The festive period is a time when loads of us have family over or host big parties with plenty of guests, and this means you want to make your home look as nice as possible. As a result, we see the demand for things like new flooring increase in the run-up to Christmas – and this can cause a big problem.
If you want new flooring before Christmas, then you need to order early to avoid getting caught up in the heightened demand, which could leave you with nothing left to order, or delays that mean your flooring won’t be installed until the new year. This blog will explain more about why planning in advance is important and how to sort everything out in time.
Why You Can’t Leave Things Too Late
As mentioned, the Christmas period is when homeowners love to replace their flooring as they prepare for seasonal guests. You may also see a spike because some flooring retailers offer special deals during this part of the year – particularly around Black Friday.
If you leave your preparation until a week or two before Christmas, then you have to squeeze all of the following into a short space of time:
- Shopping for and finding your ideal flooring
- Ordering the flooring – and hoping there’s a date free for installation
- Site surveys to check that the flooring you want to order is suitable – and also to measure up
- Installing the flooring
This takes time at any point in the year, but during a busy festive period, flooring installation services could be chock-a-block with work. There might not be time to measure up or install flooring before Christmas because so many other homes are having the same thing done.
You End Up With Less Choice
Aside from maybe not finding any free installation booking times, you also limit yourself when you leave your flooring decision far too late. You might not find the flooring you actually wanted because all the materials have sold out due to the increased demand. This happens a lot with bespoke timber flooring as companies deal with lots of orders in one go, and the timber supplies diminish. They then have to wait for their suppliers to come back with more timber to create your bespoke flooring – and this can take months when the supplies run thin.
You’re effectively restricting your options, so even if you get lucky enough to find an installation date before Christmas, it could come at the cost of installing your dream flooring. You’ll either have to settle for something that’s not what you dreamed of, or wait until after Christmas to get the real deal.
It’s Never Too Early To Start Planning
Realistically, you can’t plan your new flooring installation too early. If you want to get it installed before Christmas, then you should be enquiring a month or two in advance. Also, to make your life easier, it’s best to hold off on decorating your house until the new flooring is in. That’s because you’ll have to move furniture out of the way, which could involve moving an entire Christmas tree out of the living room – which is stress that nobody needs to deal with.
Wait until the flooring is installed, and then it’s a lot easier to decorate your home for the festive season!
Contact West One Wood Flooring To Start Your New Flooring Journey
If you’d like more information about realistic timescales and how soon you could have new flooring installed, then give us a call today. The West One Wood Flooring team will give you an estimate based on your flooring requirements so you can see if a new floor is a genuine option or not before Christmas.