Porcelain is a tough tile which will not crack or break easily. they are very long lasting. vinyl is out dated and just doesn't look good. Your other option should be ceramic tiles. So it should be between ceramic and porcelain. I'd still recommend porcelain but ceramic is cheaper, that's the biggest advantage of ceramic. I bought these porcelain tiles two weeks ago, they look lovely. beautiful hexagon porcelain tiles

Or this, which is fairly similar to the effect you're looking for, but at a much lower price: https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/aspect-black-ivory-patterned-floor-tiles-331-x-331mm?FT=5898&pgno=1 Anyway, in these styles there are options galore :-)

Hi Dundrum, sorry I don’t think grey would go at all, It was more to show you the variety of styles in vinyl rather than the colour. Here’s some more appropriate, warm shades, creams and beiges as well as wood effect. If you have time, visit a flooring shop and you will see 100s of examples, that’s what I did. I did also choose a Moroccan patterned vinyl below, but I’m not sure the shade is quite right? I really like the first dark wood effect one.

My house is all floorboards so the kitchen and bathroom were boarded with some kind of hardboard, sorry I don’t know which, just left that to our son. He then laid porcelain tiles in the kitchen and sheet vinyl in the bathroom. Don’t believe anyone who says you don’t need to board the floor, you do. However I do have laminate flooring in my living room and that was laid over the floorboards and it has fared very well.