Battersea worktops
The kitchens we meet in Battersea
Understanding stone worktop supply and fitting in Battersea means understanding the kitchens it happens in, which is a more interesting subject than most people expect. The artisan cottage streets have very shallow plans where the kitchen fills the whole ground-floor rear, so a single 3m run with a slim return is the realistic maximum. Larger Victorian terraces towards the park take a rear infill with a compact island of around 2m. The tape measure decides it, not the description above, and not anything anybody says over the telephone.
A picture rail, a deep skirting and a moulded architrave all sit in the way of anything that assumes flat wall from floor to ceiling. Colour behaves differently in a room like that, which is why a sample sits on the units for a week and gets judged under the lights that will be on when somebody is cooking. Priced by the square metre, lived with by the square inch.
A two-up two-down has a kitchen that was never designed to be one, so the run is short, the ceiling is low and every millimetre of depth gets argued over. Alcoves either side of the old breast chop the run into short lengths, and a kitchen made of short lengths is the case where buying a slab outright beats buying the square metres, because the remainder is paid for in both. Movement needs length, and length is what these rooms have.
The stock behind these kitchens runs to Victorian artisan cottage, Late Victorian terrace, Edwardian mansion flat and 2010s riverside apartment. Which of those you have decides most of what follows.
