Have you looked at solid surface worktops?

I can also recommend Evolve by Bushboard. It’s a solid laminate, so hard. Not cheap like the typical laminate worktop, has only been released in the past 3 months but we’ve fitted it and I’m impressed. Similar effect to quartz insomuch that you have the drainer grooves grooved into the worktop (if you want them as many don’t bother now). Available in the modern 20mm thickness. Well worth a look.

Laminate is a very broad term, there are the laminates that look like laminates but there are also other finishes now which do not look like laminate at all, we do a range called Urban Topz which have very good and strong wood looking laminates, there are also brands such as Fenix that give you a modern solid colour which has repairable qualities.

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Acrylic worktops can scratch quite easily, but can be polished out, dark colours do show up the scratches more, light/white colours show up the dirt in the scratches. I'd get some samples and see how hard wearing they are before purchase. Have a look on line for any reviews on sites like mumsnet etc. just google apollo magna reviews.

Personally I think it's honestly worth spending a bit more and going for a granite/quartz worktop and perhaps cheaper units. I've just redone mine and used Howdens for cabinetry, they're really good quality and good price too. The worktop cost around £2500 (2 slabs of quartz) from a local company, that price was very competitive compared to other quotes and in terms of resale value added far more than £2500 to the overall house value.

Define cheap though :)....every cabinet i've seen so far is money for old rope when you look at what they actually are made of.

I'd probably want something aesthetically better than laminate for viewings, however i don't quite sit in the boat of worktops adding resale, large amount of money of them is install.