Price of quartz/engineered stone worktops - Help!

[Thesunrising]

Wondered if anyone can help me with some rough ball park figures for the price of various quartz/stone worktops for a kitchen. I can't seem to find any indications online of how much certain brands costs i.e. a cost per linear metre and the showrooms I've been to this afternoon won't quote me until I've given them my plans showing how many holes etc need cutting.

The dimensions I need are 1 run of 3.6m with a cut out for a standard induction hob and a second shorter run of 1.8m that needs a cut out for an undermounted 1.5 sink. I've been looking at Silestone, Caeserstone and Unistone - can anyone give me a rough idea of what these different brands might cost pls?

Budget we have is approx £1.5k - will this run to Silestone or do I need to find a more budget option - and what brand would that be - i have no idea!

Thanks in advance for any help!

[burnishedsilver]

I think its in the ball park.
My kitchen is a different size and has an island that needed a jumbo slab so my quotes won't be helpful. A tip I got from mn was that silestone 'gold suppliers' get preferential prices and are way cheaper than other suppliers. I had 4 quotes. There was over £1000 in the difference between the cheapest and the most expensive. Shop around.

[sacbina]

sorry for sounding daft, but what is a 'gold supplier'?

[Thesunrising]

Ah right - so the same product could be priced very differently at different retailers. Guess I'll have to dive in and start getting quotes and see what comes back. Thanks

[burnishedsilver]

I got the term wrong Sacbina. Certain suppliers are awarded 'gold fabricator' by the manafaturers of Silestone. It's some sort of business partnership which enables them to pass on a better price to the customer. The two quotes that I got from gold fabricators (they'll say on their website if they have the award) were dramatically cheaper than the two other quotes.

[sacbina]

thanks for replying, that makes sense now