is sintered stone better thn quartz? quality vs price?

Sintered Stone
✅ Has a more natural, organic look as it is made entirely with natural materials (quartz is minerals suspended in resin)
✅ Has superior heat resistance, will not show burn marks as easily if accidentally put a hot pan on the surface
✅ Durable – more resistant to scratches than quartz
✅ Easy to maintain
✅ Versatile – can be used for floors, walls, and even furniture pieces.
✅ More water resistant and UV resistant - will not fade and discolor compared to quartz, can be used in sunny rooms or outdoors
🟰 More eco-friendly (on paper) - uses recycled mineral materials to develop, but the heat and pressure requires might cancel that recycled aspect out because of energy costs
❌ More expensive, although prices now getting lower as it becomes more common
❌ Less design options, because it is a natural material, less easy to dye/color
Quartz
✅ Has more design options, the resin allows manufacturer to add colors and dyes that can give strong "unnatural" colors
✅ More affordable than sintered stone (unless buy premium brands)
✅ Durable
✅ Easy to maintain
❌ Not as resistant to heat
❌ Not as resistant to scratches

Thanks a lot.. What make me puzzled is, some claimed their 6ft dining table to be using sintered stone, but selling around Rm1k only? i wonder the price gap between sintered stone and quartz...

Hi guys, wanna ask if anyone has same experience as mine before able to share some advice. Can you spot the difference?

Before my renovation project handover to me, I noticed some cabinet door got damaged and some has color different and I asked ID to rectify it.

After rectification, the cabinet door that they replaced all has color different and their reason is different batch sure got color different, impossible make it same.

If bring this matter to tribunal, chances of winning the case won’t be high also I guess.

From the pictures attached I can't really tell the colour difference. However, if there is really a stark colour difference and you can take proper pictures to prove it, highly likely you would win the case as consumer tribunal quite favourable to consumers. However, getting the jusgement enforced is another issue altogether.

Is the two door at the L corner, darker with green tone to it. Obvious under certain lighting condition.

Bought a subsale house, typical 22x75. Living room downstairs all the way to the dry kitchen at the back already have 2x2 white-ish tiles, plus a old built-in kitchen cabinet at the dry kitchen.

However, the condition of the tiles doesen't look clean (even now I'm walking on the tiles with my shoes, haven't clean yet). I doubt if doing a through washing and cleaning of the living room will manage to clear away all the accumulated dust, stains and discoloring of the tiles...the dirt looks like it's permanent already at this point lol. Too long never clean.

And to re-do the tiles, will probably have to re-do a new kitchen cabinet for the dry kitchen as well. I don't really mind making a new kitchen cabinet, as the this old kitchen cabinet probably outdated design and it's dark brown color (not my preferred color). Plus, not sure what material it's made out of. Only thing I'm concerned is cost. Paying slightly more if the quality is good long-term is fine too, but not too overly expensive I hope.

Any recommendations for kitchen cabinet? I'm assuming it will be upwards of RM20k? Or can I get it for cheaper?

Where you all suggest? Will places like Unity Kitchen be more expensive?

Haritu i ada nampak orang tanya apa penyesalan terbesar lepas renovate kitchen. And here i nak share antara penyesalan mereka supaya korang pun tak buat silap yang sama 👌

1. Sinki warna hitam
Kelemahan cepat kotor and warna cepat pudar nanti akan lekat tompok2 putih kalau tak jaga kebersihan. Sampai satu tahap warna akan lusuh 🫢

2. Sinki jenis pulas macam ni
Red flag, cepat rosak and menyusahkan. Cepat terkopek dan kalau tangan berminyak buat kerja susah nak buka. Cuba search ramai yang menyesal buat sinki ni 🤣

3. Jenis material kabinet
So far ada 5 material yang best and tahan lama
1. Nyatoh
2. MDF
3. HPL
4. 4G Glass
5. Melamine

Selain dari tu kurang elok dan akan cepat rosak. Invest mahal sikit takpe asalkan tahan lama

4. Material table top yang tak tahan lama
' Compressed Quartz ' i tengok ada this girl post 5 tahun je meja terus tak cantik lekat kesan kunyit & paling parah corak marbel pun hilang 🤣
Elakkan material ni tapi ramai ambil sebab murah lama2 menyesal.

5. ID Claim material lain tapi bagi material lain
Ramai ye kena macam ni. Dia cakap dia bagi material Quartz Stone tapi dia bagi Compressed Quartz.
Macam mana nak detect ? Harga dia murah tak masuk akal senab Quartz Stone agak mahal 👌

6. Plug point sikit/ tinggi sangat
Plug dekat dapur la sebenarnya kena banyak sebab nak guna untuk periuk nasi, microwave, peti ais dll.
Ramai menyesal tak focus banyakkan Plug dekat kitchen

7. Lantai @ mozek matte finish
Why ? Sebab nanti tak sedap pijak and rasa berpasir je. Beli jenis glossy cantik and kaki sedap pijak.

8. Tak pasang exhaust fan
Untuk serap haba and bau masakan kita keluar dari rumah. Time musim panas on kipas ni terus sejuk rumah sebab dia sedut udara panas keluar dari rumah. Kalau takde bajet beli jenis ni je letak dekat tingkap nako pun boleh

9. Tak buat hidden plug
Ni khas untuk yang nak kitchen bebas wire. Nak guna tekan keluar je. Boleh request dekat ID sekali cakap nak buat 👌 Or kalau ada table top jenis kayu dekat dapur boleh je buat sendiri guna tools nak tebuk table top tu.