Quartz & Granite Countertops in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Quartz & Granite Countertops in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Quartz countertops in Fort Lauderdale typically run $65 to $120 per square foot installed, while granite falls between $45 and $90 per square foot depending on the slab and edge profile. For a standard 40-square-foot kitchen, that puts most projects between $2,600 and $5,800. Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale handles the full install: slab selection, templating, fabrication, and same-week installation. If you’re already planning a full Kitchen Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale project, this is the surface decision that sets the tone for everything else. Call (754) 354-7423 to get a written price before any work starts.

We’ve been cutting and installing countertops in South Florida homes since 2005, and the one thing we see repeatedly is homeowners surprised by what their fabricator didn’t mention: seam placement, overhang limits, sink cutout costs, and edge profile pricing differences. So we put everything in writing up front. That’s how Luca Romano runs every job through Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, and it’s non-negotiable across the crew.

When You Need Quartz & Granite Countertops

Not every kitchen needs new counters. But if you’re seeing any of these signs in your Fort Lauderdale home, it’s time to stop patching and start pricing:

• Your laminate is lifting at the seams. South Florida humidity is brutal on particle-board cores. Once water gets under the laminate near the sink or dishwasher, the top layer bubbles and the edge banding peels back. There’s no repair that lasts.
• Your tile counters have cracked grout or chipped tiles. Older Fort Lauderdale homes built in the 70s and 80s often still have ceramic tile counters. The grout holds moisture, cracks along the plywood substrate, and becomes a cleaning nightmare.
• You’re selling in the next 12 months. Kitchens sell homes in Broward County. Quartz or granite returns more at resale than almost any other interior upgrade, and buyers in Fort Lauderdale expect stone surfaces in anything above $450k.
• Your current stone is etched or stained beyond recovery. Granite that’s lost its seal can absorb oil and wine. Some stains can’t be lifted without grinding, which usually costs more than replacement on an older slab.
• You’re doing a full kitchen remodel anyway. If cabinets are coming out in Victoria Park, Rio Vista, or Coral Ridge, the countertops have to come too. It’s the same demolition. Doing them together saves you a second round of disruption.
• You need a surface that actually fits your cooking habits. If you bake, you need a cool, flat surface. If you cook with acids and citrus constantly, quartz might beat granite for you. We’ll walk through it so you don’t pay for the wrong material.

Here’s the thing about Kitchen Remodeling: the countertop is the decision you touch every single day. Cabinets you see, floors you walk on, but counters you work on. Getting the material and the fabricator right matters more than almost anything else in the room.

Our Quartz & Granite Countertops Process

We run countertop installs with the same discipline as our full remodels. Every step is scheduled, confirmed, and documented. Here’s how a typical quartz or granite project goes with Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale:

1. Slab selection and written estimate. You pick your material and edge profile, we measure the space, and we hand you a written price. That number includes the slab, fabrication, sink cutout, installation, and haul-away. If you choose a level differently from what was quoted, the change is in writing before we proceed.
2. Digital templating. Using laser measurement, we capture the exact footprint of your cabinets, including any out-of-square corners that older Fort Lauderdale homes are known for. Templates done by hand miss these. Lasers don’t.
3. Fabrication and sink cutout. Your slab goes to a local fabricator we’ve used for years. Sink cutouts, faucet holes, and edge profiles are cut to spec. We confirm the seam placement with you before this step, not after.
4. Installation day with live arrival tracking. You get a live arrival time through The Relay Standard. The crew is background-checked and in uniform. They know your project and your layout before they pull into the driveway.
5. Sealing (for granite) and final walk-through. Granite gets sealed on install day. Quartz doesn’t need it. Either way, we do a full walk-through before we leave, and you get before-and-after photos through the same link we’ve used all project.
6. 365-Day Done Right Promise activation. Your project is covered in writing for a full year. If the install wasn’t done right, we make it right. No argument, no chasing.

Every step runs under The Relay Visibility Guarantee. That’s a live arrival time, photo updates before and after, and a written price before a single tool is picked up.

Quartz & Granite Countertops Pricing in Fort Lauderdale

The biggest cost drivers are material grade, edge profile, and slab size relative to your kitchen footprint. Here’s what we see across Broward County in 2025:

• Granite, Level 1 (entry-grade slabs): $45 to $60 per square foot installed. Common colors: Ubatuba, Santa Cecilia, Giallo Ornamental.
• Granite, Level 2 and 3 (exotics and large-format slabs): $60 to $90 per square foot installed. This includes most of what you’d pick for an island.
• Quartz, entry to mid-tier: $65 to $90 per square foot installed. Brands like Cambria and Caesarstone start near the top of this range.
• Quartz, premium or custom-look veining: $90 to $120 per square foot installed. The big-vein marble-look quartz that’s popular in new Fort Lauderdale builds sits here.
• Edge profile upgrades: Eased edge is included. Full bullnose, bevel, and waterfall edges add $8 to $25 per linear foot depending on complexity.
• Sink cutout and undermount sink install: Included in your written quote. Faucet hole drilling included too.

What wrecks budgets faster than anything is hidden add-ons after the fact. We don’t play that. Your written price is the price. If something changes, the change gets approved in writing before work proceeds. For a kitchen with a standard 30-square-foot run plus a small island, most Fort Lauderdale homeowners land between $3,200 and $5,400 all-in with mid-tier material. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll quote your exact layout for free.

One more thing worth being plain about: if a contractor quotes you $30 per square foot installed for quartz in Fort Lauderdale, you are not getting quartz. You are getting a prefab remnant with a cheap edge and a rushed install. We’ve been called in to redo enough of those to know what they look like after a year.

Quartz vs. Granite: What Actually Matters in Fort Lauderdale

Both materials work well in South Florida kitchens. The right choice comes down to how you cook, how you clean, and how much you care about long-term maintenance.

Quartz is engineered stone: roughly 90% crushed natural quartz bound with resins and pigments. It never needs sealing, resists staining, and handles citrus, wine, and oil without etching. If you cook daily with acidic ingredients like tomatoes and limes, quartz is the safer choice. You trade heat tolerance though: a hot pan straight off the burner can scorch the resin. Use a trivet, and you’ll never see it.

Granite is natural stone, quarried in full slabs. It can take heat directly without damage. It needs sealing every 12 to 18 months, which takes about 20 minutes with a quality sealer. If you’re rough on surfaces and want the geological uniqueness of a natural pattern that no one else in Fort Lauderdale has, granite wins. Just accept that citrus spills left overnight can etch some granites.

We install both. We’ll tell you plainly which one fits how you actually live in your kitchen, not which one has the higher margin that week. That’s the kind of conversation you get when the owner is on site.

What Installation Day Looks Like in a Fort Lauderdale Home

If you’re in a condo in Downtown Fort Lauderdale or a high-rise along Galt Ocean Drive, your building has rules about freight elevators, window removal, and delivery windows. We coordinate all of that with your HOA or building manager, so you’re not the one on the phone with the front desk trying to book a service slot. High-rise installs often require window lifts for full-size slabs, which adds a logistics line item we’ll flag in your written quote before you approve a dime.

If you’re in a single-family home in Lake Ridge, Poinsettia Heights, or Imperial Point, it’s more straightforward. The crew arrives with the slab, sets it in place, and you’re usually cooking on the new counters the same evening. Most standard kitchen installs finish in under six hours.

That said, countertop slabs are heavy. A typical 3cm quartz slab for a 40-square-foot kitchen weighs over 400 pounds. This is not a two-person job and it’s not something we’d ever recommend a homeowner attempt with a rented suction cup from a box store. The risk of injury or a cracked slab isn’t worth the savings. Let a trained crew do what we’re trained to do.

The same goes for any plumbing disconnect and reconnect around sinks. We handle the plumbing the right way, with the right fittings, so you don’t end up with a slow leak under the cabinet three months later.

How We Handle Seams and Overhangs

Seams are where a fabricator’s skill shows. On a standard L-shaped kitchen, you’ll have one seam unless the layout can use a single slab. We position it away from the main prep zone whenever the slab dimensions allow. If we can place the seam behind the sink or at a natural break in the run, we will. If your layout forces a visible seam, the color-matched epoxy and a tight fit make it nearly invisible.

Overhangs without support shouldn’t go past 10 to 12 inches unless we’re adding steel brackets or corbels. If you want a waterfall island edge, that’s a fabrication detail we’ll plan into the template from day one. Waterfall edges are common in the newer builds going up in Flagler Village and Victoria Park, and we install them regularly.

Backsplash decisions also affect the countertop install. A full-height quartz backsplash gets fabricated and installed at the same time as the counters. If you’re doing tile backsplash instead, that comes after the counters are set. We’ll coordinate the sequence so you’re not paying a tile crew to work around an empty section of wall.

Why Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale Does This Right

We’re not a countertop reseller pushing whatever slab is overstocked this month. We’re a general contractor that’s been renovating kitchens across Fort Lauderdale since 2005, and counters are one piece of a bigger skill set.

That means when your countertop project uncovers an uneven cabinet run or a sink base that needs shimming, we can fix it on the spot. It means the faucet drilling and plumbing are done by the same team that set the slab, not subcontracted out to a third crew you’ve never met. It means the person who templated your kitchen is in the same project thread as the installer, so the seam placement discussion doesn’t get lost between companies.

We’re part of the Relay Home Co. family of independent local businesses. The Relay Standard applies to every project we touch: live arrival time, photo updates, and a written price before work begins. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every countertop install in writing for a full year. If the seam fails or the install wasn’t done right, we fix it. That’s not a verbal assurance. It’s on the invoice.

We also answer our phones. Like, a person picks up. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If your install is scheduled and you have a question at 9pm the night before, someone picks up and answers. There’s no voicemail loop at (754) 354-7423.

FAQs – Quartz & Granite Countertops in Fort Lauderdale

How much do quartz countertops cost in Fort Lauderdale?

Quartz countertops in Fort Lauderdale run $65 to $120 per square foot installed, with most kitchens falling between $3,000 and $5,500 total depending on slab tier, edge profile, and kitchen size. Your written quote from Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale includes the slab, fabrication, sink cutout, installation, and haul-away, so there are no surprise line items. Call (754) 354-7423 for a free estimate on your exact layout.

Is quartz or granite better for a Fort Lauderdale kitchen?

Quartz is better if you cook with acidic foods daily and want zero maintenance, since it never needs sealing and resists etching; granite is better if you want heat tolerance and a truly unique natural stone. Both hold up well to South Florida humidity when installed correctly. We’ll help you pick based on how you actually use your kitchen, not on what’s easier to sell.

How long does countertop installation take?

From template to installed slab, a typical Fort Lauderdale kitchen takes 7 to 10 days: 1 day for laser templating, 4 to 6 days for fabrication, and 1 day for install. Installation itself usually finishes in under six hours for a standard kitchen. We’ll schedule your install and give you a live arrival time through The Relay Standard so you’re not waiting on a four-hour window.

Can you install countertops in a condo or high-rise in Fort Lauderdale?

Yes, we coordinate directly with your building’s management for freight elevator bookings, delivery windows, and any window lift requirements for high-rise slab access. High-rise installs sometimes add a logistics line item, and we’ll flag it in your written quote before you approve anything. We’ve done condos all along Galt Ocean Drive and in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Do you remove and haul away the old countertops?

Yes, demolition and haul-away of your existing counters is included in the written price from Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale. We disconnect the sink plumbing, remove the old surface, and leave the kitchen clean on install day. If your old counters are stone, we handle the weight and the disposal so you’re not dealing with it.

What does the 365-Day Done Right Promise cover?

If the countertop install isn’t done right, we make it right, backed in writing for a full year after project close. That covers seam failures, installation defects, and fabrication errors. If something isn’t right, you don’t pay for the fix. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll take care of it.

One last note: material availability changes. If you have your eye on a specific Cambria design or a particular granite slab, the sooner you reach out, the more likely we can secure the exact slab you want. Fort Lauderdale is a competitive market for good stone, and the best slabs move fast. Call (754) 354-7423 today and we’ll get your written estimate scheduled.

Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale.