Which floors are suitable for single-family homes? What does the home-building elite recommend?

We have installed adhesive vinyl throughout the entire house (except for bathrooms and utility room). Overall, I am satisfied, but especially in the kitchen we have heavy wear in the dining area (even though felt pads are under the chairs). Now, after about 4 years, it is already so bad that I will probably lay about 10 planks new on the next vacation. It just looks terrible in a new building when the floor is so scratched.

And what should also be considered is that, due to the low build-up height of the vinyl (2mm), the screed in the rooms was raised. In the tiled areas, it is 1cm lower... If you want to later install tiles or parquet in the vinyl areas, you will have a height problem.

Single-layer parquet including installation commissioned through the general contractor. It was installed by a regional company with a generally good reputation. Only with us, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Adhesive is non-toxic by today's standards. Could be different tomorrow.

We recently faced the same decision.

Result: Vinyl is not coming into our house. After all, it is just plastic and basically just a newer PVC floor.

In the end, we went with parquet. Oak country-style plank. Stable, pleasing to the eye. With a sufficient wear layer, parquet can be sanded down several times when it really needs it after a few years. Important with underfloor heating is that the floor is glued down (this also applies to laminate, etc.). Otherwise, there is an insulating layer of air between the floor and the underfloor heating. We lay the parquet everywhere except the entrance area, bathrooms, and utility room. In these rooms, there are tiles. For care and cleaning, we were recommended a floor soap (which contains wax). Lightly mop with it every few weeks.

The floor installer showed us his kitchen in which he has had parquet for 20 years. Slight signs of use, otherwise tip-top. That convinced us. We wanted to avoid a transition between the kitchen and living/dining room and found tiles too "cold." With children, tiles were also too hard for us. Honestly, I would rather have a small scratch in my parquet floor than have the little one hit his head on the hard tile and the head having the bigger scratch.

How does the tile behave with underfloor heating nowadays in new buildings? Because the houses are naturally much better insulated, the underfloor heating doesn't have to heat as much and the floor doesn't get that warm either, or am I wrong?

I know it from my parents: Their house is naturally not as well insulated, so the floor heats up much more and the tile is pleasantly warm. I have some concerns that it might be similar in new buildings? Does anyone have experience with tiles in living areas? Rather cold (drafty/barefoot difficult) or pleasantly warm like a wooden floor?

How does the tile behave with underfloor heating nowadays in new buildings? Because the houses are naturally much better insulated, the underfloor heating doesn't have to heat as much and the floor doesn't get that warm accordingly, or am I mistaken?

I don't feel that there is underfloor heating under our tiles. It was different in a previous rental apartment; the floor in the bathroom was really pleasantly warm. You can forget about that nowadays.

tiles everywhere in our place, it is sufficiently warm in winter and the floor only feels cold where the heating is off, in our storage room and bedroom