The previous owner of our house also decided to replace the kitchen countertops (encouraged by the realtor) just before listing. I absolutely hate the countertop she picked. We offered less than asking price & they took it. I can't bring myself to tear out brand new counters, at least not yet. I would have been thrilled to have gotten an allowance to pick my own. The allowance might get you a great offer as opposed to people offering less or walking away from something they didn't like.

I can’t speak to the MSI stone, but we have the calacatta gold and really like it. It is very white and the veining is more subtle than the other fake marble quartzes we saw. It was expensive, but since we used it for our backsplash and counter we decided to splurge.

well I went down to MSI to take a look at a few more slabs and ask them. We viewed some slabs and none of them had the same smiles. Many had lines but they were not circular and looked natural - just as I remembered Some manager then came out and looked at my pictures and said he used to be a qc and he had seen them before. The manager did not agree my slab was defective . I said show me one slab with a circular line in the whole showroom or warehouse - we went off around the warehouse again - He could not - he just showed lots of lines but all wavy - not perfect smiles with a dot either end.I felt convinced I had a strong case. He still did not agree I had a defective slab - but said he would arrange a home inspection. lets see if that happens. I have my suspicions they know more than they are letting on and just said that to get me out the warehouse!

Any chance you went with Calacatta Monaco? I’m leaning towards this quartz for my countertops and would love to get an opinion from a homeowner who has it. Thanks!