Dekton worktops in Waltham Forest

31st of 33 London boroughs, highest first

20th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Council tax band F or above / 2.1%

Replacing the top alone is usually the sensible upgrade here, but on a small cut-out-heavy run this is the material where that is worth costing carefully. Priced from the machining as well as the area, and both are shown.

Standing before 1919 / 45.4%

Old floors flex, and a thin panel needs a level, continuous bed. Getting the units right is part of the job rather than a step before it. 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. A compact kitchen packs its sink, hob and joins into a short run, and that machining, not the area, is most of the bill. The quote follows the cut list line by line.

The share of housing built since 2010 is not even across Waltham Forest: of the 19 neighbourhoods we list, it is highest in Wood Street at 18%, then Walthamstow Village (14%) and St James Street (14%), and lowest in Friday Hill at 3%. Modern carcasses are built square to a module, so a Dekton template on them goes quickly.

Wood Street has the highest flat share of the 19 Waltham Forest neighbourhoods we list, at 75%, ahead of Bakers Arms (63%) and Cann Hall (60%); South Chingford has the lowest, at 25%. 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.