Solid Concrete floor pros and cons

[summertike]

Hi - just had survey back on house I want to buy. It has solid concrete flooring across the entire ground floor. Can someone tell me the pros and cons of this over a timber raised floor?

Is it colder in the winter and how/is it costly to install new radiator pipes and wires between rooms (channel concrete out or box it in)??

Thanks
Kate

 

[^woody^]

In practical terms (ie living in it), there are no differences

Any new radiator circuits will be dropped down from the first floor

 

[SittingBull]

It doesn't shake/has no movement in it which is great. It doesn't creak. They tend to be insulated slabs so I don't think thermally it is a problem. I would say though that our downstairs has a more regular temperature than our timber framed upstairs.