Submitted by Blecher_onthe_Hudson t3_ywaeuh in jerseycity
The last place I used seems out of business, another I called was absurdly high, like $70/ft. Anybody I should be calling for this 17 sq ft counter? I used to build my own from $6/ft granite tile, if this is the price, I'll go back to that!
Thanks just tried them both. Tri-State has a 35 ft minimum for installation, VVLs phone is disconnected.
Another place just told me $1,800. It looks like I'm probably going to be building another tile countertop!
Idk if it’s just me, but unless I was desperate, I’d never rent a place with a tile countertop. I cook a lot and the grout is impossible to keep clean.
The counters I build you'd have to do a double take to even see that they're not slab. The black grout lines on the black 12*12 tiles are 1/16 wide. The first one I built is 17 years old and still looks perfect.
Did u try Chen depot?
Yes, theirs was the $70/ft!
I’ve had good luck with Ipex Design in north Bergen in the past
I've always wondered if the people who make grave stones, conveniently located across from most cemetaries would be able to get you a deal on granite?
Go to a place and ask for remnants for cheaper pricing. Marble.com may be able to help you out.
Honestly, that’s not bad. Counter tops aren’t cheap. Try lowes
It wouldn't be bad if it was a kitchen two or three times the size! It's a corner 5 ft on a side, less than 17 square feet of stone. I think the problem is something I've ran into before when I was trying to do one of these, is that they have a minimum charge for preparation and installation. Some are explicit about this, others simply give a high price.
I guess things didn't change since then, I've already built 6 stone tile counters, time to do another...
Ikea!
Why would anyone downvote this?
So glad you’re trying to save a couple hundred bucks… meanwhile how much will you collect in one year’s rent?
I guess you don't run a business or you wouldn't be asking silly questions.
It's not so different from running a household, I always gotta look out for my own bottom line. For example jars are pretty expensive these days, I can save some money by pouring my landlord grade food grease down the drain.
i want u to know that despite the few downvotes, u have my support
Thank you, we renters gotta stick together like this bacon grease sticks to the pipes.
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You’re the one asking for “business” advice on Reddit.
Normal businesses produce things of value to their customers. Landlords are rentiers who produce nothing of value and instead collect ever-increasing rents from people who just want a place to live.
Whatever Comrade. You clearly have no idea what a capital and labor intensive business rental property is. You seem to imagine we plucked the property from tree and didn't have to borrow vast sums, or have to continually invest to bring crumbling shithole 140 year old buildings back to habitability.
Sure, we just sit back and have nubile young girls drop grapes in our mouths! Grow the fuck up.
OP, the fact that you genuinely seem a little insulted by the notion of landlords being predators, might suggest that maybe you're not the type of landlord these people are talking about. That said, no one is pulling these opinions from thin air either. There's LOTS of shitty landlords who just look to collect money from their tenants and eschew spending whenever humanly possible. Some of these landlords are truly "up against it" like you state, and have expensive to maintain properties and need to charge that much, while many many others do not have the expenses you state you have, and just collect what the market will bear without investing that money back into the property. I do think you were being kind of a jerk when you suggested that anyone who thought landlords might be greedy is a communist by addressing them as comrade in your reply, but as I noted earlier, I suppose you were a bit insulted.
Dependent_Map_3940 t1_iwj59k3 wrote
Try Newark; Tri state stone & VVL Marble & Granite. VVL might be the cheapest you will find in the area.