Zen Stoneworks

Zen Stoneworks sells, fabricates and installs countertops, tile and stonework from two showrooms — one on Lafayette Road in North Hampton, New Hampshire and one in York, Maine. The company describes itself as a second-generation, family owned and operated business with over 25 years of experience, says it is National Stone Institute-certified, and its Houzz profile says Lenny Cushing founded the business in Portsmouth in 1999. The work spans more than countertops. Reviewers describe quartz island tops, concrete counters, penny-round backsplashes, heated tile bathroom floors and shower enclosures, and the company's own listings add fireplace surrounds, floor installation and exterior stonework. The detailed praise is specific but dated. A 2018 customer on their second project with the company described the crew taking up an existing tile floor, removing an oversized shower, and installing a heating kit under the new tile before building the replacement shower. A 2018 reviewer said the quoted price estimate was met exactly on a backsplash job. A 2017 reviewer with a master bath floor and shower enclosure said the staff were punctual, communication was excellent and the price was fair. Two interior designers reviewed the showroom in 2017 for its range of tile at different price points. The honest caveat is the age and split of the record. Almost every written review sits in 2017 and 2018 on Houzz, where the average is 5.0 from 16 ratings; Google's separate average is 4.0 from just 7 ratings, which means some recent customers rated it lower without leaving an explanation. There is no written account of a job from the last five years, so nothing here tells you how the current crew performs. In a 2023 southern New Hampshire countertop thread a commenter named the company without adding any detail. If you want a shop that carries the tile and the stone and can install both, that is what the record describes. Given how old the written accounts are, ask to see photos of jobs finished in the last year, ask who would actually do your install, and get the estimate in writing before ordering.