Stone upgrade costs with builder ???

bradles · Jun 09, 2019 9:49 am

Hi All,

Just wondering what everyones experience is with upgrading stone from base range to top.eg Marble look, what was the price to do so?

Cheers

StructuralBIMGuy · Jun 09, 2019 10:02 am

Always start by checking the prices online
Stone Bench Tops

bradles · Jun 09, 2019 4:22 pm

StructuralBIMGuy

Always start by checking the prices online
Stone Bench Tops

Thanks, I've tied looking at that but was wondering if it's a slab difference of say $1000 do they charge that double/triple ?

Steve4216 · Jun 09, 2019 10:06 pm

Really depends on your builder. If they outsource your kitchen to another company, you can always go talk to that company and organise to pay the difference in cash rather than go through the builder to save any possible builders mark up.

I was told it was roughly (for my kitchen) $400 per grade. My builder allowed G1-G2, We ended up with G3 and it was roughly $380 (extra) The one we loved was G8, but alas, no ($2500+)

chippy · Jun 09, 2019 10:52 pm

It's impossible to say without knowing how large the kitchen (how many sheets) is and what edge detail you get included and what you are upgrading to.
Standard colours are often only specced in 20mm thick.
If you want 40mm laminated or thicker edges the cost goes up.
If you are using a grained or feature stone then the edges are mitred and matched so the cost is higher again.
It's easy for the price to ramp up quickly and the builder won't miss out on a healthy margin.