Kitchen islands in calacatta quartz and gold-veined marble with waterfall edges, on display in the Dartmouth showroom

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Quartz and granite countertops, cut and finished in Dartmouth

We template, fabricate and install custom stone surfaces for kitchens, vanities, bars and fireplaces across Halifax Regional Municipality and the rest of Nova Scotia.

Quartz Granite Marble Porcelain Quartz from$55 / sq ft

Twenty years of cutting stone in Ontario, now running out of a shop on Research Drive where every slab is templated, machined and installed by the same crew.

Materials
Quartz, granite,
marble, porcelain
Quartz from
$55 per
square foot
Verified by
SGS reports,
via KASA Stone
Working across
Halifax, Dartmouth
and Nova Scotia

01What we make

Surfaces for the rooms people actually use

Every slab is templated on site, cut on our own equipment at 105 Research Drive, and installed by the same crew that took the measurements.

White quartz kitchen with a full-height veined backsplash 01

Kitchen countertops

Islands, peninsulas, waterfall ends and full-height backsplashes. Digital templating means the seams land where you agreed they would.

Quartz peninsula counter with grey shaker cabinets 02

Bathroom vanities

Single and double vanities with integrated or undermount basins, cut to suit the cabinet rather than the other way around.

White quartz bar counter with a waterfall return and bar stool 03

Bar and serving counters

Mitred edges, waterfall returns and overhangs supported properly, so the stone holds up to people leaning on it.

Black and white marble-pattern porcelain feature wall 04

Fireplace and feature walls

Hearths, surrounds and floor-to-ceiling cladding in porcelain and marble, mitred at the corners so the veining runs continuously.

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02Materials

Slabs imported by the container

Buying direct from the mill instead of through a distributor is what keeps our quartz starting at $55 per square foot.

01

QuartzEngineered stone

Roughly ninety per cent ground quartz bound in resin. It is non-porous, so it never needs sealing, and the pattern repeats predictably from slab to slab, which matters when a kitchen takes more than one. Our stock comes through KASA Stone and carries SGS test reports.

Starting price
$55 / sq ft
Sealing
Never
Suits
Kitchens, vanities

02

GraniteQuarried stone

Cut from the ground, so no two slabs match and you choose the one you want off the rack. Granite resists scratching better than almost anything else you can put in a kitchen and takes a hot pan straight off the element without flinching.

Finishes
Polished, leathered
Sealing
Roughly annual
Suits
Kitchens, outdoor

03

MarbleQuarried stone

The material people picture when they say luxury. It is softer and more porous than granite, so lemon juice and wine leave a mark where they sit, and plenty of owners come to like that record of use. We will tell you plainly whether it suits the way you cook.

Finishes
Polished, honed
Sealing
Twice yearly
Suits
Vanities, fireplaces

04

PorcelainSintered surface

Large-format sheets fired at high temperature. Thin enough to clad a wall and hard enough to work as a counter. It holds its colour under direct sun, which is worth knowing if your island sits under a south-facing window.

Thicknesses
6, 12, 20 mm
Sealing
Never
Suits
Cladding, outdoor

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03Recent work

Kitchens finished across HRM

Photographs from installs in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and the surrounding communities. All quartz and granite, all fabricated in our shop.

Long quartz island with seating in a bright open-plan kitchen
Calacatta quartz island, Halifax
White shaker cabinetry topped with veined quartz counters
White shaker kitchen, Bedford
Navy island topped with white quartz beside pale grey cabinets
Navy island, Dartmouth
Walnut cabinetry with a white quartz island top
Walnut and quartz, Sackville
Quartz island and perimeter counters facing a garden window
Island and perimeter run, Halifax

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04How it runs

From the first phone call to the last bead of silicone

Five stages, all handled by us. Nothing gets subcontracted out to a shop you have never spoken to.

01

Quote

Send dimensions, a cabinet drawing, or a photo with a tape measure laid across the run. You get a written price broken out by material and edge profile.

02

Slab selection

Come to 105 Research Drive and look at full slabs in daylight. A two-inch sample chip tells you the colour but nothing about how the veining moves.

03

Template

Once cabinets are installed and level, we digitally template the room. Your sink, cooktop and faucet need to be on site that day so the cutouts are exact.

04

Fabrication

Cutting, mitring, edge polishing and cutouts happen on our own equipment, which means we are not waiting in line behind another shop's schedule.

05

Installation

The crew that templated brings the stone in, sets it, joins the seams and finishes the perimeter. Most kitchens are set, seamed and finished in a single visit.

05Why HomePlus

Two decades of fabrication, now on this coast

The people behind HomePlus Stone spent more than twenty years cutting stone for homeowners and builders in Ontario before opening the Dartmouth shop. The suppliers, the equipment and the tolerances came east with them.

Direct import
Slabs arrive by the container from the mill, so there is no distributor margin sitting on top of your quote.
Tested material
Our quartz comes through KASA Stone and is backed by SGS test reports covering durability and safety.
One crew
The person who measures your kitchen is the person who installs it, which removes the usual gap between promise and result.
Straight answers
If marble is wrong for how you use a kitchen, we will say so before you have paid for it.
HomePlus Stone display counter and sample racks at a Nova Scotia home show
Experience
Over twenty years,
Ontario then Nova Scotia
Materials stocked
Quartz, granite,
marble and porcelain
Quartz from
$55 per
square foot
Verified by
SGS test reports,
via KASA Stone

06Questions

Asked often enough to answer here

How much do quartz countertops cost in Halifax?

Our quartz starts at $55 per square foot. Where a project lands above that depends on the colour you choose, the edge profile, how many cutouts the layout needs and whether a backsplash is included.

Send a rough drawing with measurements and we will price it properly rather than guessing.

How long does a countertop project take?

Templating happens once the cabinets are installed and level. Fabrication follows in our Dartmouth shop, and installation is usually a single visit.

Overall timing depends on your material being in stock, so ask about lead time when you choose your slab.

Do you install outside Halifax and Dartmouth?

Yes. We work throughout Halifax Regional Municipality, including Bedford, Sackville, Cole Harbour and Timberlea, and we travel across Nova Scotia for residential kitchens. Commercial projects run throughout Atlantic Canada.

Does quartz need to be sealed?

No. Quartz is non-porous, so sealing does nothing for it. Granite and marble are quarried stone and do need periodic sealing, which we walk you through at handover along with what to keep off the surface.

Can you quote from my kitchen drawings?

Yes. Drawings, photos or a hand sketch with measurements are all enough for a quote. The final template still has to be taken on site once the cabinets are set, because walls and floors are rarely square and the stone has to follow them.

Do you supply sinks and faucets?

Yes. We stock undermount sinks and faucets, which means the cutout is machined for the exact bowl going into your counter rather than a nominal size.

Free estimate

Tell us the room and we will price it

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