Looking for wood-look tiles !?!

Tiles are often associated with cold feet... which you don’t have with underfloor heating. So tiles are not uncomfortable either. We mainly chose tiles because the living room opens directly onto the terrace, so the kids and we walk through it with shoes more often. With tiles, you don’t have to be so careful and a quick wipe is enough.

Tiles are often associated with cold feet... which you don't have with underfloor heating. That also makes tiles not uncomfortable.

I also find tiles cold and uncomfortable even with underfloor heating.

I once lived in an old building apartment with underfloor heating. The tiles were really warm (!) in the bathroom. But that was the opposite of efficient and is no longer the case in new buildings.

I also find tiles cold and uncomfortable with underfloor heating.

I cannot confirm that, but opinions certainly vary.

Nah, it’s not cold at all when choosing the right tile. I’m mostly barefoot at home. One child is too. The rest wear socks. No one has complained so far. It’s definitely hard, the tile. And yes, my expectation is that the floor shouldn’t look worn out after years; if I spend a lot of money on something, then after 3 years I want it to not look like people have been living there for 10 years already. The feeling in a rental apartment is different than in your own home. I made a scratch in the kids’ room in the apartment. Didn’t bother me. Now just imagine something like that happening in the middle of the dining room in your own single-family house after 2 months, you’d be annoyed about it for years. And now something like that happens daily to weekly because of the kids.

Now just imagine something like that happening right in the dining room of your own single-family house after 2 months, you would be annoyed about it for years.

Our daughter made a long scratch in the laminate in her room one day after moving in... my husband got a little upset, but what can you do. We just live there... our daughter too.

With laminate, that wouldn’t bother me either. Laminate is priced far below real wood and if necessary, you can just redo the floor in the children’s room for that price. I love real wood flooring, but where my family, children, and dogs live every day, things do happen and something gets spilled. I couldn’t be disciplined enough to prevent scratches on a wooden floor, and even if I could, it wouldn’t be worth it to always have to watch everything. That would be too stressful for me. Everyone has to decide for themselves, of course wood can’t be replaced by a tile in either appearance or feel, but if I’m already a very fussy person, my visitors have to take off their shoes without exception, I don’t want dogs and cats anyway, and the child is not allowed to play in the living room, then a wooden floor can stay beautiful for a long time. Nevertheless, I also find a high-quality wood-effect tile very cozy.