alice Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Been looking at a flat with a big kitchen living room ~ a wood floor would look good but the lease says no. Is there a way round this with insulation? Ideas? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 If the lease says NO then it's NO.. If you insulate the floor with a soft material the joints in the wood floor will break.. DulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-992799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantthinkofaname Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 No no no and no.You will set yourself up for years of complaints from the neighbours below. Period houses were not meant to be flats, and so the footsteps will sound like a deafening drum to those below. In NYC it's illegal to have wooden floors if people live below you. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-992954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonMix Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 We put down wood floors in our flat (we were on the second floor). Our lease said the same but we owned a share of freehold and luckily the neighbour below us was an architect and so understood that adequate sound proofing was entirely possible. He suggested he'd be happy if we laid down an Iso 200 mat as sound proofing. Our fitter recommended one that was thinner that also had a higher sound insulation called TimberTech HD Contract 5.After it was installed our neighbor actually said they heard us less than they did before on the vinyl flooring that was previously in the kitchen and living room. When we sold the flat and bought our house, we installed this same insulation again under the wood floors in the upstairs bedrooms and there is virtually no noise transfer.If you own your freehold, just speak to your neighbours. Its entirely possible to make it work. If they agree, you can just get a side letter agreed rather than varying the lease. Their consent in a side letter will suffice for future sales- we handled the arrangement via a side letter and there were no issues when we came to sell.Good luck. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-992975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonMix Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Also, what you've said about NY isn't true. Most high end new construction is fitted with wood floors. Again, its a question of the sound proofing you install as an underlay. In period properties its very straight forward to install appropriate sound insulation. Both my flat and my current house are Victorian. cantthinkofaname Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> No no no and no.> You will set yourself up for years of complaints> from the neighbours below. Period houses were not> meant to be flats, and so the footsteps will sound> like a deafening drum to those below. > In NYC it's illegal to have wooden floors if> people live below you. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-992977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intexasatthe moment Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 High end vinyl ? Our lease says lots of things - no music after 11pm ,no window boxes ... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-993064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Our lease says no - but flats I've seen for sale in our block all have them.We are actually very well soundproofed except strangely to the corridor outside the door :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-993762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 If your lease says.. No wooden flooring and you go ahead and install it at great expense... .. you may find the lease holder will insist that you remove it... at more expense. Some flooring for Kichens require it stuck down to prevent water seapage.. taking it up may well damage the actual foor and you will have to pay for that too. DulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-993824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbsy Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Most leases actually say no bare wooden flooring...get a custom made carpet over it and voila! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/104618-wood-floors-in-flats-can-it-work/#findComment-993973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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