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My main tips would be to have all the butt joints over joists, pick your boards carefully and avoid any with shake in them - it shows up a lot more when you put a finish on the wood. Take the time to level the joists if you can/it needs as you notice any unevenness a lot more when you put a nice new floor down.
Don’t use glue and sawdust as a filler.
If there are any gaps, use bona gap master - tape either side of the gap when you fill the gaps, leave to dry at least overnight and sand flat. Spill over will show up.Having tools for pulling boards tight like clamps and knockers make a big difference.
Hire an edge sander for the edges, a normal belt sander is fine for the main surface - work with the grain though!
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Ah thanks, that was stupid of me for not putting two and two together as I knew you'd done that.
Your floorboards are a lot better condition than ours so I think we'll do that. I'll read through your posts again but is there anything that you'd do differently etc?
We'll probably have the skirting off anyway and it's just a small rectangular room so fewer corners so it should be a bit simpler.