Dekton worktops in Barnet

25th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

11th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Council tax band F or above / 25.8%

Sintered stone holds its colour in direct sun, which in a large room with doors onto a garden is a difference you will see after a few summers. Machined at the works, so nothing is adjusted at the door.

Built between the wars / 33.8%

The semi’s galley and rear addition are short runs, which suits the thinner formats: less weight through the house, same surface. We will say which format suits it at survey.

The middle half of our sintered stone range runs from £250 to £300 per square metre, across 71 colours, 63 of them Dekton. On rooms this size the number is set by slab yield: how many pieces come out of a slab, and whether an island needs a second one. Square metreage is the last thing we work out, not the first.

Across Barnet's 31 neighbourhoods, the share of housing built since 2010 runs from 0% in Friern Barnet to 66% in Colindale, with Mill Hill East (51%) and West Hendon (34%) next. Modern carcasses are built square to a module, so a Dekton template on them goes quickly.

Across Barnet's 31 neighbourhoods, the share of homes that are flats runs from 12% in Arkley to 86% in Colindale, with Childs Hill (73%) and Finchley Central (67%) next. Where the kitchen is upstairs, the thinner Dekton formats weigh less on the stairs and turn more easily on a landing.

63 Dekton and 8 Karexa sintered stone colours in the range

Tones

We cannot post sintered stone offcuts, so samples are the Worktop Worx quartz collection only.