Topps Tiles

This is by far the best tile shop that we found on our recent search for tiles, and we visited quite a few tile shops! Big fancy ones. Ones that don’t even display the prices so you have to ask (never a good sign). Ones that had tiles crammed in everywhere on big boards you have to pull out. Those shops were torture!
Topps Tiles have much nicer tiles than anything else we saw, plus their prices are great. The prices are clear, and the tile mock ups are well displayed and easily accessible. They also have good photos of the tiles ‘in situ’ which helped us imagine what they’d be like in our flat. Topps make choosing tiles easy.
They have a wide range, but the tiles are pretty stylish I’d say, and modern, but not in a ‘I’m gonna regret that choice in two years’ kind of way. I didn’t see anything that was utterly hideous, which in my recent experience of tile shops, is a bit unusual.
We got great service both times we were in. The first chap we saw on the Saturday couldn’t have been more helpful, and got us sorted with tiles, adhesive, grout and everything we needed. He checked that we’d calculated our measurements correctly, and had infinite patience while we fretted over just the right shade. He happily looked out samples for us to take away, and even hauled everything out to the car for us, even though it was howling with rain.
When we went in the next day, to just buy more of the same style of tile we’d bought the day before, we were served by another guy, and he was great too. I feel quite reassured that I’ve got everything I need.
If I ever need to buy more tiles (and I’m hoping that’s not for a long time), my first stop would be Topps.