composite kitchen worktops

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Just going gaga with kitchen choices for our new house and wonder if anyone has any experience of these M-stone worktops?
www.bushboard.co.uk/products/m-stone/
They are a mixture of resin and quartz but are not the same as Corian.
Half tempted to let the builder choose everything to save me from decision overload, even if we end up with a single gas ring and bean bag seating.

I don't, but just wanted to sympathise - I too am in kitchen choices overload and my head is bursting with worktops at the moment! Help meeeeeeee!!

Just done this exact thing and posted similar question.

I found a website which gave reviews for each worktop.

I've opted for Earthstone (similar product). Don't buy a dark colour is the advice I was given

What website is that TiredDog?

Here I think.... I'm trying to blot out the months of research that I went through. Still not sure I've made the right choice. I'll let you know in two weeks

Composite reviews

I've ordered an integral sink in earthstone I managed to order one less worktop length (£550) and order a sink (£799 ) with one and half sink..sunk into it. £250 for the integral sink basically...
It will look lovely.
I hope.

Useful link!

Good link, thanks!

I have earth stone in white (what was I thinking) it is so hard to keep clean, it holds little stains (like coffee or tea drips) and god forbid you drip any pasta sauce on it. you have to really scrub it. Never again

The process of planning has driven me barmy. I could get the kitchen for much much less. But it meant compromising on everything. It didn't seem possible to compromise on one item because it all knocked on.

Composite worktop is because I have curved cupboards. I think they will finish the kitchen beautifully tbh but the curved cupboards are bumping the cost massively. I am however only doing this once...

The children will eat bread and water because I won't have money to buy food to cook in my kitchen. But it will look great

Mstone is bushboard solid quarts, will be cheaper going to a quartz supplier
The bushboad acrylic is Encore, wouldn't really recommend it if you want a hard wearing worktop

oh....

I have coffee earthstone.

Fingers crossed

Thanks for the links TiredDog, really useful. Jamdoughnutfiend, am I right in thinking you can't sand out stains and scratches with this? If so, it sounds as if a coffee colour is a wise choice. How does the price compare with granite?

I was quoted £2500-£3000 for a granite worktop (didn't get an exact quote). There is also a fitting cost. I thought £3000 was a likely price.

My worktop plus sink will be £1900 ish

This page seems to be saying you can't sand M-stone like you could with other composites, or have seamless sinks...
www.bushboard.co.uk/making-your-choice/

Helliecopter, have you decided definitely on any of your kitchen stuff yet?

you can only have seemless with acrylic tops, but then you have all the scratches and stains.
look on corian website
corian.co.uk/Corian/en_GB/assets/downloads/documentation/corian_use_care_en.pdf
it explains what you need to be careful with and this applies to all acrylic tops

Seems good on the price. Your whole kitchen sounds lovely. The kids will be fine on bread and water and it will keep the cooker nice and clean.

Mine is utterly different : bamboo - pic on my profile - but a good fitter should be able to cut any shape into it : its the same on every face and direction so is more versatile (and cheaper than stone types or normal wood)

Talkinpeace, I like the white units in your pic. How long have you had the bamboo and how is it holding up? Love or hate the induction hob?

Bamboo is now 5 years old.
Its got dinks and dents and scratches (and scorch marks, but that was DH being daft) but a swift wipe with a j cloth and then a dash of olive oil and its lovely again.
I love it still.

Nearly as much as I love my induction hob! Wonderful thing. Did stir fry on it tonight.

The units are great, but DH dislikes the lack of handles as they can be fiddly to open with wet hands.

I have never yet cleared the counters and done another coat of posh oil - have not felt the need to.

Flashmob - decisions? Er...no! I'm probably the most indecisive person ever. Just about decided on the builder, plans and size of the extension. Got to choose the windows, back door and french doors. I know we're having a Pineland kitchen and I'm obsessed with copper so I'm trying to source some vintage copper pans (French if possible). And I've got my lovely wedding Le Creuset that I can't wait to start using.
Colour of the cabinetry, wortops and flooring all to be decided. Oh, and appliances. So far all I know about those are I'd like a range and a french door fridge freezer.
How are you getting on?