Dekton worktops in Hounslow

12th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

19th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Built in the three decades after the war / 24.6%

These kitchens were drawn for fewer appliances than a modern layout has, so the cut-out count goes up, and cut-outs are the expensive operation here. One survey, one cut list, one fit.

Council tax band F or above / 10.4%

On a short, cut-out-heavy run the hardness that makes it durable also makes it slow to fabricate. The price reflects that more than the metreage does. 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. What moves the number is the cut list (joins, cut-outs and how the pieces nest into a slab) rather than the floor area of the room.

Across Hounslow's 19 neighbourhoods, the share of housing built since 2010 runs from 2% in Strand-on-the-Green to 54% in Gunnersbury, with Hounslow West (25%) and Spring Grove (25%) next. Newer kitchens usually sit on square, modular units, which keeps the template for a Dekton top quick.

Across Hounslow's 19 neighbourhoods, the share of homes that are flats runs from 27% in Whitton to 87% in Gunnersbury, with Brentford (65%) and Spring Grove (63%) 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.