From Market Hill to Hanchet End: floors across Haverhill
Haverhill is largely a modern town. Census 2021 recorded 26,704 people in its built-up area. Housing estates from the 1950s onwards surround the old centre, among them Clements, Chalkstone, Parkway and Chimswell. Terraced houses are the most common type, at 37% of homes. We also cover Wilsey and Hazel Stub, and Hanchet End, the hamlet on the western edge that the town has absorbed.
The work these houses typically need falls into three groups.
First, extensions. A new kitchen or family room at the back has to finish flush with the existing floor. For a kitchen opened up into a new back room on an estate such as Clements or Chalkstone, pumped liquid screed goes in thin, flat and fast and wraps round wet heating pipes; heated floors in Haverhill explains the cover those pipes need and when the heating can come on.
Second, tired original floors. Floors that have settled or been patched over the years may only need a smooth top layer before new flooring, and floor levelling in Haverhill explains when compound is enough. Where the old floor has failed, or had little or no insulation to begin with, it can be dug out and rebuilt with a hand-laid sand and cement floor.
Third, specified new build floors. If the architect's drawings for a new plot specify a calcium sulphate grade, expect its surface skin (laitance) to be sanded away and the screed moisture tested before any floor covering.
The older town survives around Market Hill and the High Street, with the Grade II listed town hall and the Tudor Anne of Cleves' House on Hamlet Road. If your building is listed, talk to the council before any floor comes up.
Homes in Haverhill at a glance
Terraced houses make up 37% of the 11,008 households in Haverhill, followed by semi-detached houses at 27%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (34%), and a further 30% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Haverhill | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 24% |
| Semi-detached houses | 27% |
| Terraced houses | 37% |
| Flats | 12% |
| Built before 1919 | 9% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 3% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 34% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% |
House types from Census 2021 (table TS044); building age from the Valuation Office Agency council tax stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (table CTSOP 4.1). Figures cover the Haverhill built-up area (E63003709).
Screeding services in Haverhill
- Liquid ScreedNew Haverhill kitchens must meet the old slab with no step. Pumped liquid screed from about 35mm levels itself, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPatched, settled floors in older Haverhill homes may need digging out. We hand lay sand and cement screed, from wet rooms to garages.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHomes built from 1973 to 1999 are a big share of Haverhill. We screed over wet underfloor heating in their new extensions.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite for Haverhill flats or new plots? We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 and alpha hemihydrate, with laitance advice in writing.
- Floor LevellingSettled or patched floors in Haverhill homes get floor levelling with compound before LVT, vinyl and tiles go down.
- Latex ScreedPatched, settled floors in Haverhill kitchens and bathrooms take a thin latex screed over ply, concrete or old adhesive before vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for units on Haverhill's south side industrial area and old kitchen slabs, dust extracted, ready for new finishes.
We also offer fibre reinforced screed, quick drying screed, high strength screed, bonded screed, floor preparation, screed repairs, concrete floor repair, screed pumping, insulation & membranes, commercial screeding and residential screeding in Haverhill.
Planning a screed date on a Haverhill extension
Book the screed early and fix the date late. We pour when the extension can keep the weather out, meaning the roof is on, the frames are glazed, doors are hung and the wet plastering is finished. Heated floors add one more condition, as the pipes need to be fixed down and to have passed a pressure test. The screed then needs drying time, so the kitchen fitter and flooring layer follow it, not the other way round.
Pour day itself hinges on parking, because the mixer and the pump must stand within hose reach of the extension. Tell us whether there is a driveway, a parking bay or only the road outside, and how far the hose has to run through the house or round the side.
Industry dominates Haverhill's economy, with a large industrial area on the south side of town, with plants run by firms such as EuroAPI, Sigma-Aldrich and International Flavors & Fragrances, and a research park where The EpiCentre stands beside the bypass. Process and laboratory floors need flatness and strength planned in from the start, with the specialist finish applied over a sound base. Our commercial screeding service deals with that side of the work.
Screeding prices for Haverhill floors
Sand and cement £18 to £25 per m², liquid £24 to £31 per m², supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026). MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your floor screed in Haverhill
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Haverhill
On the map, Haverhill sits north-east of Slough, about 60 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CB9), next to Saffron Walden (9.3 miles), Newmarket (11.2 miles), Halstead (12.7 miles) and Sudbury (12.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Haverhill include Chalkstone, Chimswell, Clements, Hanchett End and Hazel Stub.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
