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Southampton · Hampshire

Living Room Flooring in Southampton

The living room is the dry room that is seen most, which is why it is where the engineered oak and the parquet in the range go; the choice is width, finish and pattern rather than material. In Southampton roughly one home in 2 is a flat (42%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Living Room in Southampton

Living Room flooring in Southampton: what the housing says

The Southampton district counts 102,293 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a living room floor is specified here.

Flats are 42% of the homes in the Southampton district, and the living room of a flat is above someone else's bedroom. Approved Document E and the lease set the impact-sound requirement, and an engineered board over an acoustic underlay meets it; the underlay is chosen on a tested figure and kept on file. The board is chosen after the lease is read.

Private renting is 29% of households in Southampton, and a rented living room in Southampton gets a floor that takes a tenancy and is made good rather than replaced: a brushed, oiled engineered oak that can be re-oiled in the traffic lane, or an AC4 laminate where the budget decides. A gloss lacquer shows every chair leg and is left out.

On the new developments in Southampton the living room is on a heated screed, and the engineered oak, the parquet and the laminate are all listed for it; the solid oak is not. The screed is dry on a reading and the heating commissioned before the floor.

of households rent privately (24.9% in 2011)
29.2%
live in a flat or maisonette
41.5%
conservation areas
20
living room floors in our range
48

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Southampton (E06000045) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Southampton

We deliver across Southampton and Hampshire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Eastleigh, Romsey, Winchester, Fareham, Portsmouth, the New Forest and surrounding areas.

Delivery details

Compare the living room range

The engineered boards from the 125 mm Ascot Natural Brushed Oak through the 150 mm Cobham Natural Brushed Oak to the 190 mm Weybridge Golden Wheat Oak and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak; the Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak and the Knightsbridge Chevron for a pattern; the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel for a formal room. All engineered, all with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer, all listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Cobham Invisible Oiled Oak Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Whisky Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Room by room

Living Room in Southampton, room by room

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    Living Rooms

    Engineered oak in mid-tone finishes suits Southampton’s Victorian terraces and modern developments equally well. Brushed and oiled oak adds warmth to family living spaces.
    Living Room flooring in Southampton

Our Hampshire delivery covers: Southampton city centre, Bassett, Portswood, Shirley, Bitterne, Woolston, Ocean Village, Freemantle, Hedge End, Eastleigh, Romsey, Winchester, Fareham, Portsmouth, Gosport, Totton, Chandlers Ford, Lyndhurst, New Forest and surrounding Hampshire

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Local fact sheet

Southampton's homes, by the numbers

Southampton in the 2021 census: 102,293 households, 58% houses, 42% flats.

Southampton has an above-average share of terraces and of homes built before 1919, alongside a city centre substantially rebuilt after the war. The pre-1919 terraces are suspended timber at ground level and want levelling; the post-war centre is solid floor, where the damp-proof membrane matters. The city's 20 conservation areas include Carlton Crescent and Oxford Street, where original boards are part of the protected character. Bargate Quarter and Houndwell Place are new build — screed, commonly underfloor heating, and engineered wood rather than solid.

A third of Southampton's homes are purpose-built flats, the largest share of any city on this list, with another one in twenty carved out of a house. Ownership sits below half, and the rented stock is concentrated around Bevois, Bargate, Banister and Polygon and Portswood.

In a one-bedroom flat the fitting visit costs more than the material does, and it does not halve when the flat does. A landlord with several units in one block changes that arithmetic by having them fitted in one visit, in one specification, from one delivery.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Southampton

  • Width for the room Narrow boards for a small room, wide for a large one. Lay towards the main window so the grain runs with the light.
  • Oil or lacquer Oil is patched where it wears; lacquer is recoated across the room. Choose by how the floor will be kept.
  • One batch, plus the allowance The whole room from one batch, with 8 to 12 percent over for a plank and 15 to 20 for a pattern.
  • Lease and underlay Impact sound is the lease's question; the acoustic underlay is the answer, chosen on its tested figure.
  • Screed reading, commissioning Before any floor goes over a heated screed.

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Questions

Living Room flooring in Southampton: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Southampton?

Engineered oak in the width the room can carry is the floor most living rooms in Southampton end up with: it looks like the solid timber it is on top, takes underfloor heating and can be sanded. A herringbone suits a room with length, laminate suits a budget, and rigid vinyl suits a living room that opens onto the kitchen.

Wide or narrow boards for a living room?

Wide boards calm a large room and dominate a small one; narrow boards suit a terraced front room. The range runs from 90 mm solid boards to 220 mm engineered planks, and the plank-width guide linked below weighs it up.

Can I run the same floor from the living room into the kitchen?

The rigid-vinyl range can run through both, because it is listed as waterproof. An oak floor stops at the kitchen door or accepts the risk of a leak; many Southampton homes run the oak to the threshold and the vinyl beyond it in a matching tone.

What flooring is best for Southampton rental properties?

For a let, keep one specification across the whole property, and across several properties if you have them: one range, one underlay, one trim. It cuts the fitting cost, it makes every later repair a stock item, and it removes the guesswork at check-out.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Southampton?

Yes. We deliver across Southampton and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18 and SO19 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.

Can I see a living room sample before ordering in Southampton?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Southampton address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.

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