Victorian, post-war and new Leicester homes compared
Census 2021 counted 406,612 people in the Leicester built-up area, and their homes fall into a few broad groups that each point to a different floor.
The Victorian streets come first. Clarendon Park was built up through the 1880s and 1890s, and in houses of that age and in the city's other pre-1919 streets, a renovation often replaces a suspended timber floor or an unprotected solid floor with an insulated slab, a new damp proof membrane and a screed on top. On those older floors we would normally hand-lay sand and cement in period houses.
Braunstone expanded in the decades after 1945, and the post-war semis in and around it are where kitchen extensions and garage conversions come up. For the long, open floor of an extension, pumped liquid screed is the natural fit: it levels itself and takes foot traffic 24 to 48 hours later.
Beaumont Leys was laid out in the 1970s, and its larger modern homes are well suited to liquid screed over wet heating; our page on underfloor heating screed in Leicester explains the pipe cover and warm-up.
The newest change is along the western side of the city, where the Waterside Enterprise Zone plans around 2,000 new homes. New apartments like those planned there call for acoustic and quick drying screeds that let the next trade follow quickly, and a specification may name a calcium sulphate grade; our anhydrite flow screed page covers that material.
Homes in Leicester at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 38% of the 142,786 households in Leicester, followed by terraced houses at 27%. The largest share of its housing, 24%, was built before 1919, and 23% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Leicester | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 14% |
| Semi-detached houses | 38% |
| Terraced houses | 27% |
| Flats | 20% |
| Built before 1919 | 24% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 20% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 23% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 17% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% |
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 Leicester built-up area (E63002622).
Screeding services in Leicester
- Liquid ScreedBraunstone extensions, larger Beaumont Leys homes and new Waterside flats suit pumped liquid screed in Leicester, walkable in 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedClarendon Park and other pre-1919 Leicester streets often need timber or damp solid floors replaced with hand-laid sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed over wet pipes in Victorian Leicester houses and Braunstone extensions, with the correct cover depth.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 for apartments such as those planned at Leicester Waterside, with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for office refits at Waterside and Space City, uneven Victorian floors and Braunstone extension joins in Leicester.
- Latex ScreedVictorian timber floors in Clarendon Park and across older Leicester can take latex screed once overboarded with ply.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding on Frog Island and Beaumont Leys industrial floors in Leicester, back to sound concrete free of paint and glue.
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 Leicester.
Terraced streets, pour timing and Frog Island mills
On Leicester's terraced streets the practical questions come before the technical ones. Where can the mixer lorry stop? Is there a rear alley, or does the hose have to go through the front door and down the hall? Are there resident permit bays or a bus route outside? Tell us all of that when you send the details, and the pour is planned around it.
Timing matters just as much. In the build order, the screed follows a weathertight shell and finished wet plastering, and comes ahead of the flooring, the kitchen and the joinery. Any heating pipes must be in and pressure tested. Drying then sets the pace for everything after it, so book the screed early and fit the other trades around its date.
The city's commercial buildings bring their own floors to think about. Frog Island was historically a district of large mills, and the industrial areas of Beaumont Leys include the main Walkers factory. Floors like these tend to need heavy duty screeds, repairs and concrete grinding. Waterside and the neighbouring Space City are planned around offices, research space and high tech manufacturing. Our commercial screeding service handles that scale of work.
Screeding prices for Leicester 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 Leicester
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Reaching Leicester
On the map, Leicester sits north-north-west of Slough, about 78.9 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including LE1, LE2, LE3 and LE7), next to Earl Shilton (8.7 miles), Hinckley (12 miles), Lutterworth (12.7 miles) and Market Harborough (13.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Leicester include Aylestone, Aylestone Park, Black Friars, Braunstone Frith and Braunstone Town.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
