Dekton worktops in Hackney

27th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Zero porosity and nothing to scorch makes this the surface that survives being ignored, which is the realistic condition in a property that changes hands. Finish decided against your own units, not under showroom light.

Council tax band F or above / 5.2%

Sintered stone costs most where the work is machining rather than area, and a small kitchen is nearly all machining. This is the size at which it is worth comparing carefully. That is a fabrication decision, taken before anything is cut.

The middle half of our sintered stone range runs from £250 to £300 per square metre, across 71 colours, 63 of them Dekton. With short runs the labour sits in the cut-outs and the edges rather than the stone, which is why the quote itemises each one instead of quoting by the square metre.

Woodberry Down has the highest share of post-2010 housing of the 20 Hackney neighbourhoods we list, at 58%, ahead of Manor House (58%) and Shoreditch (46%); South Hackney has the lowest, at 2%. Newer kitchens usually sit on square, modular units, which keeps the template for a Dekton top quick.

The share of homes that are flats is not even across Hackney: of the 20 neighbourhoods we list, it is highest in Shoreditch at 99%, then Woodberry Down (99%) and Manor House (99%), and lowest in Lower Clapton at 60%. 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.