Stone worktop suppliers in the Inverness area

[ProDave]

The purchase of the proper stone worktop for the kitchen is imminent.  But the choice of suppliers locally seems limited.

 

A quick internet search finds several websites, until you find they all lead to the same actual stone supplier.

 

So we visited that one today and found a nice piece of granite in their yard and got a quote to do the kitchen worktop, upstand, a stone panel for the end of the units and a stone hearth for the stove to stand on, all from the same stone.

 

It would be nice to find a second supplier to get a comparison with, but I can't find one.  There was one other listed but they are not answering their phone and a search of where they should be did not find them, so I suspect they no longer exist.

 

Any recommendations?

 

The only comparison we have so far is a quote for Silistone, which is not very much cheaper and we would prefer the real stone for not a lot more.

 

[Thedreamer]

I take it was stone source you were at @ProDave that's where our hearth came from.

 

Some lovely marble outside when we were there.

Edited November 16, 2019 by Thedreamer

[ProDave]

Just now, Thedreamer said:

I take it was stone source you were at @ProDave that's where our hearth came from.

 

Some lovely marble outside when we were there.

That's the one.  You can see where people get very large island worktops from.  

 

A good selection and we found one we like that they have 3 large slabs of at the moment.

 

Are there any others in the area because I have not found them if there are?

[Thedreamer]

1 minute ago, ProDave said:

That's the one.  You can see where people get very large island worktops from.  

 

A good selection and we found one we like that they have 3 large slabs of at the moment.

 

Are there any others in the area because I have not found them if there are?

 

I'm not aware of any others. They were recommended to us by other self builders and tradesmen.

 

We were pleased with the hearth, it's was reasonably priced, nice finish and they cut the dimensions spot on to the measurements we provided.

 

Could you consider a little further field, prehaps a trip to Aberdeen?

 

 

 

[scottishjohn]

you can come and quarry your own in my quarry if you like .lol

 

 

[DachaidhDubh]

@ProDave - we're in a similar position right now, went over to Inverness last week and saw some lovely stone in their yard and subsequently got a quote. Now we're looking for somewhere else to compare the quote with - did you ever find anywhere else?

[ProDave]

No not really. We had a quote from Magnet to supply Silistone (spelling?) which ws much the same but for a man made "stone" so we prefered to stick with the real stone.

[DachaidhDubh]

Yeah, it's looking like they're the only option to us too.