Where the vanity tops in Anerley get complicated is rarely the stone itself, and much more often the room the stone has to go into. Similar terraced stock to Penge but on much steeper ground, and a higher share of flat conversions, so the common job is a compact galley of around 2.4m with a wall-hung boiler and a slim breakfast bar at the end. The flats suit landlord replacements and first-time-buyer refits. Ask for the design and quotation visit. It is free, it carries no obligation, and it settles all of this properly.
Where the walls have been dry-lined over the old lath there is a void behind the board and no solid fixing until a batten is found. Cleaning is what a bathroom surface actually lives through, since limescale, bleach and whatever gets used on the mirror all end up on it sooner or later. The bridge of stone behind the basin is the part that matters.
Kitchens in the upper flats often sit in the return wing at half-landing level, so there are three or four steps inside the flat before the room is reached at all. The bathroom in one of these is usually a later addition over the back kitchen, so the walls are thinner, the floor moves and a vanity has to sit level in a room that is not. The window over the basin is the one the top answers to.
The building stock is Victorian terrace, Victorian semi-detached villa, 1930s flats and 1960s block. Knowing which one it is before we arrive is half the survey done.
Figures cover the 2 statistical areas (MSOAs) around Anerley| Figure | Anerley | Against London | What it means for the job |
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| homes built since 2010 | 3% | post-2010 share lower than 76% of the 723 areas we cover | No two kitchens are set out alike. |
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| flats and maisonettes | 66% | flat share higher than 60% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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| households owning their home | 41% | home-ownership share lower than 56% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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Sources: VOA Council Tax Stock of Properties 2025 and ONS Census 2021 for MSOAs E02000135 and E02000141. Open Government Licence v3.0.