Countertops & stonework in Ocean City, NJ
Countertops in Ocean City, NJ
Granite, quartz and marble countertops for Ocean City's duplex rebuilds, Gardens homes and rental kitchens, from our showroom across the Ninth Street bridge in Pleasantville.
Or visit our Pleasantville showroom, open Monday to Saturday.
Ocean City, NJ
Countertops for America's Greatest Family Resort
Ocean City countertops get picked for a family town, and the housing tells you which family. The Gardens, from the Longport bridge down to North Street, is single family homes on larger lots and where a good deal of the island's high end rebuilding happens. The north end between North Street and 6th Street is porch front Victorians and renovated classics, and the historic district from 3rd to 8th Street between Central and Ocean Avenue still holds houses from the 1880s through the 1920s that owners update inside while keeping the street face. Most of the rest of the island rebuilds itself as duplexes: an older one or two family house comes down, a new two family goes up, and each unit is sold on its own, so one lot ends up with two kitchens and two sets of baths. The Riviera lagoons off Bay Avenue and Merion Park by the 34th Street bridge are the single family, year round pockets on the bay side. On a duplex we template both units together.
Getting a rental ready before Memorial Day is a lot of the work here, and so is refreshing a family place for another generation. We help Ocean City homeowners, the builders doing the duplex rebuilds and the designers updating the older houses choose stone that fits how the house earns its keep, and our countertop fabrication and installation page lays out the steps so you can plan the kitchen around the rental calendar.
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite
Which stone for a Ocean City kitchen
Granite countertops in Ocean City
Granite earns its place in an Ocean City kitchen that feeds a different family every week. It is quarried stone, very hard, and it does not mind a hot pot, a cutting board that slipped or a cooler dragged across it. A mid tone speckled granite hides the marks of a busy summer better than anything, and a honed black suits a Gardens rebuild with white cabinets. It is porous, so a sealer gets refreshed between seasons when water stops beading on it. For a landlord who wants natural stone in a rental, granite is the one.
Quartz countertops in Ocean City
Quartz is the Ocean City rental stone. Engineered stone is non-porous and never sealed, so sunscreen, wine and ketchup wipe up clean between checkouts, and the color is uniform from one unit of a duplex to the other. The long slabs mean a galley run comes in one piece, and a soft white or grey keeps a narrow duplex kitchen feeling open. Direct heat is the one thing it does not like, so a trivet stays by the stove. For two units in one building, one quartz color keeps future repairs simple.
Marble countertops in Ocean City
Marble in Ocean City belongs in the owner occupied houses: a honed Carrara island in a renovated north end Victorian, a marble vanity and threshold in a Gardens primary bath. It is softer than granite and etches where lemon or vinegar sits, so it suits a family that cooks carefully and likes a surface that takes on character. In a bath it is the classic and sees only soap and water. For a rental kitchen we point you to quartzite instead, which gives the same look on a far harder stone.
Quartzite countertops in Ocean City
Quartzite gives an Ocean City kitchen the veined white look of marble on a natural stone harder than granite, and it is the island stone for a Gardens rebuild or a historic district house where the owners want Calacatta on a counter that gets used. The slabs are large, so a long island comes without a seam, and the stone takes a sealer the way granite does. Because it costs more than most granite, a common plan is quartzite on the island and a plainer stone on the perimeter runs.
What we do
Our services in Ocean City
Beyond countertops, Ocean City owners bring us easy to clean slab backsplashes for a rental kitchen, stone fireplace surrounds for a Gardens family room, vanity tops for both baths of a duplex, and shower seats and thresholds for a primary bath, all in durable granite, quartz or marble.
Ocean City
Built for a busy rental season
If your Ocean City house goes on the rental market, the kitchen takes a beating from June to September, and the countertop is the surface every guest touches. We help you pick for that: a non-porous quartz or a mid tone granite that hides a week's wear, an eased edge that does not chip when a cooler hits it, and a slab backsplash with no grout to scrub between turnovers. The template and the day the stone goes in get planned around the booking calendar, so the kitchen is ready before the first guests arrive.
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The showroom trip
From Ocean City to our Pleasantville showroom
From Ocean City, take the Ninth Street bridge over the bay into Somers Point, then New Road north through Linwood and Northfield into Pleasantville, where it meets the Black Horse Pike; turn left and the showroom is on the right in the building we share with Cabinets Direct. From the south end, the 34th Street bridge to Roosevelt Boulevard and the Parkway north to the Black Horse Pike exit is the other way in. Either route is a short drive with parking at the door.
7034 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, NJ 08232Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 2pm, Sun closed. Call (215) 626-1165.
Why Rye Marble & Granite
Why Ocean City homeowners choose our showroom
Ocean City owners and the builders doing the duplex rebuilds use our showroom because we template both units together, keep one stone across a building, and know what a rental kitchen has to survive. Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite are all here to compare side by side under one light, with edge profiles to hold against a cabinet door. Estimates are free.
Good to know
Ocean City questions
Can you get our Ocean City rental ready before the season?
Yes. Tell us the first booking and we plan the template and the day the stone goes in around it. Choosing the stone early keeps fabrication off the critical path, and the kitchen is ready before the guests arrive.
Which countertop is best for an Ocean City rental property?
Quartz. It is non-porous, stain resistant and needs no sealing, so it wipes clean between checkouts. Granite is the durable natural option if you prefer it. Both hide a busy week better in a mid tone than a bright white.
Can you do both units of an Ocean City duplex at once?
Yes. On a new two family build we template both kitchens and all the baths in one visit, and each owner can choose a different stone or share one. One schedule for the whole building keeps the job moving.
Where should the seams go in an Ocean City galley kitchen?
In a narrow kitchen the goal is as few seams as possible. A straight run under about ten feet usually comes in one piece, and an L shape gets one seam at the corner. We plan the layout on the slab and show you where each seam will fall.
Can you update a historic district kitchen without changing the house?
Yes. The historic rules are about the street face, so the kitchen is yours to update. We template to the real walls of an 1890s house and pick a honed stone and a simple edge that suit the age of the rooms.
Do you work on both bay side and beach block homes?
Yes, anywhere on the island, from a compact Riviera bay side kitchen to a large Gardens home. Every top is templated to fit, and a raised house gets its pieces sized for the stairs.
Nearby
Stonework in nearby South Jersey towns
From the Gardens to Merion Park, Ocean City kitchens start with a trip over the Ninth Street bridge to our showroom. Somers Point, Longport and the mainland towns along New Road are a short drive from the same door.
All towns: South Jersey service areas