Is wood parquet recommended on the ground floor and also in the kitchen?

We would also like to install parquet flooring in the kitchen due to the better appearance and because tiles feel cold. If someone is unsure how much a parquet floor can withstand, they get a sample from the parquet installer and really put the piece to the test: water, hammer blows, hot pots, detergent.... we did that too. It is amazing what the floor can handle. Parquet floors may get dents from falling objects, but tiles sometimes chip a corner off.

We also wanted parquet before, but ended up with wood-look tiles. The reason is the maintenance effort. In theory, everything is simple, but in practice, no one does it here [emoji4] Mopping twice a week and oiling once a year? Oh no!
Plus two small children you can't watch nonstop all day. I constantly find things stuck to the floor, furniture, etc.
Last but not least, we have a sliding door to the weather side, and the architect and window maker advised against laying parquet directly behind it (I mentioned this recently), because sliding doors are never 100% airtight (same with tilt-and-turn windows, which we don’t have).

In addition, we wanted as uniform flooring as possible, and with parquet, the fun would at least end at the house entrance/hallway.
We will probably only use parquet upstairs for the bedrooms.

I have two kids and a dog myself. Sticky stuff comes off just like on tiles. For tiles, we also quickly wipe over them twice a week in the kitchen... If you generally wipe less often, you don't need to wipe parquet more often either, though our dog does leave some hairs. Oiling is, of course, top priority, that's just how it is with wood. It takes about half an hour a year for the kitchen, if you even do it yourself...

With the sliding door on the weather side... Yes, I can somehow understand that argument, but I don't actually know anyone where water has come in there (that doesn't mean anything, of course).

It's just another trend to have wooden floors in the kitchen and dining room.

Well, define trend. We've had it in the rental apartment for 8 years already. [emoji6]

Tiles in wood look - for God's sake, that would be my personal nightmare. But, as you already said, it's all a matter of taste.

I can't understand the maintenance and oiling argument. The claim that you have to re-oil once a year isn't really true; you can do it, but it's not absolutely necessary. Such industrial parquet is quite robust and durable, and it's no coincidence that this stuff is often installed in commercial places with heavy foot traffic.

In a private setting, an oiled wooden floor definitely has advantages. If there's a scratch, you can quite easily repair it locally: fix the spot with sandpaper, a bit of oil on top, good as new.

But sure, it has to fit personal preferences and the context. But basically, wood in the kitchen (even in the bathroom, although I wouldn't do that either) is an equally valid flooring option. If you want to leave water standing on the wood for hours, it can cause stains. But seriously, who leaves water standing on the kitchen floor for hours?! I find that contrived. In the entrance area, where wet shoes might stand around longer, understandable, but in the kitchen? The stuff is oiled (i.e., saturated) or sealed, so nothing soaks in that quickly.

Laying industrial parquet in private living spaces is, in my opinion, not exactly common either. For me, it is functional, but far from the visual quality (wood scraps glued together with a ton of adhesive) that I would expect in a new building.

High-density lamella is sometimes also called industrial parquet. That's just what it's called. If you want to conclude from that that it's not suitable for a single-family home, well, you can do that, but then it's just ... [emoji6] It makes no sense to me. And where the idea comes from that these are wood scraps glued together with adhesive, I don’t understand either. What do you consider wood scraps? Even if the lamella were cut from offcuts of other high-quality woods, where would the problem be and what would be the reason to create the impression that it is inferior? I don’t quite understand your motivation... Our high-density lamella at least comes from trees in the local area, the different lamella are cut from the material, laid individually and glued to the floor. There is absolutely no pressing or tons of glue involved. Maybe there is such stuff as you describe, but that definitely does not apply to us. Since you already claimed that in another thread, I confronted our floor installer and carpenter about it. He couldn’t stop laughing and said it was amusing what imaginative ideas circulate in forums and are broadcast as general truths without expertise. I think it is like with tiles; there are cheap goods and higher-quality goods that have their differences, certainly also in price. Who is happy with what is probably quite individual.