Couple pull up carpet in London house and make £25,000 discover beneath

On Aug 7, 2024

A couple were left stunned after they found some gorgeous flooring hidden underneath their home’s carpet – worth up to a staggering £25,000.

Josh and Emily Brooks were renovating their Walthamstow, London pad when they made the discovery. Tucked away under old carpet was diamond parquet flooring in “perfect condition”.

Josh, 37, and wife Emily, 38, called a flooring specialist out, who valued it’s worth at between £20,000-£25,000 – with the floor stretching through the hallway and into the lounge. The duo shared the incredible find on TikTok, with a video that has gone viral with around 2.6 million views.

Inside the property where Josh and Emily found hidden flooring
(Image: Jam Press/@brooks_renovation)

“We’d seen a tiny corner when we visited the house but when we found out it was diamond parquet in perfect condition we were blown away,” Josh, a camera operator, explained. “We had a flooring specialist come round to have a look and told us it’s some of the best type of oak he’s seen and in excellent condition.

“Given the floor space it covers we are looking at [a worth of] maybe £20,000-25,000. We are going to keep it and do a fine sand throughout then finish with either a varnish or stain,” he went on.

The TikTok garnered more than 225,000 likes. One person commented: “You hit the floor lottery!” while another impressed viewer added: “Ooooo it’s a diamond parquet”.

Someone else wrote: “At this point we’re going to start thanking previous generations for preserving such lovely hardwood floors under carpet like that.” Another fan commented: “That is exquisitely phenomenal!!!”

Elsewhere, one person added: “You didn’t just struck gold. That’s finding diamond. It’s beautiful,” and another agreed: “I would never stop crying. They’re so beautiful,” agreed another user as one person simply stated: “My heart would stop.”

It’s not the first time someone’s made an amazing find under their floorboards. Previously, a dad was stunned to find an incredible discovery under his rotten floors.