Westgate is part of our countertop and kitchen service area. It sits just west of West Palm Beach near the airport, about 68 miles south of our shop, roughly an hour and twenty-five minutes by I-95 or the Turnpike.
Westgate is unincorporated, so permits run through Palm Beach County rather than the city next door, a detail that trips up many owners. It is a neighborhood of small, older homes inside an active county redevelopment area, and most kitchens here are compact rooms where a sensible, durable top matters more than an exotic slab.
Small Older Homes in the County's Westgate Redevelopment Area
Westgate had 8,435 residents at the 2020 Census. Its streets are lined with small single-story homes, many of them several decades old, along with duplexes and small apartment buildings. The county's redevelopment agency has been working on streets, drainage and new housing here, and owners and landlords have been reinvesting in older properties.
Compact kitchens make countertop math easy: a straight run and a short return may need only part of a slab or a remnant. Older cabinets need checking for water damage and sag before stone goes on. For rentals, we usually suggest a mid-tone granite or quartz in a pattern that hides wear, with a simple eased edge that resists chipping. Owner-occupants updating a home they plan to keep often go a step further, adding a full backsplash or a small peninsula where the layout allows it.
Salt air is milder here than on the lagoon a few miles east, but the humidity is not, and heavy summer rain on flat, low streets is part of why drainage has been a redevelopment priority. In older houses we look for water damage at floor level and swollen particleboard in the sink base before pricing new stone.
Westgate Avenue, the Airport's North Edge and the Redevelopment Agency
From our shop we take I-95 south, exit at Okeechobee Boulevard or Belvedere Road and head west for a few minutes. Westgate sits just north of Palm Beach International Airport, with Okeechobee Boulevard and Belvedere Road as the main east–west roads, Military Trail and Congress Avenue running north–south, and Westgate Avenue as the neighborhood's own main street.
The Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency, run by Palm Beach County, works on streets, drainage and new housing in the area. If road or drainage work is underway on your block, tell us before install day, since a stone truck needs room to park close to the door.
FPL supplies power. The typical work here is compact: a straight run and a short return in an owner-occupied home, a rental refresh between tenants, or several duplex kitchens measured on one trip.
County Permits, Not City Ones: Running a Westgate Job
Call with your address and whether the home is owner-occupied or a rental with tenants in place, since that affects scheduling. Victor measures and checks the cabinets, and the written estimate lists tear-out and install separately. For occupied rentals we plan a single install day so tenants lose the kitchen as briefly as possible.
Because Westgate is unincorporated, any permit needed comes from Palm Beach County, not the City of West Palm Beach. A same-footprint countertop replacement usually needs none; plumbing and electrical changes do.
Landlords and Owners: What You Can Verify Before We Visit
We have no Westgate jobs to show, so here is the verifiable part. Our Google reviews number 31 and average 4.9 stars; one reviewer wrote that we were “reasonably priced and got the job done in no time.” The Better Business Bureau rates us A+. If you own more than one property, tell us the unit count, since measuring several kitchens in one trip makes sense at this distance.
Get directions to our Metzger Rd shop to see slabs before you choose.
Services Westgate Homeowners Ask Us For Most
Countertop Installation
New tops for compact Westgate kitchens, sized so little stone goes to waste. A single wall or a short L often fits on part of a slab, and the leftover can become a matching vanity top in the same house.
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Granite Countertops
Speckled granite that hides daily wear in rentals and family homes. Mid-tone patterns forgive the small chips and stains a busy kitchen collects, and sealed granite handles a hot pan well.
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Quartz Countertops
Quartz for owners who want an easy-care top with no sealing. For an owner updating a home they plan to keep, quartz with a full backsplash freshens a small kitchen without moving any walls.
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Granite Remnants
Remnant pieces that cover a short kitchen run or a bath vanity. In a small Westgate house, a remnant can be the difference between a stone top and settling for laminate again.
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Kitchen Remodeling
Full kitchen updates when older cabinets are past saving. When the boxes show leak damage at the sink base, replacing them along with the tops avoids paying to template the kitchen twice.
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Countertop Replacement
Countertop replacement between tenants, booked as a single install day with tear-out and haul-away included, so a rental can be shown again without a week of downtime.
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Commercial Countertops
Commercial counters for small offices, shops and eateries along Okeechobee Boulevard and the redevelopment corridor, where granite or quartz takes daily traffic far better than laminate.
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What Treasure Coast Customers Say
V.D Quality Design Granite & Marble holds a 4.9-star average from 31 Google reviews (checked November 2026).
“VD Quality Design Granite was professional, reasonably priced and got the job done in no time. They cleaned up after themselves. I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again and appreciate their quality work.”
“I am quite satisfied with the work performed by VD Quality Design. They are professionals, they give good price and a reasonable work time.”
Westgate Kitchen Remodeling FAQs
Which permit office covers a kitchen remodel in Westgate?
Palm Beach County's, because Westgate is unincorporated even though it borders West Palm Beach. Swapping the tops while the cabinets and sink stay put is usually not a permit job. Moving the sink, adding outlets or taking out a wall requires licensed trades and a county permit, and we flag those items at the estimate.
What countertop lasts in a rental kitchen?
A mid-tone granite or quartz with some pattern: it hides small scratches and stains, resists heat and should not need replacing between tenants. Granite needs occasional sealing; quartz does not but should not take hot pans. Avoid solid white or solid black in a rental, since both show every mark.
Is a small Westgate kitchen worth putting stone in?
Yes, and small kitchens are often the most economical stone jobs, because a short run may fit on a remnant or part of a slab. In a compact Westgate house, the deciding factors are the cabinets' condition and how many cutouts the top needs, not the size of the room. We measure first and tell you whether a remnant will cover it.
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