ᐅ Which type of flooring is best for the ground floor – experiences?

Hello everyone,

My site manager called me yesterday regarding the basement, and the topic of the flooring on the ground floor came up again. He suggested that we might want to reconsider mixing both types of flooring, mainly because of the feeling of coldness but also for future renovations, especially in the living area.

We originally planned to have wood-look tiles throughout the entire ground floor. Everything has already been selected. In the photo, the tile is shown at the bottom, and the laminate is placed on top.

Now I have come up with the following idea. See the picture.

- Yellow is laminate
- Green is tile
- Blue is the island

And yes, I have ordered the kitchen exactly as planned :-p

What is your opinion on this mixed approach?

Why choose a wood-look tile? Just go with hardwood flooring instead; it’s much more comfortable.

Laminate flooring as a landlord in a rental property – then yes.
Laminate flooring as an owner – is it really necessary?

Tiles feel too cold for me in the summer (hallways and bathrooms are fine), I prefer hardwood flooring. There is not a significant price difference between good laminate and wood flooring. Please glue down the hardwood.

For me, tiles belong in the kitchen just like in the bathroom.

Why not hardwood flooring? Because with the chosen wood-look tile, I need a floor that shows as little difference as possible.

Hardwood flooring is therefore not an option for us.

The wood-look tile will be installed on the floors and walls in the bathrooms (near the toilet and washbasin side).

Now the question is whether to follow the outlined idea or, as initially planned, use tiles everywhere except in the bedrooms.

So, on the ground floor, we only have tiles in the entrance area (hallway) and the guest bathroom. That would correspond to the right side of your sketch... Kitchen, living room, dining area, and storage room all have (high-quality, glued) laminate flooring...

Zaba12 schrieb:
For me, tiles belong in the kitchen, just like in the bathroom.

We have had good experiences simply questioning such "dogmas."

Zaba12 schrieb:
Because I need a floor to go with the selected wood tile that shows as little variation as possible.

My personal opinion: Similar, but not identical, is much more disturbing to the eye than creating a clear contrast.