Vitrified Tiles for living/Dining

[rainbow_flat]

I planning to buy vitrified tiles for my flat as the builder is providing very plain looking unbranded tiles. I would like to go for better tiles atleast for the Living and Dining area (about 500 sqft). Price range is from 60 to 80 Rs and would be good if I can get vitrified tiles that has Marble finish in that price range.
I have heard that scratches on the light colored tiles are more easily visible than the dark colored tiles, is this true? I prefer light color only for the living and dining and dark color is ok for Kitchen. Can I get light colored tiles that dont easily get scratched.
Can I get vitrified tiles that have good glossy finish but still are anti-skid? I have marble flooring in the current flat and if water is spilled on the floor it is not easily visible and leads to skid. I believe vitrified tiles will also have the same problem, so looking for tiles that have good glossy finish but dont have the problem of skidding.
Also looking for dark color tiles for Kitchen floor, should I go for ceramics for this?
Please suggest good quality tiles from any good brand like Kajaria, Nitco or Johnson that are scratch resistant and a good place to buy the tiles where I can get good discount.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

[monagaadu]

@rainbow_flat: Can I get vitrified tiles that have good glossy finish but still are anti-skid? I have marble flooring in the current flat and if water is spilled on the floor it is not easily visible and leads to skid. I believe vitrified tiles will also have the same problem, so looking for tiles that have good glossy finish but dont have the problem of skidding.

Ans:Now there are some tiles where in you can see the water spillage clearly, I have checked one from RAK ceramics.

[JollyRogers]

I am also looking for good brands of Vitrified tiles, Everything that I have seen across in Marble finish (Johson Marbonite, Nitco, Kajaria, RAK) are around 100 to 150 rupees per sq.ft. (these are usually 2'X4' or 1 meterX1 meter tiles). If someone is aware of getting tiles around 80-100, kindly request you to share details.

[jackalbda]

You are right JollyRogers. For marble finish thats the rate I also got. Finally I went without marble finish, thats RAK Sonic IV series and it came to be around 78Rs (psft) after discount.

[JollyRogers]

Thanks Jackalbda for the update. Can you let me know from where you purchased RAK? Can you share the % of discount offered?

[jackalbda]

I got mine from Chabria & Sons...The discount offered was 8%.

[rainbow_flat]

Jackalbda, Could you please share the model of the tile that you have selected as I can see from RAK website there are 4 shades of Sonic tiles - ivory, gold, maze and crema.

[jackalbda]

To be frank , its neither of the four shown in the RAK website. But the closest match is ivory.

[rainbow_flat]

Can you share the exact model number of the tiles that you have purchased, I am asking this just to compare the price between Chabria & Sons and Intimate Tiles (Banaswadi). They quoted me 75 Rs per sqft for Sonic - ivory, maze and crema and 91Rs for Sonic - Gold. I asked them about Sonic IV series and they did not know about the Sonic IV series, not sure if this a new model!!

[jackalbda]

Pasting my quote below...

Item-Code SIZE BOXQTY QTY RATE DISCOUNT Rate-after-Discount(With TAX) VALUE(Rs)
"FLOOR TILES E-SERIES SONIC-IV FLOOR TILES R.A.K" 598 x 598 0.01 1 313.00 8.00 287.96 287.96