Most cost effective new floor to replace victorian parquet

[gorecki]

Hi,

We bought an 1890 house (UK) a few years ago, with an old smelly carpet in the dining room.
Removing the carpet revealed a pitched pine parquet floor.

At first glance, it looks in great condition, however there are numerous loose blocks, gaps of up to 5mm in areas where the floor is no longer perfectly straight and in 2 corners there are a few blocks which have rotted and need replacing (due to an external drainpipe issue now fixed).

We're thinking of selling next year and were wondering what the most cost effective (without bodging anything), method would be to fix/replace the floor.

Would it be acceptable, for example, to put a non damp proof underlay on top of the parquet and lay a new carpet?

If we were staying, we'd likely fix the parquet, but are not keen on the mess and upheaval this will involve if selling shortly.

Thanks for your help

 

[vinn]

If by Victorian parquet you mean solid blocks of pitch pine arranged in a herring bone pattern & set in bitumen then replacing the "parquet" might be a tiresome job of work.
Repairing & sanding and finishing such a floor would probably be the best, and maybe cheapest, option?
Is the floor suspended or solid?

Disguising things might make a buyer's mortgage surveyor start investigating further and deeper?

Photos would help?