Gloss kitchen worktops

GDB2222

happyindebt said:

Flugelhorn said:

Real nuisance when something like that happens, I once bought a house that had a recently renewed kitchen and on viewing had some mats on the worktop either side of the cooker . when we moved in we discovered that someone had put a hot pan down and damaged the surface on one side, hence the mats to cover it up. We just got some mats of our own  to cover the mark and carried on

I can imagine. This is also a new kitchen, installed 2018, perfect condition apart from these 2 small stains on the right side of the big kitchen island. Easy to cover with two little plant pots. But still, I hate to think of the buyer moving in and getting this bad surprise. To replace the whole worktop it would probably be £2K. 

£2k to replace the worktop on the island? Must be a really big island. Or are you thinking you'd have to replace all the worktops?


Edit: I'm sorry I hadn't realised that these are stone worktops. I've never had those, just laminate. 

GDB2222

If this is solid stone, can it be taken away and be re-polished, with the top could of mm skimmed off first? A specialist job, but not £2k, surely?

 

NameUnavailable

Personally I wouldn't do anything. The worktop still functions as a worktop and for all your buyers know those marks have been there for ages, but in any case you are still living in the house until it completes and stuff happens.

They may have plans to rip the lot out anyway, so you might just be wasting your time and money trying to recondition it. If the buyer wants to have it done it's hardly a big expense in the overall scheme of things. It's a minor issue really not like breaking a window or cracking a toilet pan.

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

Yeah it looks like the acid has come out and damaged the surface. Hmm l would see how much a repair is but still keep quiet for now. 

FtbDreaming

Depending on your conscience I would either cover it with a chopping board or get it repaired. I’m sure there will be companies who do this. Ask the people who made the worktop. 

Overall it’s no big deal and there are much bigger things to worry about 

rik111

NameUnavailable said:

Personally I wouldn't do anything. The worktop still functions as a worktop and for all your buyers know those marks have been there for ages, but in any case you are still living in the house until it completes and stuff happens.

They may have plans to rip the lot out anyway, so you might just be wasting your time and money trying to recondition it. If the buyer wants to have it done it's hardly a big expense in the overall scheme of things. It's a minor issue really not like breaking a window or cracking a toilet pan.

No it’s a lot worse... A window pane costs next to nothing to replace, same with a toilet pan. This is going to be expensive, very expensive. I can guarantee it will be the first thing they notice and be absolutely gutted, a new shiny kitchen is a big selling point, so much that a kitchen can sell a house. You could just flog them the house and say nothing but very immoral in my opinion, will ruin the whole new house experience for the poor buggers and hopefully they will have the sense to come after you via MCOL for the cost of new worktops....
Glad I-never bought a house from you NameUnavailable, you sound lovely.

AdrianC

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster said:

Yeah it looks like the acid has come out

Alkali - but, yes, that's what a leaking battery is.

FreeBear

rik111 said: ... A window pane costs next to nothing to replace, same with a toilet pan. This is going to be expensive, very expensive.

and hopefully they will have the sense to come after you via MCOL for the cost of new worktops....

Absolute rubbish - A repair can be effectively carried out using various resins (both coloured and clear), and polished to give an almost invisible repair. Shouldn't cost more than a couple of hundred quid.

As for going to MCOL for a new worktop, that's not going to happen. For a start, an allowance would need to be made for age and reasonable wear & tear, else it would be "betterment". Second, the buyer should be doing a final inspection before exchange - It is only after exchange that the vendor would be obliged to fix any damage. Before that point, it is "buyer beware".