How to level floor between rooms / avoiding damp

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We’ve had a wall knocked down between our kitchen and dining room to make it more open but the kitchen floor is currently about 1cm higher than the dining room floor. We’d like to level it out but want to know the best way to do this without causing any damp problems. The dining room has wooden floorboards and the kitchen has about 1cm of concrete on top of old quarry tiles. The plan is to remove the concrete layer but should we remove the quarry tiles as well? The quarry tiles just seem to be laid on top of sandy soil.

In summary, what’s the best way to level out the floor? Could we have LVT or would stone tiles be better? How do we prevent damp rising through the floor? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

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