A good deal of what decides bathroom worktop fitting in North Feltham could be settled by a tape measure and ten minutes in the room in question. Small postwar terraces and maisonettes with tight galleys under 2.5m, all appliances undercounter, and no realistic scope for an island or a peninsula. We would rather find an out of square wall at survey than on fitting day, so the survey is thorough and unhurried.
A passive vent or a ducted extract shaft takes a corner of the kitchen from floor to ceiling and cannot be reduced. The fittings come from four suppliers and arrive in no particular order, so the surface is drawn last and asked to reconcile all of them. Shelves and a window board come off the same offcut.
The internal stair is usually a straight flight with a tight top landing, and it is the landing rather than the flight that is the limit. Floors are solid, so the unit sits where it is put and the levelling is done under it rather than argued with afterwards. A bathroom over a kitchen has its waste run already decided.
The kitchens here sit in Postwar terrace, 1960s maisonette and industrial-fringe housing. The wall build-up is different in each, and the scribe follows the wall.
Figures cover the statistical area (MSOA) that contains North Feltham| Figure | North Feltham | Against London | What it means for the job |
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| homes built before 1919 | 8% | pre-1919 share lower than 71% of the 723 areas we cover | Corners tend to come in close to square. |
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| households with no car or van | 29% | no-car share lower than 67% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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| median sale price, postcode district, Jan 2024 to Jun 2026, n=444 | £427,500 | median price lower than 87% of the 722 areas we cover | |
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Sources: VOA Council Tax Stock of Properties 2025 and ONS Census 2021 for MSOA E02000547; HM Land Registry Price Paid for TW14. Open Government Licence v3.0.