SINTERED STONE · KAREXA
From £280 /m²
Made to order · cut to your kitchen, fitted 5–10 working days from template
Supply only: the slab itself. Fabrication, edge profile, cut-outs, delivery and installation are quoted on top and itemised, so nothing appears at the end that you did not agree at the start.
A sample square tells you the pattern. These are Black Laurent worktops we templated and fitted, so you can see how the same surface reads across a full run, around a sink, and under kitchen lighting rather than showroom lighting.
Our own installations, photographed on the day. Kitchen lighting and camera white balance both change how a surface reads, so take these as a guide to how the pattern behaves at scale rather than as a colour match.
Is it right for you
Black Laurent is £280 per square metre supply only, which places it 42nd of 71 in our sintered stone range. The median sintered stone here is £261, so Black Laurent sits £19 above the middle of its own range.
It does everything the stone it copies cannot. Lemon, wine and vinegar do nothing to it, there is no etching where the mugs land, and a hot pan is a non-event.
From the bottom of the sintered stone range Black Laurent is £170 up, and from the top it is £86 down. 8 other surfaces in the catalogue carry the same rate, across different materials, so the price alone will not choose between them. Black Laurent is 2nd by price among the 13 marble surfaces in this material.
12 other sintered stone surfaces share its marble tone, Natura at £311, Kira at £226 and Bergen at £360 among them. The nearest thing to it in another material is Arctic Dust White at £280, a quartz, and the choice between them is about behaviour rather than budget.
Pattern repeat is the thing to check before committing at this band. Printed surfaces repeat, which nobody notices on a galley run and some people notice across a wide island under good side light.
The photograph above is indicative. Screens shift colour, and batches vary, so a slab can read warmer or cooler than an image suggests. We hold offcuts of the Worktop Worx quartz collection only, so we cannot post you a piece of this one. It is ordered in by the slab, and the slab is what you would be shown before anything is cut.
At a glance
Thicknesses and slab sizes available in this colour are confirmed in writing when we quote, because stock changes. Fitted 5–10 working days from template, with a 25-year material warranty and a 5-year workmanship guarantee.
Sintered stone
Karexa
Excellent (nothing in it can scorch)
Effectively zero porosity
Never needs sealing
If you choose it
Send the sizes, a plan or a few photographs. A person prices it and itemises every piece, cut-out and edge.
Two to three hours for a typical kitchen. We digitally template every run, record wall run-out, unit heights and appliance positions, agree with you where the joins will fall and where the tap holes and drainer grooves go, and confirm the edge profile.
Black Laurent is cut to that template and fitted 5 to 10 working days from template, with a 5-year workmanship guarantee.
Before you commit
The survey and the written quote cost nothing and carry no deposit. A deposit is taken when you accept and book the template, and the balance is due before installation. Every cut-out, edge and join is priced on its own line.
Up to the template visit you can cancel and we refund the deposit less anything already spent reserving material. After it, the stone is cut to your kitchen and cannot be put back, which is why we template rather than work from your measurements. Read the terms
If someone else has to agree, the quote is itemised so it can be read line by line by whoever is checking it, and we can arrange to show you the actual slab before it is cut. What the guarantees cover
Every one of these is on our Google profile under the reviewer’s own name. Nothing here is written by us, and the link goes straight to the source.
“We recently had our kitchen worktops supplied and fitted by Worktop WorX using Laurent Gold sintered stone, and we couldn’t be happier with the result. The finish, quality, and attention to detail were outstanding from start to finish. Karem was incredibly helpful throughout the whole process professional, knowledgeable, and always available to answer…”
“Great service. Super quick and easy communication. I love my new worktop 🥹🥹”
“Professional, polite and friendly service. Very pleased with finished product.”
Similar surfaces
Worth comparing two or three before you settle, because the same room can take a much darker or much busier surface than a photograph suggests.
Worth reading
Sintered stone
Sintered surfaces like Dekton are the most durable of the three: highly scratch and heat resistant, and thin enough to take a fine mitred edge.
Most of what we fit is 20mm or 30mm. Where you want a chunkier look, we mitre the edge (a 20mm slab folded down to give a 40mm or 60mm apron), which reads as solid stone without the weight or cost of a genuinely thick slab.
Nothing in it can scorch.
Liquids sit on the surface.
No sealant schedule, ever.
The most durable of the three materials we fit.
Thin enough to take a crisp mitre.
Next step
Send plans or photos with rough measurements and we will come back with a real number rather than a range that moves later. Free samples are available on the Worktop Worx quartz collection, though not on this one.
5.0 from 26 Google reviews · templated, fabricated and fitted by our own team across London and the Home Counties.
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