New kitchen floor for sixties house

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Having lived in it for 45 years I've seen a number of floor coverings come and go but until now have never been able to either afford or want the disruption of many options. I still don't really want the disruption.
So time to renew again with latest technology or not as the case may be. The question is what are the options? So here goes. The floor is concrete with original Marley black brittle bitumen? tiles, probably a few cracked or broken. Next came vinyl cushion floor. Now removed. Then floor leveled a bit in places mainly where Marley tiles were lose. On this went first vinyl adhesive tiles. This eventually produced a good surface for another layer of vinyl tiles which frankly were good quality and looked good. I actually grouted (very shallow) between them and they have stood up well for 8 years but are now very worn and some grout is coming out. The floor is pretty flat and feels solid enough. The kitchen is fitted so pretty much has a plinth all the round so anything can go a few a few inches behind that. Exposed floor area is about 3mx 2.5m
SO, what are the options? The pros will say rip the lot up and screed it but that would mean ripping out the units which I'm not prepared to do. The cheapest would be more self adhesive tiles I guess, which may be even better now and I could afford the best. But can more sophisticated LVA click system with underlay go straight on that? Any other ideas would be welcome. I'm of an age when this could be the last kitchen floor for us !
 
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LVT or Laminate click can go straight over although if anything is loose underneath like the grout etc then it can cause clicking or undulation/high points underneath at some point in the future.

You could use F-Ball Isolator membrane and Sheet Vinyl, same applies if anything loosens underneath in future.
 
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Uplift it all to the kitchen legs.
Ardex NA to smooth the floor
Ardex DPM1c which is a liquid damp proof membrane
Then ardex NA again.
 

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