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Flooring in Beckenham and South East London

We're a family-run firm in Beckenham arranging flooring for houses and flats across South East London. A trusted flooring trade we bring in lays, fits or sands the floor; once it's down, our own team repaints the skirting boards and doors, so the room is finished.

  • Your floor laid by a trusted flooring trade
  • Skirting boards and doors painted by our own team
  • Free visit and a written quote for your floor
  • Family firm in Beckenham, registered in 2007
  • Planned jobs only, no emergency call-outs
A fitter laying new engineered oak floorboards in a bright living room

4.9 out of 5

From 38 MyBuilder reviews

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Flooring we take on for houses and flats

For every one of these floors we bring in a trusted flooring trade:

  • Carpet, stairs included: carpet fitters.

  • Sheet vinyl and LVT (luxury vinyl tiles): vinyl flooring.

  • Laminate, click boards laid as a floating floor (resting on an underlay, not fixed down): laminate floor fitters.

  • Solid or engineered wood (a real wood top layer on a layered core) and parquet, new or repaired: wood flooring.

  • A worn wooden floor brought back by sanding and resealing: floor sanding.

  • Resin, a seamless floor for garages and open-plan ground floors: resin flooring.

  • An uneven concrete base levelled with a screed first: floor screeding.

Offices, shops and blocks of flats are on our commercial flooring page.

Why book your floor through a decorating firm

  • The room finished, not just the floor. When the flooring trade has done its part, our own team repaints the skirting boards, doors and walls, so there's no decorator to book separately.

  • A reply within one working day to every enquiry.

  • On record since 2007. Companies House lists us under 06178781, incorporated on 22 March 2007; you'll also find us on Checkatrade and verified on MyBuilder, with £5 million public liability insurance.

Which floor suits which room in your home

Water, wear and noise decide most of it:

Which floor suits which room in your home
RoomUsually suitsWhy
KitchenVinyl or LVTCopes with spills and wipes clean
BathroomSheet vinyl or LVTTakes water, with the edges sealed
HallwayLVT, laminate or woodStands up to grit and heavy foot traffic
Living roomWood, laminate or carpetComes down to look and comfort
BedroomCarpetWarm and quiet underfoot
StairsCarpetGrip and less noise

Wood or laminate? A solid wood floor can be sanded again when it wears, and engineered wood can too if its top layer is thick enough; laminate can't, but it usually costs less.

Before the floor goes down: the base, the timing and your lease

  • The base

    A floor is only as flat as what's under it, so loose boards are fixed and uneven concrete is levelled or screeded first.

  • The timing

    In a renovation the new floor goes down once the messy trades have finished; see home renovations.

  • Your lease

    In a flat, read your lease before you swap carpet for a hard floor, and ask your freeholder or managing agent if it isn't clear.

How your new floor gets done, from visit to skirting boards

  1. 01

    Tell us about the rooms, with a few photos if you can.

  2. 02

    Free visit and written quote: we see the rooms and the base, then send the quote in writing.

  3. 03

    The floor goes down: the trade we bring in prepares the base and lays the floor.

  4. 04

    The finishing: where the skirting boards or doors need it, our own team paints them.

What the price of a new floor depends on

  • The floor you choose

    carpet, vinyl and laminate usually cost less than solid wood or resin.

  • The size and shape

    stairs, bay windows and many doorways mean more cutting.

  • The base

    lifting the old floor, fixing boards or screeding an uneven base.

  • The finishing

    thresholds between rooms, and skirting boards or doors to trim and repaint.

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What customers say

4.9

out of 5 from 38 reviews on

“They were on time and did a fantastic job. I would most definitely come to them in the first instance for any other decorating jobs!”

Sydenham, London · 11 Feb 2020 5 out of 5 on MyBuilder

“We’re really really impressed with the level of finish and found them to be extremely courteous and respectful. We’d highly recommend them and would definitely use them again next time we need some work doing.”

Upper Norwood, London · 15 Mar 2020 5 out of 5 on MyBuilder

“Such high quality work, very impressed Helped sort a few other issues as well when they were there”

South Croydon · 24 Jan 2020 5 out of 5 on MyBuilder
A newly laid herringbone floor running down the hallway of a Victorian terraced house

Flooring across South East London

From Beckenham we cover Bromley, Penge, Chislehurst, Orpington, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Catford, Lewisham, Dulwich, Blackheath, Greenwich, Eltham and Sidcup. Croydon has its own page, flooring in Croydon, and so does our home patch, Beckenham.

Your questions about a new floor

Call 020 8249 7303

What is the best flooring for a kitchen?

Vinyl or LVT suits most kitchens: both cope with spills and wipe clean. Laminate can work in a dry kitchen, but standing water can swell its joints.

Is vinyl or laminate better?

Vinyl for kitchens, bathrooms and anywhere that gets wet; laminate for living rooms, bedrooms and hallways, where it feels more like a wooden floor underfoot. Both usually cost less than real wood.

Do I need to empty the room?

Yes, the room has to be clear before the new floor goes down. How the furniture is moved depends on the job, so raise it at the free visit.

Do you paint the skirting boards once the floor is down?

Yes. Skirting boards and doors are woodwork, which our own team paints, so they can be done, or the whole room redecorated, in the same job.

Can you replace a floor straight after a leak?

No. Flooring is planned work, quoted after a visit, so we don't take on emergency or same-day jobs. Have the leak fixed and the base dried out first, then ask us to quote for the new floor.

Kitchens, bathrooms and decorating around a new floor

Tell us about your floor

Tell us the rooms, roughly how big they are and what's on the floor now, plus your postcode and a few photos, and we'll arrange a free visit.

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