Nothing to see the price
The survey and the written quote cost nothing and carry no deposit. Your written quote states when the deposit falls due, and the balance is due before installation. Every cut-out, edge and join is priced on its own line.
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Calacatta Alba sintered stone worktop
SINTERED STONE · KAREXA
From £280 /m²
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.
Made to order · cut to your kitchen, fitted 5–10 working days from template
Calacatta Alba is a marble-effect sintered stone worktop from the Karexa range, supplied at £280 per square metre (supply only) and templated, cut and fitted by our own team 5 to 10 working days from template.
★ 5.0 · 26 Google reviews25-year material guaranteeFitted 5–10 working days from template
Is it right for you
What Calacatta Alba suits
Calacatta Alba is £280 per square metre supply only, which places it 43rd of 71 in our sintered stone range. The median sintered stone here is £261, so Calacatta Alba sits £19 above the middle of its own range.
Under a downlight the veining reads crisper than it does in flat daylight, and a gloss finish will throw the pattern back at you where a matt one keeps it quiet. The finish matters as much as the colour.
From the bottom of the sintered stone range Calacatta Alba is £170 up, and from the top it is £86 down. 8 other surfaces share the £280 rate: 3 quartz and 5 Karexa sintered stone. Calacatta Alba 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. At a similar price you could have Imperial Gold Vein, a quartz at £280, which is a different material doing a different job for roughly the same money.
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
Calacatta Alba in short
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.
Material
Sintered stone
Brand
Karexa
Supply rate
£280/m² (slab only)
Colour tone
Marble effect
Heat
Excellent (nothing in it can scorch)
Porosity
Effectively zero porosity
Sealing
Never needs sealing
Sample
Not posted (the Worktop Worx quartz collection only)
Lead time
5–10 working days from template
Supply cost
What Calacatta Alba costs for a typical kitchen
At £280/m² supply, the slab for the 2.82 m² L-shape on our layout costing comes to about £790, and the 4.44 m² L-shape with an island about £1,243.
| Layout | Area | Supply at £280/m² |
|---|---|---|
| Single run 3.6m | 2.16 m² | £605 |
| L-shape | 2.82 m² | £790 |
| Galley | 3.60 m² | £1,008 |
| U-shape | 3.72 m² | £1,042 |
| L-shape + island | 4.44 m² | £1,243 |
Supply only: the slab at the published rate. Templating, fabrication, edges, cut-outs, delivery and fitting are quoted on top, itemised. Stone is bought by the slab, so a layout that needs a second slab steps up rather than scaling by area.
How each layout is measured and costed Standard worktop sizes
If you choose it
What happens after you pick a colour
A written quote
Send the sizes, a plan or a few photographs. A person prices it and itemises every piece, cut-out and edge.
The template visit
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.
Fitted in 5–10 working days
Calacatta Alba is cut to that template and fitted 5 to 10 working days from template, with a 5-year workmanship guarantee.
Before you commit
What you pay, and when you can still change your mind
Cancel before the template
Up to the template visit you can cancel and we refund any deposit paid, 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
Something to show them
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
Questions
Calacatta Alba worktop questions
01How much is a Calacatta Alba sintered stone worktop?
£280 per square metre, supply only. At that rate the slab for a 2.82 m² L-shape comes to about £790 before fabrication and fitting, which are quoted itemised. That puts Calacatta Alba 43rd of the 71 sintered stone surfaces we fit, counting up from the cheapest, against a sintered stone median of £261.
02Does Calacatta Alba need sealing?
No, Calacatta Alba never needs sealing. Sintered stone has effectively zero porosity, so there is nothing to reapply.
03Can I put a hot pan on Calacatta Alba?
Yes. There is no resin in sintered stone, so nothing in it can scorch and a hot pan straight off the hob does it no harm.
04Can I get a sample of Calacatta Alba?
We post samples of the Worktop Worx quartz collection only, so there is no posted sample of Calacatta Alba; ask when you request a quote and we will tell you how to see the stone.
05How long does Calacatta Alba take to fit?
5–10 working days from template. We template once your base units are fitted and level, cut Calacatta Alba to that template and fit it, with a 5-year workmanship guarantee and a 25-year material warranty.
06Who makes Calacatta Alba, and is it a Cosentino stone?
Calacatta Alba is part of Karexa, our own range of sintered stone; it is not a Cosentino product. Cosentino sells its sintered stone under its own name, and the two are the same kind of material: mineral powders compacted under very high pressure and fired, with no resin in them.
5.0 from 26 Google reviews
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…”
“Karim is excellent, he did superb job with Templeting and fitting my kitchen, highly recommend”
“I am really happy with the work! He fitted my kitchen granite worktop really nicely and got the job done on time, just as promised. He was friendly, professional, and made sure everything was done the way I wanted. Would definitely recommend Karam to anyone looking for a great job!”
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Sahara Stone
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Portland Limestone
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Same tone
More marble-effect Karexa sintered stone
Other materials
The same look in another material
Choosing marble-effect but not set on Karexa sintered stone? These are the nearest marble-effect surfaces in the other materials we fit, by supply price.
Sintered stone
Why you would choose sintered stone
Sintered stone is the most durable of the three: highly scratch and heat resistant, and thin enough to take a fine mitred edge.
The standard thicknesses are 20mm and 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.
SINTERED STONE benefits
Heatproof
Nothing in it can scorch.
Effectively zero porosity
Liquids sit on the surface.
Never needs sealing
No sealant schedule, ever.
Highly scratch resistant
The most durable of the three materials we fit.
Fine mitred edges
Thin enough to take a crisp mitre.
Next step
Get Calacatta Alba priced properly
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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