Furnishing a holiday let is one of the first and most essential steps of the holiday letting journey. Before deciding on your colour themes and soft furnishings, selecting the best flooring for your holiday cottage is of key importance.
Holiday home owners need to consider both style and durability, to ensure their property looks homely and appealing throughout seasons of bookings. We’ve created our guide to the best flooring for your holiday cottage, to help you set up your property for success.
Guide to the best flooring for your holiday cottage
Use the quick links below to read about a particular topic or continue reading for our FAQs.
What is the best living room flooring?
A common question we get asked often by holiday cottage owners is: “Do you recommend carpet, or hard-wearing wood or laminate for living room floors?”.
Sadly, there is no definitive answer. Your choice of living room flooring will be guided by your cottage location, style, and who will be using it.
Hard, easily cleanable floors are advisable if you are accommodating walkers or sandy feet from the beach. Scratch-resistant floors are required if your holiday cottage is pet friendly. Adding washable mats or rugs can add a bit of warmth and texture to hard flooring. But you need to consider that on polished or tiled floors, you will need to invest in anti-slip mats under each mat/rug.
Modern floor coverings such as Amtico offer the best of both worlds with a durable, moisture, stain, and scratch resistant finish. Choose from a wide range of wood, stone, and abstract designs to suit your holiday cottage.
If you want to create a more cosy, warming living room, then carpet could be the best option for your property. Consider your colours carefully, as light colours are more likely to show stains over time. We would recommending choosing carpets that are hard wearing, easily cleanable and protected with Scotchgard.
What is the most popular kitchen flooring for a holiday cottage?
The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the house. It creates a wonderful cooking environment for your guests and allows them to socialise whilst eating.
The most popular kitchen flooring to use in a holiday cottage is a ‘luxury vinyl tile’ (LVT). Equally tiles or slate are frequently used. The kitchen is a high-traffic area so our property experts advise against using lino flooring, as it will tire easily.
Recommendations for the best flooring in a bedroom
Generally, for bedrooms, floor coverings should be comfy and warm. Our property experts recommend choosing carpet, but it should be plain, hardwearing, easily cleanable and protected with Scotchgard.
If you opt for tiles or polished/painted wood, be sure to add scatter rugs beside beds to avoid excessive wear and ‘soften’ hard flooring.
Make sure rugs are securely fixed to the floor and the edges don’t curl, otherwise this creates a trip hazard.
For more details on furnishing bedrooms, read our owner advice blog.
The best flooring for bathrooms and wet rooms
Bathroom and wet room floors should be easily washable. Tiles or high-quality vinyl are the best flooring for bathrooms and wet rooms. Whichever option you choose, ensure it is waterproof or water resistant.
I’m sure this goes without saying but our property experts advise against using carpet in bathrooms. Carpet may be soft underfoot, but it soaks up the moisture from the air and water overspray. In turn this holds mould and mildew which damages health (and the floor). It is also not ideal for housekeepers cleaning between changeovers.
Holiday cottage owner advice
Whether you have queries about choosing the best flooring for your holiday cottage or you would like guidance on how to furnish your holiday let, here at Helpful Holidays our team of experts are always on-hand to offer advice. If you would like a copy of our ‘Helpful Hints’ guide with top tips to setting up your holiday home. Get in touch!
Find out more about letting your holiday cottage with us by requesting your owners guide today, or calling our team on 01647 401799.
