The Little Carpet Shop

12/06/2026

See it in your own space with FREE samples 💌

Explore the colour, texture and finish of your favourite shades with our free sample service.

Tip: move your samples around the room and check them at different times of day, lighting can completely change how a floor looks.

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

One of todays jobs was helping somebody who’d seen one of those “Fit your own stair runner for £99” videos online.

Now, don’t get me wrong, you might well find a runner for £99.

What the videos don’t tell you is the rest of the shopping list.

Runner: £99

Stair tool: £25

Decent staple gun: £250

Underlay: £60

Gripper rods: £30

Knife and blades: £15

Miscellaneous fitting materials: £20

Total before you’ve even started: £499

Then there’s the bit nobody mentions.

The video we were shown had the woman’s husband helping her. So that’s two people spending the best part of a day fitting a stair runner.

If they could have earned just £100 each that day doing their normal jobs, that’s another £200.

So now your £99 stair runner has effectively become a £699 project.

And after all that, if it doesn’t go to plan, you still end up paying somebody to come and sort it out.

We’re not saying don’t have a go yourself. Plenty of people enjoy DIY and do a brilliant job.

We’re just saying those videos aren’t always telling the full story.

Sometimes a £99 job isn’t really a £99 job at all.

07/06/2026

It is disappointing that we have had to make this post, but we feel we have been left with little choice.

Tom Ashton no longer works for The Little Carpet Shop and has not done for some time.

Tom’s employment was terminated following serious concerns, including customer balances being collected and not paid into The Little Carpet Shop, work not being completed in accordance with invoices, and other issues that came to light during our investigations. We have also had to return to and rectify a number of jobs at our own expense.

We have since become aware that Tom had been giving his personal contact details to some of our customers and offering to carry out future work independently.

More recently, several people have contacted us stating that they paid deposits directly to Tom for work to be completed and that he subsequently failed to attend. We would like to make it absolutely clear that any arrangements, payments or agreements made directly with Tom Ashton are entirely separate from The Little Carpet Shop and are not connected to our business in any way.

Whilst we are disappointed that some customers chose to bypass us after the time, effort and service we provided, we have still tried to assist where we can by confirming that Tom no longer works for us and by providing any details we hold when requested.

If Tom Ashton has given you his personal number, please be aware that he does not represent The Little Carpet Shop. We strongly recommend that you do not assume any work arranged with him is associated with us.

If you have already entered into an agreement with him directly, that agreement is between you and him, not The Little Carpet Shop.

Thank you to all of our genuine customers who continue to support us. We remain committed to providing the level of service and reliability that has helped our business grow.

02/06/2026

Went into the The Little Carpet Shop to pay for our LVT that we are having fitted in a couple of weeks, I needed our bathroom floor sorting and saw a vinyl cut off in the shop, it now looks great in our bathroom, thanks guys, can't wait to get the rest of our flooring down.

Already had our stairs carpeted by Martin and his team, I would not hesitate to recommend them, and that's why I keep going back.

Amazing Service and lovely people 😁😁😁😁😁

27/05/2026

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to all of our customers, friends and followers that continuously recommend us to people, whether that’s on Facebook or in person to friends, family, work colleagues or whoever.

One of the reasons we haven’t posted as many flooring posts lately is simply because we’ve been so busy responding to calls, messages and recommendations. Whenever we speak to new customers we always ask how they found us and honestly, a huge amount of people say they were recommended by somebody else.

Whether it’s family, friends, somebody from work, somebody off Facebook, somebody from Zumba or pottery class 😂 whatever it may be, it genuinely helps our little business more than you probably realise.

We know there are loads of flooring shops out there, so for people to go out of their way to recommend us means a lot. Every share, tag, comment and recommendation genuinely helps keep us busy and keeps our small family business growing.

So honestly, thank you. We appreciate every single one of you 🧡

22/05/2026

At The Little Carpet Shop, one thing we’ve always believed is simple:

Nobody here works for us.
We all work for the customer.

Whether it’s the shop staff, the warehouse, the fitters, the estimators, or the office team, everybody involved in your job is working towards the same thing — giving you the best service and standard possible.

That attitude matters more than people realise.

In a lot of industries, there can be a divide between office staff, fitters, subcontractors and management. We’ve always tried to avoid that completely. Everyone here is treated with respect, everyone’s opinion matters, and everybody pulls in the same direction.

The result is a team that genuinely cares about the finished job and the customer experience from start to finish.

We’re not perfect, and we never pretend to be. But one thing we’ll always do is work together, communicate properly, and take pride in what we do.

That’s the culture at The Little Carpet Shop, and we believe it’s a big part of why so many customers continue to recommend us.

20/05/2026

Chevron carpets are absolutely flying out at the minute — whether it’s for a staircase runner or a full room fit.

Here’s just a small selection of the chevron styles we currently have available in store.

Neutral tones, bold patterns, modern textures… there’s loads to choose from.

Contact us today to book your free measure and quote.

📍 The Little Carpet Shop

15/05/2026

🎪 Proud to be supporting the local community again.

You may have spotted our new sign up at St Luke’s Primary School in Lowton, where we’re proud to be the main sponsors of the circus coming to town this weekend.

As a small local family business, supporting local schools, grassroots sports and community events is something that genuinely matters to us. We’ve got more sponsorship announcements coming soon too, with more local youth teams and organisations being backed by The Little Carpet Shop.

🎪 Circus Details – St Luke’s Primary School, Church Lane, Lowton

📍 Gates Open: 12pm
🎪 Circus Doors Open: 1:30pm
⏰ Show Starts: 2pm

🎟 Tickets:
£12 per ticket
£45 for a family of 4
(Free for children aged 2 & under)

And before our friends up the road start polishing their “report to council” buttons again… this one’s up with full permission, so save yourselves the phone call this time. 😉

If you’re heading down this weekend, make sure you give the circus a visit and support a great local event for the kids.