Renaissance Stone Services

Renaissance Stone Services fabricates and installs stone countertops out of a shop at 6 Robert Avenue in Portsmouth, working in granite, quartzite, marble, quartz, soapstone and dolomite. The company describes itself as family-owned and locally operated, recently passed to new ownership within the family, and says it serves Portsmouth, Durham, Exeter, Rye, Hampton, Dover, Newington and Greenland. The review record is small — Google carries 4.2 stars from 10 ratings and eight written reviews from 2021 to 2026 — but the same names recur. Tia in particular is credited across five years for finding slabs, explaining options and holding a budget, with Harriett, Maddie, Larry and Matt named for templating, office work and install. The most detailed account is recent. A 2026 customer replacing old concrete counters described being shown the actual quartzite slab before fabrication and said the way it was cut created a continuous flow across the kitchen. A 2022 reviewer said Tia kept them on budget while the crew worked "efficient, yet meticulous," and a 2021 reviewer credited the templater with thinking of every detail. Even a 2025 shopper who ended up buying elsewhere because other fabricators held the stones they wanted still recommended the company for how communicative the process was. The one bad experience is worth reading in full before you sign. A 2023 customer said a problem appeared in their stone island shortly after installation, that the owner took over four months to come and inspect it despite repeated emails, and that their own contractor ended up finding a resolution. That review sits alongside the praise rather than cancelling it, and it is about what happened after the install rather than the fabrication itself — but note that the site says ownership has since changed hands within the family. This is a small Seacoast fabricator, not a remodeler: they cut and set the stone while the wider project stays with you or your builder. If you want to stand in front of the actual slab and work with the same people from selection through install, that is what reviewers describe. Before you pay, get the warranty and the remedy process for a defect in writing, agree a timeframe for a post-install inspection, and confirm who to contact if something goes wrong.