Local fact sheet
Glasgow's homes, by the numbers
Glasgow by postcode district: G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 and G20 and 7 more.
Over 77,000 Glasgow homes predate 1919 — about a quarter of the city's entire stock — and the defining type is the pre-1919 tenement. That single fact settles most flooring questions here. You are laying over timber joists with a neighbour underneath, so impact sound insulation is a requirement of the title deeds in most tenements, not a refinement. The original boarding under the carpet is usually sound but rarely level, so budget for levelling. In the Glasgow West, Dennistoun, Park and Strathbungo conservation areas, and in any listed tenement, that boarding is protected. Sighthill, Dundashill, Hamiltonhill and Wyndford are new build — screed, underfloor heating, engineered wood.
Glasgow’s housing stock is among the most architecturally impressive in the UK, from grand Victorian and Art Nouveau tenements in the West End and Shawlands to modern developments along the Clyde and substantial family homes in Newton Mearns and Bearsden. The city’s famous sandstone tenement flats have generous room proportions that suit wide-plank flooring beautifully.
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