City of London
Granite worktops in City of London
We cover 15 neighbourhoods in City of London — Blackfriars, Cheapside and Golden Lane among them — across 16 postcode districts. Templating and fitting are done by our own team, so the same people measure the room and install the stone.
The housing here
What City of London's stock means for granite
In City of London, 43.5% of the housing dates from the three decades after the war, the highest of the 33 London boroughs. Flats make up 98.8% of homes, the highest of the 33 London boroughs.
43.5%
Built in the three decades after the war
of the housing
1st of 33 London boroughs, highest first
98.8%
Flats
of homes
1st of 33 London boroughs, highest first
Built in the three decades after the war43.5%
Estate kitchens give a predictable cut list and an unpredictable material. That is the trade with natural stone, and it is worth knowing before the order. You see the slab before it is cut.
Flats98.8%
A forced join in natural stone is a decision about which part of the slab each side comes from, so it is made before cutting rather than discovered after. Worth knowing before the stone is chosen rather than after.
Our granite runs from £148 to £250 per square metre for most of the catalogue, with 45 colours in the range. On rooms this size the number is set by slab yield: how many pieces come out of a slab, and whether an island needs a second one. Square metreage is the last thing we work out, not the first.
£148–£250/m²
Where most of the catalogue sits, supply only. Fabrication, edges, cut-outs and fitting are quoted on top.
45 colours in the range
- Heat
- Excellent (hot pans are fine)
- Porosity
- Porous, varies by stone
- Sealing
- Sealed on installation, topped up over time
Tones
We cannot post granite offcuts, so samples are the quartz range only. The template is taken in your kitchen and the stone is fitted there too.
Questions
Granite in City of London
Do you work on estate kitchens in City of London?
Regularly. The plans repeat, so we usually know the shape before we arrive, but we still measure every room — identical kitchens stop being identical the first time someone moves a wall. Compact runs are cut-out heavy, and that is what drives the price more than the area.
Can you fit granite worktops in a flat in City of London?
Yes, and it is most of what we do here. The constraint is the route rather than the room: we measure the stairwell, the lift and the turns at survey, and size the pieces to what will physically go up. Where a full-length piece will not make the turn, the join is planned into the design rather than improvised on the day.
Do you cover the whole of City of London?
Yes — 15 neighbourhoods across 16 postcode districts, Aldgate, Bank, Barbican and Blackfriars among them. There is nothing to visit: the template is taken in your kitchen and the stone is fitted there by the same team.
Other surfaces
The same kitchens, in something else
The housing does not change, so most of what is on this page still applies. What changes is weight, machining and maintenance.
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