Kitchen worktops in Walworth

Yes. Small Georgian and early Victorian terraces around the squares where a rear closet-wing kitchen gives an L of about 2.4m by 1.4m, and Victorian artisan tenements where the flats were never designed for a modern kitchen at all, so units are shoehorned in around windows and stacks. The realistic answer on a main road is an early slot, a spotter on the van and pieces staged in one movement rather than several trips. It is noted on the job sheet at template so the fitting crew inherit the answer rather than rediscovering it. It goes on the job sheet for the fitting crew.

Georgian square terrace, Victorian tenement block, Victorian terrace and 1930s and 1960s estate. Floors are suspended timber over a shallow void and have moved, so the units are packed and levelled before anything is set on them. The day is planned backwards from the hall. That is the shape of the day.

The tenement blocks are reached by external stairs and shared landings with a tight 180-degree turn and no lift; Walworth Road is a red route with heavy bus traffic, so loading has to happen on the residential side streets. Weight tells on a staircase more than anywhere else, because there is nowhere to set a piece down mid-flight and no way to change your grip once it is moving. The fitting day is planned backwards from that point, before anything comes off the van. It gets checked before the first piece is lifted.

Worktop replacement, worktop templating and worktop installation, in that order. The junction between the original room and the extension is the point to watch, because the two floors rarely sit at the same height. One visit, with the sink and hob seated and sealed before we leave. Sealed before we leave. The tenement stairs decide the piece sizes - anything over about 2m on edge will not make the turn, so joints get placed to suit the stairwell.

An L can be mitred at the corner for a continuous look or butt-jointed over the gable, and the two are different money and different risk. A layout templated off one wall instead of one datum will not sit right once all the pieces are down together. Real angles, not plan angles. Boxing is rarely the same depth at worktop height as it is at floor level, so measuring it low down is the usual reason a top will not sit back. The back edge is eased in progressively rather than offered up once and forced. It is the slow part of the day and it should be. Material runs from £110 per square metre supply only, and templating, fabrication and fitting are quoted on their own lines rather than rolled into one figure.

A street with houses in single occupation next to the same houses cut into flats produces two completely different jobs from the same elevation. The fitting day is arranged with whoever can actually give us access for the whole slot. Protection goes down first. Tell us the building when you book and the lift, the stair turn and any freeholder notice get built into the day rather than found on it.