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Flooring Across Hertfordshire

Engineered and solid oak, parquet, rigid vinyl and laminate, delivered to Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin and St Albans and 3 more Hertfordshire towns, with samples at £1.99.

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Delivered across Hertfordshire: AL, HP, SG, WD postcodes

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Start here · Hertfordshire in one figure

Before you choose a floor in Hertfordshire

17.1%

of households rent privately

From 14.3% in Dacorum to 28.2% in Watford

ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →
Hertfordshire 17.1%Each square is 1% of homes

Four postcode groups cover this stretch of the commuter belt, and the towns inside them were not built at the same time or in the same way.

Some were laid out whole – a garden city, a post-war new town, streets finished to one drawing within a generation. Others grew slowly around a market place older than all of it.

Planned towns brought concrete ground floors and a repeating layout: neighbours share a build period, so what is found under one house is a fair guide to the next, and one specification can run through a whole managed street. Purpose-built blocks sit on slabs under a lease that sets the acoustic minimum. The older cores keep boards over joists, and no two alike.

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At a glance

Hertfordshire at a glance

24.3%live in a flat or maisonetteWhat it means 46.8%live in a detached or semi-detached houseWhat it means 62.3%own their homeSource and detail 28.6%live in a terraced houseWhat it means Every figure with its source in Local facts

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Town by town across Hertfordshire

  • Town

    Hemel Hempstead

    Census results here are published for Dacorum, the district Hemel Hempstead belongs to, where terraced dwellings make up 29.8% and purpose-built flats 20.6%.
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  • Town

    Hitchin

    Hitchin covers SG4 and SG5 — Hitchin Bearton, Highbury, Oughton and Priory, with Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley, Codicote and Kimpton, and Cadwell around them.
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  • Town

    St Albans

    Hertfordshire sets the administrative frame, and AL1 and AL3 reach Batchwood, Bernards Heath, Sopwell, St Peters and Verulam.
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  • Town

    Stevenage

    At 46.1%, terraced homes dominate Stevenage far more than the 19.5% semi-detached and 11.9% detached shares suggest, with purpose-built flats at 20.1%.
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  • Town

    Watford

    Within Hertfordshire, Watford leans towards flats more than most: 36.5% of dwellings, 28.8% of them in purpose-built blocks.
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  • Town

    Welwyn Garden City

    Welwyn Garden City covers AL7 and AL8 with AL6 and AL9 alongside, taking in Handside, Haldens, Cunningham and across to Hatfield.
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In figures

How the Hertfordshire towns compare

The figures for the council area each of our 6 Hertfordshire towns lies in, from the 2021 census. Across them we deliver to 17 postcode districts.

TownIn a flatTerraced houseDetached or semiOwn their homeRent privately
Hemel HempsteadDacorum council area23.3%29.8%46.3%63.9%14.3%
HitchinNorth Hertfordshire council area20.0%24.6%54.8%64.8%15.4%
St Albans23.0%20.0%56.5%70.9%16.3%
Stevenage22.4%46.1%31.4%57.0%15.0%
Watford36.5%24.8%38.6%55.1%28.2%
Welwyn Garden CityWelwyn Hatfield council area23.4%32.1%44.3%56.6%16.4%

ONS, Census 2021: accommodation type (TS044) and tenure (TS054), share of households, by local authority (Dacorum E07000096, North Hertfordshire E07000099, St Albans E07000240, Stevenage E07000243, Watford E07000103, Welwyn Hatfield E07000241). The longest bar in each column is the highest figure.

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Questions

Flooring in Hertfordshire: FAQs

Do you deliver flooring across Hertfordshire?

Yes – we deliver into all four postcode groups: the WD districts around Watford, AL through St Albans and Welwyn Garden City, SG for Stevenage and Hitchin, HP across Hemel Hempstead. The villages between them are on the same runs – Codicote, Kimpton, Wymondley, Carpenders Park. Give the postcode at checkout and the address does the rest.

Which flooring is most popular in Hertfordshire?

Engineered oak where the household owns and means to stay – it sits over a slab without the seasonal movement solid boards show. For the large managed and let stock, we recommend a click-fitted LVT with a heavy wear layer: one damaged plank lifts out and is replaced without relaying the room.

Can I order flooring samples in Hertfordshire?

Yes. Look at them in the room they are for: a garden-city living room facing north and a top-floor flat with light on three sides will not show the same oak the same way. Leave one down over the weekend before deciding; a board that convinces under a bulb can disappoint by daylight.

How many samples can I order?

Up to 10 samples per order, and up to 2 of any one product, at £1.99 each, posted to any address in Hertfordshire.

Local facts

Local facts: Hertfordshire

8 figures from the 2021 census for the 6 council areas of our Hertfordshire towns, combined and weighted by households, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.

  • Homes

    24.3%

    live in a flat or maisonette

    From 20.0% in North Hertfordshire to 36.5% in Watford

    For your floorUsually a concrete slab. The lease may name an acoustic underlay; read it before you order.

    Source

    Households living in a flat, maisonette or apartment in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Homes

    20.7%

    live in a purpose-built block of flats

    From 17.1% in North Hertfordshire to 28.8% in Watford

    Source

    Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Homes

    46.8%

    live in a detached or semi-detached house

    From 31.4% in Stevenage to 56.5% in St Albans

    For your floorTimber or slab, depending on age. On a slab, check the damp proof membrane first.

    Source

    Households living in a detached or semi-detached house in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Homes

    28.6%

    live in a terraced house

    From 20.0% in St Albans to 46.1% in Stevenage

    For your floorOften suspended timber on the ground floor: level and ventilate it before a floor goes down.

    Source

    Households living in a terraced house in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Homes

    301,485

    households in the 6 council areas

    Source

    Households in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Who lives here

    17.1%

    of households rent privately

    From 14.3% in Dacorum to 28.2% in Watford

    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 Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Who lives here

    62.3%

    own their home

    From 55.1% in Watford to 70.9% in St Albans

    Source

    Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

  • Who lives here

    19.5%

    rent from a council or housing association

    From 12.2% in St Albans to 26.3% in Stevenage

    Source

    Households renting from a council or housing association in Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield combined, Census 2021. Area: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield (6 local authorities, combined). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. Combined by us from the figure for each local authority, weighted by its number of households.

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Towns we deliver to in Hertfordshire

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