On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:50:06 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:54:40 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"George" wrote

There are people whose identity depends on what they have and much
imagined status it gives them and there are folks who are happy to have
something that looks good and is quite serviceable but isn't the "hot
item".

And then, there are those of us who just like quality.

Steve


Granite beats the tar out of having counter tops with 4" tile. I'm
sure you've seen those types (builder choice). White tile with white
grout. Obsolete tiles and bull nose trim.

I was retired before I ever had granite. I'll stay with it!

Our first granite was five years ago (~200ft^2 came with the house we're
getting ready to sell). We wouldn't be without it again. We did look at a
couple of houses (fewer than could be counted on one hand, certainly) that
didn't have granite counters but it was a big black mark against them. They
would have had to be replaced and that's more of a job than I want to deal
with in a new house.