Wood countertop - resale value - would it be a dealbreaker for you?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, again thanks everyone for the thoughtful replies. I've looked into all the options suggested (only on a style perspective for the moment not practicality), the black soapstone looks interesting it seems like it could work as a rustic look. Also saw some White Quartz that looked good. Both stones didn't give me the same 90s/early 00s impersonal condo feel as granite does (no clue why but the granite countertops I have seen for the moment convey a dated depressing era to me).

If anybody has an image of a granite or other stone countertop that doesn't have that classic granite grain/look I am very interested...

OP If you find a white granite buy it right away. It is very much in demand and a builder will buy it out from under you. So many of the new homes in the $1.5M range around here have this, so I do not think it is out of style. But it is hard to get.

Do you mean "super white" granite?

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I would love wood. My preference would be mostly stainless steel but with one wood counter and one marble counter. But yeah would never sell that to DW.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love wood. My preference would be mostly stainless steel but with one wood counter and one marble counter. But yeah would never sell that to DW.

I'm a real estate agent and wood countertops around a sink usually sustain water damage which naturally detracts from the overall look. They can be lovely but don't wear as well as other materials such as stone, manufactured stone or stainless steel.
Marble countertops are another example of something that looks amazing on Pinterest but doesn't translate well to real life usage.

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We put an offer on a house that had granite or quartz countertops every where but the island, that countertop was walnut. I'd do something along those lines.