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Nottingham floors meet inter-war estates and bungalows, terraces with or without a hall, a big rented sector, flats and river flood risk.
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Before you choose a floor in Nottingham
11.9%
built 1919 to 1929
3rd highest of 141 towns
VOA, 2025-03-31 · all local facts →11.9% of the dwellings in Nottingham date from the years 1919 to 1929, 3rd highest of 141 towns, while England and Wales stands at 4.8%.
The years that followed the First World War left an unusually large mark here. After the Addison Act of 1919, Nottingham committed itself to better working-class homes, and the Sutton Passeys appraisal traces one council estate from that effort, begun in 1926 with bungalows, the Crane Houses.
A home of that decade stands at the close of the period in which suspended timber ground floors were common, so the first task is to find out whether yours has one. Everything below reads the city's terraces, lets, flats and flood risk in the same way.
Read the 7 chapters on Nottingham homes See all 19 local facts
Homes in Nottingham
7 chapters on Nottingham homes and what they ask of a floor · about 5 min read
01/ 07
- 4.9%bungalows
After the Addison Act: Nottingham homes from 1919 to 1929 and what lies under them
The Sutton Passeys appraisal sets out part of the story. Once the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act was in force, the city earmarked several sites for working-class housing. Land on the Wollaton Park Estate, which the City Council bought in 1924, came next, and the estate built there is now the Sutton Passeys conservation area.
A home from these years sits where two ways of building a ground floor meet. Timber boards over a ventilated void were common in British housing up to about then; a solid floor is the other possibility, for example where a kitchen or hall was relaid on concrete later. The dwelling counts cannot tell you which you have. Over a void, the airbricks must stay open, because the air moving underneath is what keeps the timber dry. On a slab, the question is whether a damp-proof membrane lies beneath it, and a wood floor waits until that is known.
Bungalows are scarcer here than nationally: they make up 4.9% of dwellings, where England and Wales has 9.2%. In one, every room is on the ground floor, so wherever that floor is solid, whether a damp-proof membrane is present, and in what state, decides what you can lay in each room.
02/ 07
- 18.9%built before 1919
Terraces with a hall and terraces without one
Dwellings older than 1919 make up 18.9% of Nottingham's stock, below the national 20.8%. The Old Meadows appraisal shows how far terraced houses can differ: at one end, houses with three rooms up, three down and no hall; at the other, three-storey houses with a hallway and bay windows.
That difference reaches the floor. Where the street door opens straight into the front room, that room takes the abrasion a hall would otherwise absorb, and its floor needs a wear rating to match. Where there is a hallway, the hall does that job and the front room can be chosen for comfort.
Terraced houses accounted for 35.6% of homes sold in 2025, 45th highest of 133 towns, where England and Wales recorded 27.4%. A terrace in the middle of town and a house set back on an estate meet different amounts of grit, so let the street outside decide how tough the floor inside the door needs to be.
Not every older street is terraced. The council's page on the conservation area covering Mapperley Park and Alexandra Park calls it an Edwardian suburb of villas, detached and semi-detached, yet dates its growth from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Within one suburb, then, house ages vary, so the joists, and the order of rooms above them, can differ from one house to the next.
03/ 07
- 29.6%rent privately
- 25.6%rent socially
Nottingham's renters and owners, and what each asks of a floor
29.6% of Nottingham households rent privately, 11th highest of 151 towns, against 20.3% in England and Wales, and another 25.6% are tenants of the council or a housing association, 23rd highest of 151. Owners make up 44.2%, 147th of 151 towns, far below the 61.6% nationally. They remain the largest single group, but renters of both kinds together outnumber them.
The council's description of the New Lenton conservation area, a district of late Victorian and Edwardian housing, lists student accommodation among the pressures on it. Whoever the tenants are, a landlord is choosing a floor to outlast several tenancies rather than to suit one household, and a poor choice tends to surface only when someone moves out.
Lets have their leaks: a dripping washing-machine hose, a shower tray that spills over, often not reported straight away. Choose a surface that cannot soak up water and a slow leak means drying out rather than a new floor and an empty home. Owners can weigh other things, from warmth underfoot to the look of a room, because they are the ones who live with the result.
04/ 07
Flats in Nottingham: the building decides the underlay
32.1% of Nottingham's dwellings are flats or maisonettes, 34th highest of 141 towns, where England and Wales has 23.9%. The age of a block says a lot about the floor beneath the floor, and a flat carved out of an older house may have timber joists or a concrete slab beneath it; one covering will not behave alike on both.
Unless you are on the ground floor, a flat's floor is shared with the home below. How much impact sound the underlay stops matters to your neighbour's ceiling, not only to your comfort, and leasehold flats often come with a covenant on floor finishes: some insist on carpet, others want the freeholder to agree before anything hard goes down. Read yours before you order samples.
05/ 07
- 0.7%of 2025 sales new builds
Few new builds, but the same rule for every new screed
New builds made up 0.7% of homes sold in 2025, 113th of 133 towns, against 5.7% in England and Wales. Buying a brand-new home is less common here than in many towns. If yours is one, the floor beneath the floor is a different thing from what lies under the older terraces around it.
A fresh screed can look finished while holding enough water to ruin a covering laid on it, and when that happens the covering usually takes the blame. Before any covering goes down, have the screed tested for moisture and wait for a dry result.
06/ 07
- 27.9air frost days a year
Drained meadows, an embankment and river flood risk across the council area
Across the council area, 8.9% of homes lie where the risk of flooding from rivers or the sea is rated high, medium or low, which ranks Nottingham 16th of 135 towns, against 4.7% in England. The Old Meadows appraisal records that draining the southern meadows for building did not end the flooding there, and that the Victoria Embankment, opened in 1901, was built as a flood defence and a riverside promenade in one.
If your home is one of those at risk, separate two questions: will the floor itself soak up water, and can the way it is laid stop water getting underneath? No method of laying manages the second completely. Water reaches the subfloor through the joints and the gap around the edges, whatever the boards are made of.
Frost is less of a factor. The town centre records 27.9 days a year with air frost, 127th of 151 towns, while the median town has 38.1. Even so, a conservatory swings between hot afternoons and cold nights, so its floor should be one made for glass rooms.
07/ 07
- 5.6listed entries per 1,000 homes
Conservation areas, listed buildings and your Nottingham floor
Nottingham City Council counts 33 distinct built conservation areas in the city. Their rules deal with exteriors, so they leave the floor of an unlisted home to you.
Listed buildings are less frequent here than across England: the list holds 5.6 entries for every 1,000 dwellings, against 14.7. If you live in one, consent reaches beyond the facade: changing the character of the interior can need listed building consent, and taking up original boards or blocks may count. Talk to the council's conservation officer before anything is lifted.
Floor by floor
Floor by floor: what Nottingham's terraces, estates and lets ask
19 floors, rooms and needs, each with a note written for Nottingham homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor types
Floor typeNottingham
Engineered Wood
Engineered boards bring real oak into a Nottingham flat on a concrete floor, provided the underlay suits the block.
Floor typeNottingham
Solid Wood
Solid oak can go over a sound suspended floor in an older terrace, provided the space beneath is dry and its airbricks clear.
Floor typeNottingham
Parquet
Parquet in an Edwardian villa or a 1920s house needs a firm, level base and, on a solid floor, a moisture check.
Floor typeNottingham
Laminate
Laminate in a let should carry a higher abrasion class where the street door opens straight into the room.
Floor typeNottingham
LVT Vinyl
Vinyl planks and tiles shrug off the spills of a rented kitchen or bathroom, where a slow drip can go unnoticed.
Floor typeNottingham
SPC Rigid Vinyl
Rigid core planks suit the concrete of a ground-floor flat whose kitchen sees regular spills.
Rooms
RoomNottingham
Hallway
In a terrace with a hallway, the hall stops street grit before it reaches the rooms, so lay the toughest floor in the house there.
RoomNottingham
Kitchen
A kitchen in a busy let needs a floor water cannot soak into, because spills and appliance leaks are part of daily life there.
RoomNottingham
Living Room
Where the front door opens into the living room, that floor does the work of a hall and needs a tougher wear rating.
RoomNottingham
Bedroom
Bedrooms take light wear, so a softer floor there leaves the toughest specification for the hall, kitchen and stairs.
RoomNottingham
Bathroom
A bathroom over a neighbour's ceiling wants a covering water cannot get into, with its edges sealed so a leak stays in your room.
RoomNottingham
Utility Room
A utility room with the washing machine in it needs a floor that will not drink up a leak.
RoomNottingham
Conservatory
With fewer frost days than the median town, a Nottingham conservatory still swings from hot to cold and needs a floor made for glass rooms.
Patterns & needs
Pattern or needNottingham
Herringbone
Herringbone looks at home in the front room of a terrace that has a hallway to catch the street grit first.
Pattern or needNottingham
Chevron
Chevron runs well through a long through-room, laid over an underlay the lease or the building allows.
Pattern or needNottingham
Waterproof
In parts of the council area at risk of river flooding, note that a covering listed as waterproof describes the boards, not the joints between them or the subfloor beneath.
Pattern or needNottingham
Underfloor Heating
Pipes laid in a new screed need a floor rated for underfloor heating, and the screed must be dry first.
Pattern or needNottingham
Pet-Friendly
A dog in a terrace without a hall carries wet paws straight into the living room, so choose a floor that copes with water and that the dog can cross comfortably.
Pattern or needNottingham
Grey
Grey is an easy neutral for a rented Nottingham home whose next occupant is unknown.
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Questions
Questions about flooring in Nottingham
What sort of ground floor will a Nottingham home from the 1920s have?
It varies. 11.9% of Nottingham's dwellings date from 1919 to 1929, the close of the period when boards over a ventilated void were common, but a kitchen or hall may have been relaid as a solid floor since. An airbrick or a lifted board will tell you.
Does a Nottingham terrace without a hallway need a tougher front-room floor?
Yes, in the room the street door opens into, because it catches the grit a hall would. Terraced houses made up 35.6% of Nottingham's 2025 house sales, 45th highest of 133 towns.
Which floors hold up in a rented Nottingham home?
Floors water cannot soak into, edged and sealed where the kitchen and bathroom are, and a wear rating chosen room by room. 29.6% of households here rent privately and 25.6% from the council or a housing association, so these are everyday questions in the city.
Does river flood risk in Nottingham change which floor I should lay?
It can. 8.9% of the council area's homes carry a high, medium or low rating for flood risk from rivers or the sea. On a ground floor there, a covering that will not soak up water is a start, but the joints, the edges and the subfloor below govern where water goes.
Can I replace the floor of a house in a Nottingham conservation area?
Usually the conservation area itself is not the obstacle: designation, in all 33 of the city's areas, is about the exterior. If the house is listed, talk to the council before original boards come up.
Local facts
Local facts: Nottingham
19 facts from the census, the Met Office, the council and other public records, each with what it means for a floor in Nottingham and where it comes from.
When they were built
11.9%
built 1919 to 1929
Nottingham11.9%England and Wales4.8%3rd highest of 141 towns
For your floorNottingham has one of the largest shares of 1919 to 1929 homes on our list, the last years in which suspended timber ground floors were widespread.
Source
Dwellings built 1919 to 1929. Area: Nottingham 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
Building period
The Sutton Passeys appraisal records that after the Housing and Town Planning Act of 1919 (the Addison Act), Nottingham committed itself to improving working-class homes and set out a number of sites around the city for development.
For your floorThe city's housing effort after 1919 dates a part of its stock, and the age of a house says a lot about its joists.
Source
Area: Nottingham (Nottingham City Council), as described in the Sutton Passeys appraisal. The Sutton Passeys Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan. Data: 2011-02 (conservation area designated by the City Council on 2010-08-18); linked from the council's conservation areas page, hosted on the council's Nottingham Insight document library · retrieved 2026-11-03.
Homes
Housing type
The Sutton Passeys conservation area is a council estate on land of the Wollaton Park Estate sold to the City Council in 1924; its earliest homes are bungalows known as the Crane Houses, with construction on the site starting in 1926.
For your floorIn the Crane Houses and other bungalows every room is on the ground, which shapes where water and grit land.
Source
Area: Sutton Passeys conservation area (Nottingham City Council). The Sutton Passeys Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan. Data: 2011-02 (conservation area designated by the City Council on 2010-08-18); linked from the council's conservation areas page, hosted on the council's Nottingham Insight document library · retrieved 2026-11-03.
When they were built
18.9%
built before 1919
Nottingham18.9%England and Wales20.8%65th highest of 141 towns
For your floorHomes from before 1919 often have a boarded ground floor over a void, so check the void before laying on top.
Source
Dwellings built before 1919. Area: Nottingham 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.
Homes
Housing type
The Old Meadows appraisal describes the late 19th and early 20th century terraced housing there as ranging from three-up, three-down houses with no hall to larger three-storey houses with a hallway and bay windows.
For your floorA terrace with no hall lets the street grit straight into the front room, while one with a hallway keeps it in the hall.
Source
Area: Old Meadows conservation area (Nottingham City Council). Old Meadows Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan. Data: 2020-06 (conservation area designated 2020-06-03; PDF created 2020-06-04) · retrieved 2026-11-03.
When they were built
Building period
The council describes the Mapperley Park and Alexandra Park conservation area as a high-quality Edwardian suburb, developed between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, of detached and semi-detached villas.
For your floorA suburb built over several decades mixes house ages, and with them the make of joists and the order of rooms.
Source
Area: Mapperley Park and Alexandra Park conservation area (Nottingham City Council). Nottingham's Conservation Areas (web page with a description of each conservation area). Data: undated web page (content as retrieved 2026-11-03) · retrieved 2026-11-03.
Who lives here
29.6%
rent privately
Nottingham29.6%England and Wales20.3%11th highest of 151 towns
For your floorWith so many private lets, plenty of Nottingham floors are chosen to last through several tenancies rather than for one household.
Source
Households renting privately. Area: Nottingham built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
Homes
Housing type
The council's description of the New Lenton conservation area, an area of late Victorian and Edwardian housing, names student accommodation among the pressures it faces.
For your floorStudent accommodation brings its own pattern of use, and where the floor gets wet or gritty depends on the house and on who lives in it.
Source
Area: New Lenton conservation area (Nottingham City Council). Nottingham's Conservation Areas (web page with a description of each conservation area). Data: undated web page (content as retrieved 2026-11-03) · retrieved 2026-11-03.
Who lives here
25.6%
rent socially
Nottingham25.6%England and Wales17.1%23rd highest of 151 towns
For your floorCouncil and housing association tenants, like any renters, may not report a leak at once, so a floor water cannot soak into spares a replacement.
Source
Households renting from a council or housing association. Area: Nottingham built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
Who lives here
44.2%
own their home
Nottingham44.2%England and Wales61.6%147th highest of 151 towns
For your floorOwners make up a smaller share than nationally, so fewer Nottingham floors are picked by whoever lives on them.
Source
Households owning their home outright or with a mortgage. Area: Nottingham built-up area (ONS Built-up Areas 2024). ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
When they were built
Building period
The Old Meadows appraisal records that the southern meadows were drained so that they could be built on, that the area was still prone to flooding, and that the Victoria Embankment, opened in 1901, combined a flood defence embankment with a riverside promenade.
For your floorThe southern part of the Old Meadows was drained before it was built on, and the age of a house there says a lot about its joists.
Source
Area: Old Meadows conservation area (Nottingham City Council). Old Meadows Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan. Data: 2020-06 (conservation area designated 2020-06-03; PDF created 2020-06-04) · retrieved 2026-11-03.
Weather & ground
27.9
air frost days a year
Nottingham27.9Median, 151 towns38.1127th highest of 151 towns
For your floorAir frost is less frequent than in the median town, so a conservatory meets fewer freezing nights.
Source
Days with air frost per year (1991-2020 average, town centre). Area: Nottingham town centre (Met Office HadUK-Grid 2 km cell). Met Office, HadUK-Grid climate averages 1991-2020 (climate data portal). Data: 1991-2020 · retrieved 2026-09-22.
Heritage & plans
Conservation areas
Nottingham City Council states that the city is home to 33 distinct built conservation areas.
For your floorThe 33 conservation areas control the outside of buildings, not the floor inside an unlisted home.
Source
Area: Nottingham (Nottingham City Council area). Nottingham's Conservation Areas (web page with a description of each conservation area). Data: undated web page (content as retrieved 2026-11-03) · retrieved 2026-11-03.
Heritage & plans
5.6
listed entries per 1,000 homes
Nottingham5.6England14.745th highest of 135 towns
For your floorListed buildings are less frequent here than across England, but in each one, taking up old boards may require consent.
Source
Listed building entries per 1,000 dwellings. Area: Nottingham 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.
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