Style and beauty

A real wood floor is considered by most people to be the most prestigious and beautiful flooring choice available. Wood flooring has become the favourite choice for adding value and beauty to new and existing homes and commercial premises.

Oak is often favoured because of the character and charm that it offers to any room - and because of its abundance it is available at a very attractive and affordable price. Dark and red woods - such as cherry, acacia, merbau and walnut - are very in vogue. That said, lime washed oak, maple and ash are still very popular in many quarters.

Wood flooring is equally at home in a contemporary modern property as a period home. See our section on 'considering wood floors', or email or call and we will be pleased to help you choose the right floor for you or your client.

Wood floors are never alike - each will exhibit an array of grain patterns, open and closed knots, and colour patterns to yield a pronounced texture and a distinctive and individual wood floor.A floor that will catch the eye of any discerning person entering the room.

In years to come, you can redesign the whole room with totally different colours and furnishing - but the wood flooring can remain a constant, time and time again.

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