08/15/2026
Did you know❓
Because the kitchen is the focal point for home buyers, a stone or engineered surface upgrade increases your overall property value by 3% to 5.3%, speeds up your sale timeline, and provides significant functional benefits.
Countertop Differences:
⭕️ Granite- Natural rock from cooled magma, speckled and grainy look, heat tolerant, porous and needs sealed every 1-3 years.
⭕️ Quartz- Engineered rock (93% crushed quartz and 7% resin and pigments), consistent color, very tough though not as heat tolerant as granite, and doesn’t need sealed.
⭕️ Marble- Natural rock from limestone with soft elegant veining, softer and can chip easier, highly porous and needs sealed frequently.
⭕️ Quartzite- Natural rock from sandstone, marble like veining, extremely hard, porous and heat resistant.
Inmer estrada in Amherst has a beautiful selection of rock slabs!