Carpets we recommend for multi-unit dwellings, high end residential and hotels:
PART 1: BROADLOOM
When choosing residential carpets for multi-unit dwellings, there’s that trade-off between good looks and substance that can be a conundrum – a bit like relationships, it might seem beautiful at the start, but will it last the distance when the going gets tough?
We take a look at some of the leading options from Heritage Carpets that tick all the boxes, from healthy indoor air quality to warranties – and beauty that’s not just skin deep. This is a relationship you can really enjoy lying down!
Here are our recommendations for broadloom, plain and patterned.
CUT PILE
The ever-popular sensory and visual delight of a luxury, plush, dense cut pile.
These broadlooms look and feel residential, with the performance of commercial carpets.
ROYAL FEEL is indeed quite majestic to the toes.
Made in Belgium, this carpet is suited to residential and light hospitality use, is made of 100% Solution Dyed Nylon, with an 8.5mm pile height.
Stain-resistant with a 10-year warranty, and a wear warranty of 20 years, brawn meets beauty in this allergen safe carpet.
11 lightfast colours available in a 4m x 30m roll.
LAVETTE is ideal for tighter budgets, perfect for hospitality and high-wear residential.
This resilient tufted cut pile is 100% solution-dyed nylon. Stain-resistant Lavette comes with CRI Green Label + certification and 10-year warranty, it is fit for purpose for commercial use, though has a residential softness with a +/-5.7mm pile height. It is therefore ideal for a busy multi-unit dwelling.
9 colours from red and blue to greys and naturals in a 3.66m x 30m roll.
Bentley Mills LA is a carbon-neutral company making a huge variety of carpets from tiles to broadlooms as well as LVT. Their cut piles are beautiful for mid to high-end multi-residential solutions.
Anarchy from Bentley is a textured cut pile with an 8mm pile height. Available in 7 neutral shades it is lush, forgiving and long-lasting, delivering the performance of a commercial carpet with a look that says you’re home.
Kings Road is a Bentley luxury, cut pile, Colourcast nylon broadloom boasting plush softness alongside longevity. The CRI Green Label plus with recycled content comes in a stunning offering of 21 different colours with a 7mm+ pile height. You can choose from broadloom, or mix and match in common areas with planks or tiles.
PATTERN AND TEXTURE
LABELLE
This one might challenge your notion of ‘residential’, but we like it. Tufted cut and loop, there are 4 patterns in the Labelle collection, each in 6 colourways. Crosshatch/brick, linear, woven-look and organic waves make it a collection very popular for hotels and for new-look residential.
CRI Green Label Plus, 100% solution-dyed nylon Labelle comes in a 3.66m x 30m roll.
Bentley Mills LA make a huge range of broadlooms, many of which look incredible in residential spaces.
Carrying all the eco-labels you’d hope for, with warranties that satisfy the rigours of commercial spaces, Bentley broadlooms can offer durability and looks, that step into something a little different – and we love them!
For multi-residential common areas, you can change up the look with more texture or pattern with ranges from Bentley that are available with the Elite Flex backing, which provides additional wear resistance, maintaining the look of the top carpet and providing an impervious barrier to spills.
Ritual has 13 duo-tones in this gorgeous carpet. Tufted, textured loop with 3 pile heights is an easy-to-live-with solution that is practical whilst being a high-end statement carpet. It’s a stunning look and part of Bentley’s Outskirts Collection.
Ponder is part of the Meiso Collection by Bentley. A solution Dyed, tufted, textured loop, the patterned carpet comes in 12 colours.
From Bentley’s Outskirts Collection, Repose is a solution-dyed, tufted textured loop in 13 colourways. A subtle blend of colours adds life to your floor. Elite Flex impervious backing is available for Repose Broadloom.
Paris Tweed is a tip-sheared, tufted carpet conceived from classic fabrics and lush fibres. The small scale pattern features striated definition and metallic yarns. Comes with an option for Elite Flex impervious backing for all 13 colours in the range.
PROJECTS
Some of the more recent projects we’ve supplied in NZ with a residential feel:
Whittaker Place Apartments Auckland Central – Royal Touch
Sudima Hotel Queenstown
Boulcott St Apartments, Wellington – Lavette cut pile
Laings Rd Lower Hutt Apartments – custom broadloom loop pile
Holiday Inn Rotorua – Labelle
Chaffers Dock Apartments Wellington – Labelle for common areas
Halsey St Apartments Auckland waterfront– custom Axminster through common areas
Stadium Gardens Apartments Wellington – DSGN Absolute 932 common areas
Chat to us about broadloom, tile and LVT solutions for hospitality and multi-residential projects.
