Both work, but LVT is increasingly the choice for a living room because it is warmer than tile, more comfortable than laminate and lets you run one continuous floor through to the dining room, hallway and kitchen. With a large rug in the seating area it keeps the softness of carpet underfoot while being far easier to keep clean and free of allergens.

A lounge is low-traffic, so a 0.3mm wear layer such as Amtico First or Karndean Knight Tile is usually enough and will outlast the next two sofas. Step up to 0.55mm mainly when the lounge is part of a continuous floor with a kitchen or hallway, or when you want a longer warranty across the whole ground floor.

A quality LVT resists indentation well, but heavy static loads like sofa feet can leave marks over years. Felt pads under sofa and chair legs spread the weight and prevent marking and moving heavy furniture occasionally lets the floor recover. A thicker wear layer adds extra resistance in a heavily furnished room.

LVT is warmer underfoot than tile or stone and warmer than laminate and it pairs very well with underfloor heating for a genuinely warm floor on a winter evening. A rug in the seating area adds softness and warmth exactly where you sit, giving you the best of both a hard floor and a soft one.

Both are fine in a lounge, which is why it is the one room where format is a real choice. Glue-down gives the flattest, most premium finish and suits a refurb where the old floor is lifted. Click rigid-core suits a retrofit over an existing tile, screed or chipboard floor that is flat but costly to remove.

Yes and it is the look most modern customers want. Running one plank continuously through the lounge, dining room, hallway and kitchen with no threshold strips makes the whole ground floor read as a single, more expensive space. Choose the wear layer for the hardest room on the route, usually the kitchen and run it through.