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stone bench top cost.

11 months ago

Hi all
We are currently talking with a volume builder near Cairns about building one of their houses.
In a quick meeting we were asked did we want to upgrade kitchen benches to stone, we said yes.
The quote is $15.600 increase for smartstone essentials range.
Is this reasonable? Thanks

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Kate
11 months ago
That will depend on factors such as sqm metre and no of cuts etc.
dreamer
11 months ago
The measurements of your bench top would help in clarity as to the cost.
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Linda Maguire
Original Author
11 months ago
Thankyou
Kate and dreamer, I’m not certain about sizes yet but think the island is 2.5m x 900 and the another couple of meters for the other bench .
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Linda Maguire
Original Author
11 months ago
Sorry , forgot to say one cut for sink and one for cooktop.
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bigreader
11 months ago
I think it’s a bit overstated given that they should be deleting the cost of the laminate from the upgrade price. There are online calculators for stone suppliers - Google and see what you think. One of the issues with volume builders is that you are locked into their pricing and suppliers, and they charge a lot for variations. So your choice is limited.
dreamer
11 months ago
If you have only a small 2500 x 900 island plus two metres of straight bench, that increase in cost of $15600 seems excessive. Is the island waterfall edges?
Linda Maguire
Original Author
11 months ago
Thankyou, bigreader and dreamer . I thought it seemed a lot but I’m not familiar with costs of bench tops so wasn’t sure.
I did google prices of slabs and they were under $2.000 per slab for the essentials.
I do realise that is wholesale prices and would cost more for the end product.
My problem now is that I’m struggling to find a stone I like in the limited range. If I choose another level the cost could skyrocket.
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dreamer
11 months ago
The prices advertised are usually retail, but they don’t include cutting for sink etc. waterfall edges, labour for installation. Waterfall edges add a lot to pricing, for the extra stone and labour. I would say the excessive cost would be labour costs. As with the current building industry labour costs have increased greatly. Ask for an itemised break down, so you can see what the labour component is. Increasing the stone cost, should not, in theory, increase the labour cost. The labour is still for the same work.
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Linda Maguire
Original Author
11 months ago
Thankyou
I will do that .
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siriuskey
11 months ago
Get some independent quotes, this should give you a better idea
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