All I can say is OMG that is a lot. I dont know exactly how much it should cost but I just didnt see it $285/ft.

Based on my very recent experience shopping for marble i think you could find some nice calacatta marble - installed with cut outs and whatever edge you like - for half that - still expensive but $285 sq. ft is crazy.

Sounds outrageous to me too. When I was looking around, it was $100 as I recall, possibly could have been $120. Did not run into anything running $300 or anything near. Stone pricing has come down quite a bit since then due to the economy. The more expensive $100 stones back then are selling for more like $70 now.

This is not NY but is an expensive area.

Regardless, I sure wouldn't pay that much! lol Even if I had a money tree out back.

I'm in Northern NJ and was just quoted about $200 per sq ft for a beautiful Calcutta (installed). We ended up going with a quartzite instead (half the price) but the calcutta was stunning.

I saw stunning slabs of Calacatta Statuario just a few hours ago.. Lovely white with dark veining.

My counter top surface is about 48 sq feet. I'm able to make it with one large slab (122' by 72' I think).

Extrapolating from this, and that your island is 10' x 42', is it that you need three slabs?

For that quote, I'd go to New York or New Jersey near the docks and look for reputable granite/marble yards and actually look at the slabs and pick the lot pieces of your marble. Long Island is more isolated and they may feel they got you price wise if your not willing or able to travel.

I'm linking to marbleandgranitedotcom. It has a list of reputable industry fabricators on it. You can search via zip codes. It might help to call a few and discuss your future purchase. Good luck.

Here is a link that might be useful: US fabricator list by zip code

I got my granite from All Granite & Marble in Danbury, CT. They have a location in Deer Park. I would definitely go there and price out your job.

Thank you all so much for your feedback.

I had a feeling that quote was a bit high...or maybe they were a bit high when they quoted us!

The actual island length is only 102". But we are having an overhang; total length will be determined by slab size.

I have no reservation about travelling, and will definitely check out All Granite in Deer Park.

Since receiving that quote we have researched a few alternatives (unless we can get the price down on the statuario). One would be Carerra marble, and another would be something in the white granite family like white fantasy.

lincolnduncan- would you mind sharing what type of quartzite you went with?

Thanks so much again everyone...

I have statuario marble on my island. I used 2 slabs. One is 3'x6' counter height and the other is 4'x5' table height. The island is 11' long with overhang. I have an ogee edge. We paid about $4000 for our marble (slab, fabrication and installation) a year ago. We live in the Detroit area.

Thanks for the pictures Deb. So if my calculations are correct you paid just a bit over $100 sq/ft all in for your marble. I don't think my location commands a cost triple that.

A stone like this:
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can easily be double the price of one like this:

Drama commands a premium price.

I never figured out the square foot price, but yep, that sure sounds correct! Good luck with yours nyse. Looking forward to seeing pictures.

licolnduncan - WHERE did you go for your quartzite?

(Sorry to hijack nyse, but maybe you'd want to travel there, too? :) )

Reviving a month-old thread to tell Nyseguy that my KD, based in Long Island, must use the same counter guy. Got a quote to install 61 square feet of Imperial Danby for almost $250/square foot. I'm sending a politely confused email to the KD - "are we working from the same measurements? I calculate 61 square feet, is this the same number this provider is using?" I'm willing to pay a premium for marble but I'm not willing to be ripped off.

This post was edited by zeebee on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 8:47

OK, so I went to IKEA (DC area) where they had Vermont marble, installed for around 60.00/sqft (Montclaire). Can't remember the other one. No idea whether this was a teaser rate or not. Included template, fabrication, 1/4" round top/bottom, installation, up to 3 faucet holes.

I'm in Long Island and your price sounds very high to me, but I am not familiar with the marble you selected. You should shop around. Alot of stone places in Westbury and Farmingdale, but not sure about fabricators. Ikea in Hicksville sells quartz.

My local IKEA (fabricator) sells a LOT more than what they have on display in the store. However, they had a long list of all possible counter top materials and manufacturers (Zodiaq, Silestone, Caesarstone, Cambria, marble, granite...)

Update: although my renovation has been put off again- my wife and I continued to look at stones. We went to Stone World in Farmingdale and talked with the owner for 30 minutes who gave us a full education on the different marbles (super nice guy).

He equated them to cars...stating that Statario is the Rolls Royce of countertops, Imperial Damby is the BMW/MB, and Carrera is like the Toyota. But...as he said, he places Carrera in $5M homes and that it is still a beautiful stone.

With that said the pricing game you have to play between the stone yard and fabricator gets old very quick...especially when your fabricator is as slow as s**t.

So I searched for an all in one fabricator/stone yard and found one nearby who gave me a quote on Carrera marble within 10 mins of me sending over the rough sketch/dimensions. His price was $100 sq ft including everything plus ogee edge.

Eventually (It took two weeks) my original fabricator got me the quote on Carrera, and hers was a bit cheaper.

Soooooooooo...I believe we have found what we were looking for in terms of stone/marble and price, now it is just a question of who we will use for the fabrication/install.

where was the place you finally used, and the name/number?? We really want to go marble in our old restoration but fear the price!

Make sure to look for a fabricator with the largest selection and turnover rate that you can find. This will allow the opportunity for some lower end costs and better material. If you fall in love with an expensive marble slab, a bigger selection makes it possible to find affordable substitutes.

You made that beautiful kitchen to sell it? heh. We added granite to sell ours. the next kitchen we will keep ;)

Russ

Hey Russ...no, my intention was to stay for a while, but we heard that a waterfront house that my wife and I have had our eyes on for some time was going to be coming on the market- so we jumped on it.

The sad truth is that had I known I was going to be selling I would have done a lot of things different and saved myself a lot of money, and more importantly time.

But, live with no regrets...on to the next project!

nyseguy, you did a beautiful job on the house. Best of luck on your new one.

Thanks so much cpartist. The new home is being bought strictly for location as is it half the size of the old house. However, having owned a larger house- they are not all they are cracked up to be.

The new house is a ranch built in 1949 and I want to stay within that vernacular with any additions, etc... Something not seen on modern big box houses today.

Maybe i'll start a thread on that when we finally close.

I'll take a waterfront house any day of the week and twice on Sundays! Good luck and post pictures!

Russ

Oh my gosh Nyse - that's a beautiful house you are leaving! Would love to see what you do to the new one!