We survey every kitchen before we price it, and the vanity tops we take on in South Tottenham show why that is not just paperwork. Victorian and Edwardian terraces where larger households can mean two full sinks, two dishwashers, separate prep zones and often two ovens, so the worktop area can be far bigger than the house size suggests, with 5m-plus of total run split across two distinct zones. The quote is free, so finding out where you stand costs you nothing at all.
Ceilings are generous and the rooms are narrow, so the runs are long, the aisle is tight and there is nowhere to stand a slab on edge. Bathrooms in buildings like this are reached up a flight and worked in a room two people can barely stand in, and the visit is planned around both. The aperture is polished because you look straight down into it.
There is no back addition on these, so the kitchen is the original rear room and the run is one wall long with a door at each end of it. Where a bedroom has been divided to make a bathroom the window sits off centre to the new room and the vanity ends up under it, which puts the window board in the order rather than outside it. A separate WC becomes a cloakroom with a very small top.
The housing behind these kitchens is Victorian terrace, Edwardian terrace and extended family house. The floor datum is the thing that changes most between them.
Figures cover the statistical area (MSOA) that contains South Tottenham| Figure | South Tottenham | Against London | What it means for the job |
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| homes built before 1919 | 57% | pre-1919 share higher than 84% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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| homes built since 2010 | 1% | post-2010 share lower than 93% of the 723 areas we cover | No two kitchens are set out alike. |
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| households owning their home | 28% | home-ownership share lower than 81% of the 723 areas we cover | Let property is specified for durability and turnaround. |
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Sources: VOA Council Tax Stock of Properties 2025 and ONS Census 2021 for MSOA E02000425. Open Government Licence v3.0.