.
That changes the brief: hard-wearing, and replaceable a plank at a time.
Read the 4 chapters on Gravesend homes See all 8 local facts
At a glance
Delivery
We deliver across Gravesend and Kent (DA 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: Northfleet, Istead Rise and Riverview Park and the DA postcode area
Also nearby: Dartford, Basildon, Brentwood, Maidstone
Speak to our team 020 3858 0353Homes in Gravesend
4 chapters on Gravesend homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
01/ 04
The terraced stock here dates from the years when Gravesend and Northfleet were cement and paper towns, and it comes with suspended timber ground floors above an open void, frequently not level.
Semi-detached houses account for a similar share of the town. Preparation decides how the finished floor sits.
02/ 04
Owner-occupation is the majority tenure across DA11 and DA12, which is the argument for spending on the subfloor as well as the surface.
Engineered Oak Wide Plank rewards that order of work; laid over an unlevelled timber floor it will look no better than the base beneath it.
03/ 04
A Northfleet or Denton ground floor sits on joists above a void open to outside air, so warmth leaves downwards and the boards read cold underfoot.
Underlay thickness and a properly closed perimeter are thermal decisions here, not only acoustic ones.
04/ 04
We deliver to DA11 and DA12 — Northfleet and Springhead, Coldharbour and Perry Street, Painters Ash, Denton, Chalk, and out to Higham and Shorne.
Gravesend sits in Gravesham, a Kent district. Ownership was 62.2% at the 2021 census and private renting 19.1%, a little above the national figure. Gravesend and Northfleet were cement and paper towns, and much of the terraced housing dates from that period: suspended timber ground floors, often over a void, frequently not level. The levelling is the part people underestimate, and it is also the part that determines whether the finished floor looks right. Budget for the base as well as the boards.
At the 2021 census, 20.2% of households in Gravesham lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 79.4% in a house or bungalow — 30.0% of all households in a terraced house.
Our picks for Gravesend
Oak carries a semi at Istead Rise or Higham well, but the suspended timber underneath has to be firm and flat before a wide board goes over it.
Water-resistant and shallow, it copes with a base that is not quite flat better than a rigid plank, though a levelled floor still gives the better result.
The cheaper way to cover a whole ground floor, which suits a let in Painters Ash; over an unlevelled void it will flex and click, so prepare first.
Floor by floor
Every floor, room and need we deliver to Gravesend, 4 of them with a note on Gravesend homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor typeGravesend
The base under a Northfleet terrace: Terraces from the cement and paper years stand on timber over an open void, and floors of that sort are seldom true any longer. Levelling one means sheet ply screwed down rather than anything poured, and it belongs on the quote as its own line before engineered wood is priced.
Floor type
Floor type
Floor typeGravesend
Rooms with daylight down their length: Whether a floor here looks right is settled before a single board arrives. Light travelling along a room finds each dip left in the base, and no amount of grain on laminate or engineered oak covers a hollow once that light crosses it.
Floor typeGravesend
Rented homes in DA11 and DA12: Renting privately in Gravesham sits above the national figure, and the shortcut in a let is to float something cheap over boards nobody straightened. It gives way at the joints first: LVT wants as flat a base as timber does, and reports every hollow under it.
Floor typeRoom
RoomGravesend
Kitchens and utility rooms over a void: A void beneath the floor hides a slow leak instead of showing it, so in a Gravesend kitchen the joints do the work of holding water on top. LVT takes up no water itself, yet an open seam hands whatever is spilt straight to the joists.
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Contact usQuestions
Yes: Gravesham reaches further than Gravesend does, and so does the round, taking in Singlewell, Cobham and Luddesdown as well as the closer wards. Packs are heavy and come off the van at the kerb, so tell us if the street parks tight.
Settle what still has to be reachable under the boards. A terrace in Rosherville or the Town ward keeps its stopcock and pipe runs in the void, so the floor above wants a click joint: LVT, or engineered oak, rather than a board glued down.
Yes, samples come to any DA11 or DA12 address, and they are best settled while the ply is still going down. Hold one against the skirting in the room's own light; a shade that suits a Pelham front room can look wrong in a back kitchen.
Local facts
8 figures for Gravesend from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
20.2%
live in a flat or maisonette
For your floorUsually a concrete slab. The lease may name an acoustic underlay; read it before you order.
Households living in a flat, maisonette or apartment in Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
16.2%
live in a purpose-built block of flats
Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
49.5%
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 Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
30.0%
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 Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
41,724
households in Gravesham
Households in Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Who lives here
19.1%
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 Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham (E07000109), 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
62.2%
own their home
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham (E07000109), 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
17.4%
rent from a council or housing association
Households renting from a council or housing association in Gravesham, Census 2021. Area: Gravesham (E07000109), 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 Gravesend of the same age and type.
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