Kensington and Chelsea
Granite worktops in Kensington and Chelsea
We cover 19 neighbourhoods in Kensington and Chelsea — Chelsea Harbour, Earl's Court and Gloucester Road among them — across 9 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 Kensington and Chelsea's stock means for granite
In Kensington and Chelsea, 65.7% of the housing was already standing before 1919, the highest of the 33 London boroughs. 53.3% of homes sit in council tax band F or above, the highest of the 33 London boroughs.
65.7%
Standing before 1919
of the housing
1st of 33 London boroughs, highest first
53.3%
Council tax band F or above
of homes
1st of 33 London boroughs, highest first
Standing before 191965.7%
A century of repainting means the wall is not where the plan puts it. The template comes off the wall, and the slab is cut to the template. You see the slab before it is cut.
Council tax band F or above53.3%
A big room usually wants upstands and splashbacks as well as tops, and taking them from the same slab is the only way they will match the run. The stone decides part of this, and we will show you which part.
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 Kensington and Chelsea
Will granite sit properly against the old walls in a Kensington and Chelsea kitchen?
Yes, provided it is templated and not estimated. Walls this age are rarely straight, so the wall line is cut from a physical template taken after the units are fixed and level. That is why we do not quote a worktop from a floor plan.
How is an island priced in granite?
By yield, not by area. The question is how the pieces nest into a slab and whether the island needs a second one, and we can usually answer it at survey. A rate per square metre would not tell you which side of that line you fall.
Do you cover the whole of Kensington and Chelsea?
Yes — 19 neighbourhoods across 9 postcode districts, Brompton, Campden Hill, Chelsea and Chelsea Harbour 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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