Oh dear, even more confused than ever. I know with my Amtico floor had to be careful if there was a fluid spillage - to mop up quickly. I found this so easy to keep clean, just sweep most of the time, with the very occasional mop over with Amtico's own floor cleaner.
I do have vinyl in both my bathroom and en-suite and kitchen and they are lovely and easy to keep clean and warm underfoot. I would never have the very expensive tiles, that were laid in my en-suite at the house, which were so cold to walk on in the winter, that I had to keep a special pair of mules next to them for when I used it in the night AND they cracked easily if anything fell on them.
I am really taking note of all your comments on here and will keep them in mind when I start to trawl around the shops for this flooring. I do have a patio door opening onto my large patio balcony - but as the much smaller balcony of the flat directly above me overhangs this, I have never had an rain come in through it.
There is only me living here, and although I do have visits from g.children, none of them are very young. Obviously, part of my living room is the dining area, so there are the occasional spills from the table there, but do not think I really need to take those into consideration.
I have a very querky shaped room ( think the architecture to these flats had some weird ideas or he was on something (mid-80's). He quite obviously did not approve of any room being just four straight walls. Does make it all very interesting!!!! I really would like something which can have a border all around the Living room if possible, and do not think that vinyl sheets would be able to cater for that.