On Oct 16, 4:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote:

We moved into an early 70's house last year.
It also has original Parquet flooring.
It was in a similar condition to yours.
We had a quote from a company that specialised
in floor restoration and they charged £30 a
square/m. It would have worked out to about £2K!

Somehow I'm not surprised!

We hired a floor sander and used the finest 2
paper grades along with using a belt sander for
the edges. The teak turned a very light tan colour
It looked rubbish. We were concerened....

I can imagine.

However... once the floor varnish was added,
Ronseal diamond hard gloss.
The results were simply stunning! A deep colour,
beautiful grain. A number of people have commented
how nice our floor is. Well worth it.
(BTW to buy new parquet and get it fitted would
have cost us thousands.)

Absolutely - you can imagine how pleased we were to find it there.

Total cost about £150 plus 3 days hard graft
and lots of orange dust!
Probably the most cost effective DIY we have
ever undertaken but you have to be prepared
for dust, white paper suit time!

Excellent.

I will upload some photos for you to look at.
If you want any more info let me know.

That would be great.

Cheers,
Gareth