Dekton worktops, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

22nd of 33 London boroughs, highest first

16th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Council tax band F or above / 33.9%

At this scale the slab size is the advantage: fewer pieces, fewer joins, and a surface that reads as one thing across the room. One survey, one cut list, one fit.

Lived in by their owners / 62.4%

The finish range is wide and a sintered finish reads differently in a kitchen than in a showroom. Owners choosing for themselves should judge it against their own floor and units rather than from a catalogue. Worth mentioning when you enquire, so the quote uses the right format.

The middle half of our sintered stone range runs from £250 to £300 per square metre, across 71 colours, 63 of them Dekton. Bigger kitchens are priced by the slab count. The template shows whether the run and an island nest into one slab or need two, and that decides more than the square metres do.

Hampton Wick has the highest share of post-2010 housing of the 20 Richmond upon Thames neighbourhoods we list, at 9%, ahead of Teddington (8%) and North Sheen (8%); Ham has the lowest, at 1%. Modern carcasses are built square to a module, so a Dekton template on them goes quickly.

Hampton Wick has the highest flat share of the 20 Richmond upon Thames neighbourhoods we list, at 55%, ahead of North Sheen (53%) and Mortlake (52%); Petersham has the lowest, at 21%. 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.