Barnet
Granite worktops in Barnet
We cover 31 neighbourhoods in Barnet — Burnt Oak, Childs Hill and Cockfosters among them — across 14 postcode districts. Templating and fitting are done by our own team, so the same people measure the room and install the stone.
The housing here
What Barnet's stock means for granite
In Barnet, 25.8% of homes sit in council tax band F or above, among the highest in London. 33.8% of the housing went up between the wars, above the London middle.
25.8%
Council tax band F or above
of homes
7th of 33 London boroughs, highest first
33.8%
Built between the wars
of the housing
11th of 33 London boroughs, highest first
Council tax band F or above25.8%
A run, an island and a tall bank is three yield problems rather than one, and on natural stone they have to be solved against the same slab. Sealed on the day it is fitted, and we tell you when it is due again.
Built between the wars33.8%
The serving hatch survives in a lot of these houses, and closing it up changes the wall the run sits against. Better done before the template than after it. The stone decides part of this, and we will show you which part.
Our granite runs from £148 to £250 per square metre for most of the catalogue, with 45 colours in the range. 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.
£148–£250/m²
Where most of the catalogue sits, supply only. Fabrication, edges, cut-outs and fitting are quoted on top.
45 colours in the range
- Heat
- Excellent (hot pans are fine)
- Porosity
- Porous, varies by stone
- Sealing
- Sealed on installation, topped up over time
Tones
We cannot post granite offcuts, so samples are the quartz range only. The template is taken in your kitchen and the stone is fitted there too.
Questions
Granite in Barnet
How is an island priced in granite?
By yield, not by area. The question is how the pieces nest into a slab and whether the island needs a second one, and we can usually answer it at survey. A rate per square metre would not tell you which side of that line you fall.
We have a nineteen-thirties semi in Barnet. What should we expect?
Usually a galley and a rear addition, which take standard-length runs with few joins. The variable is what has already been done to the back of the house: an extension or a knocked-through wall changes the run and is worth mentioning when you enquire.
Do you cover the whole of Barnet?
Yes — 31 neighbourhoods across 14 postcode districts, Arkley, Brent Cross, Brunswick Park and Burnt Oak among them. There is nothing to visit: the template is taken in your kitchen and the stone is fitted there by the same team.
Other surfaces
The same kitchens, in something else
The housing does not change, so most of what is on this page still applies. What changes is weight, machining and maintenance.
Worth reading
Choosing granite
Neighbourhoods