Granite worktops in Waltham Forest

31st of 33 London boroughs, highest first

29th of 33 London boroughs, highest first

Council tax band F or above / 2.1%

A short run with a sink in it costs close to what a longer one would, because the fixed operations dominate. We itemise them. Sealed on the day it is fitted, and we tell you when it is due again.

Standing before 1919 / 45.4%

Solid walls have no consistent line, and a long return can lose the best part of an inch across a room. On natural stone that lost width comes straight out of the slab yield. Which is a slab decision, and it is made with you.

The middle half of our granite range runs from £148 to £250 per square metre, across 45 colours. 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.

Owner-occupation is not even across Waltham Forest: of the 19 neighbourhoods we list, it is highest in Hale End at 68%, then Chingford Mount (68%) and Chingford (66%), and lowest in Cann Hall at 30%. Granite is sealed on installation and topped up over time, a schedule that is easiest to keep where people own the kitchen they cook in.

Across Waltham Forest's 19 neighbourhoods, the share of housing standing before 1919 runs from 4% in Chingford Hatch to 68% in Leyton, with Leytonstone (66%) and Whipps Cross (65%) next. Walls of that age are rarely straight, so a granite top is scribed to the template rather than to a straight line.

We cannot post granite offcuts, so samples are the Worktop Worx quartz collection only.