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Maidstone · Kent
Parquet is a floor built from short blocks laid to a pattern: herringbone, chevron or a Versailles panel, in engineered oak with a 3 to 4 mm wear layer in this range. In Maidstone 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Parquet in Maidstone
The Maidstone district counts 71,207 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a parquet floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 33% of the homes in Maidstone, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Maidstone: a pattern floor gives a long room a centre. Set out from the middle of the room, not from a wall, and where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension the two bases are levelled to each other first, because a glued pattern shows every step in the base.
Owner-occupation is 69% in Maidstone, and a pattern floor is an owner's floor: it costs more to fit than a plank, it is planned around the room, and it stays. The Oxford herringbone and the Knightsbridge chevron in Maidstone go into the rooms that are lived in and shown, the hallway and the living room, and the 3 mm wear layer keeps a refinishing cycle in reserve.
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All 15 parquet floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Maidstone (E07000110) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Maidstone and mid-Kent. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bearsted, Aylesford, Larkfield, West Malling, Sittingbourne and the surrounding Medway valley and Weald areas.
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The Oxford Herringbone blocks come in two sizes, 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed oak; Oxford Herringbone Light Oak is the one most often chosen for a hallway. The Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak cuts the block at an angle for the arrow pattern, and the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel is the 800 x 800 mm panel for a dining room. All are engineered, tongue and groove, and listed for underfloor heating.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone White Oiled Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 800 | 20mm x 800mm x 800mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our Kent delivery covers: Maidstone, Barming, Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Allington, Shepway, Loose, Aylesford, Larkfield, Ditton, Snodland, West Malling, Kings Hill, Coxheath, Boughton Monchelsea, Harrietsham, Lenham, Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden and the surrounding Medway valley and mid-Kent area
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Maidstone in the 2021 census: 71,207 households, 81% houses, 18% flats.
Kent's Maidstone district spans ME14, ME15 and ME16, taking in High Street, Fant & Oakwood, Allington & Bridge, Grove Green & Vinters Park, Bearsted & Downswood, Coxheath & Farleigh, Loose & Linton, Boxley Downs and the rural wards of Marden & Yalding and Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs. Owner occupation stands at 67.4%, down from 70.5% in 2011, and the stock divides 33.3% semi-detached to 25.9% detached. Outlying and village property is generally older and less regular underfoot: floors that slope, or step between rooms, are normal rather than a defect, and measuring levels before ordering prevents trims that will never sit flat. The 1.2% recorded as mobile or park homes need a lightweight build-up instead.
Maidstone’s housing stock ranges from Georgian and Victorian townhouses in the historic centre to leafy interwar semis in Bearsted and Barming, plus extensive new-build estates. As the county town on the River Medway, it draws London commuters, growing families and buyers seeking character homes within reach of oast-house countryside.
The borough runs from the town centre out onto the North Downs, and the housing goes with it: Grove Green and Vinters Park are modern estate, Fant and Oakwood older, and the villages beyond hold stock of every age. That spread means the subfloor question has no single county-wide answer.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Herringbone in the 90 x 450 mm block suits the hallways and front rooms of terraces and semis; the larger 125 x 600 mm block and the chevron suit longer rooms; a Versailles panel wants a square room with the space to show it. The guide on herringbone against chevron sets out the difference in fitting as well as in look.
The engineered blocks in this range are glued down. A pattern floor holds its geometry through the adhesive; floated, the blocks drift. The rigid-vinyl herringbone is the click-together alternative where a glued floor is not wanted.
Manufacturers' guidance puts the waste allowance for herringbone or chevron at 15 to 20 percent, against 8 to 12 for a straight plank, because every cut at the perimeter produces an unusable offcut. The calculator on the site works with the real pack sizes.
Yes. We deliver across Maidstone and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the ME14, ME15 and ME16 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.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Maidstone 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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