Guide
Quartz vs granite for multifamily kitchens
For 200 units, the countertop question is an operations decision, not a design one.
Guide
For 200 units, the countertop question is an operations decision, not a design one.
For a single house the countertop is a design decision. For a 200-unit building it is an operations decision, because you are choosing what your maintenance team will be looking at for the next fifteen years.
| Engineered quartz | Granite | |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | Manufactured from crushed quartz and resin | Natural stone, quarried and sawn |
| Porosity | Effectively non-porous | Porous — requires sealing |
| Sealing programme | None | Re-seal periodically, indefinitely |
| Stain resistance | Very high — spills do not soak in | Good once sealed; sealing lapses show as stains |
| Colour consistency | Held batch to batch | Every slab differs; no repeat match |
| Reorder in two years | Realistic for a stocked colour | Effectively impossible |
| Heat | Resin binder softens under sustained high heat — trivets are standard | Handles heat well |
| Repair after turnover | Uniform surface hides patching well | Repairs are visible against natural movement |
| Seams | Visible unless the pattern is planned | Can be disguised by natural veining |
The most common cost in a countertop programme is not the stone. It is the site visit when the tops were templated against a cabinet run that had already moved. Because we manufacture cabinetry and countertops against the same programme, the dimensions the tops are cut to are the dimensions of the cabinets that actually shipped.
Unit count, cabinet layout, and whether the scope includes baths as well as kitchens. We will send the quartz colour collection and quote tops and cabinets together.
Send unit counts, door style and delivery location. We reply with a quotation and a production schedule.