Hear from our clients
As a family business, we treat every client like one of our own, building relationships on trust and care.
At Alternative Surfaces, we pride ourselves on being leaders in our field and providing our customers with high quality surfaces, service and workmanship. Our team are here to share their knowledge and expertise every step of the way, from your initial enquiry to project completion and beyond.
Project: Sussex Street
Build & Design: Mancini Made
Photography: Peter Clarke
Anthony Mancini, Mancini Made
“We have worked with alternative surfaces before and have always been great advocates of their products. On this occasion it suited the clients brief of having a clean concrete look finish which would be highly trafficable and easy to clean. X-Bond was the perfect solution for the required application. Working with the Alt team was very seamless, the whole process was extremely easy from quoting, actual application, after service and the accounts team. We are looking forward to working with the Alt team again in the near future.”
Jessica Coulter, Senior Interior Designer at Cera Stribley
“As the flagship store, the design required careful consideration of the Winning Appliances key brand attributes to inform the overall look and feel of the showroom.
We chose X-Bond to create a luxurious concrete finish without a harsh, cold environment, and knew it would complement the heritage red brick of the Richmond showroom.
The Terradec quartz stones were selected for their durability and seamless, water-permeable finish. We were very happy with the final result and have consistently re-specified X-Bond in newer showrooms. Throughout the process, the team at Alternative Surfaces were incredibly helpful, informative, and accessible, a pleasure to work with on projects”
Project: Winning Applicances Showrooms
Design: Cera Stribley
Wendy Holland, Wendy Holland Interiors
“Alternative Surfaces are one of the suppliers we have used time and time again on our many Melbourne projects. We have specified both X Bond and Quartz Carpet in our luxury home builds and could not be happier with either service and products.
X Bond was an alternative when we couldn’t use polished concrete and the finished product is absolutely beautiful, easy to clean and maintain. Everyone who walked into our home commented on the beautiful floor and wondered what it was.
We always have Quartz Carpet applied to the basement car parking area in our homes and the finish is luxurious looking and low maintenance. It makes the basement look like a car showroom and every inspection creates conversation with how beautiful it looks.
Every application is executed with prompt, efficient and professional tradesmen. We are very proud to showcase the products from Alternative Surfaces in our luxury homes.”
Project: Toorak Residence
Build & Design: Chris & Wendy Holland
Project: RM Williams Australia & New Zealand Rollout
Build: Storepro
Design: e2 architects
Stuart Engledow, Storepro Project Manager
“Always a great experience working with Alternative Surfaces. They originally worked really hard to get the custom floor colour for our client RM Williams just right, and they continue to deliver stores in a fast and professional manor around Australia and in New Zealand.”
Design: Indesign International
Photography: Isamu Sawa
Penny Del Castillo, Indesign International
“We saw X-Bond as a perfect solution to creating the look and feel of concrete without the challenges of pouring and forming concrete in a small bathroom renovation. If we had used real concrete our room would have been reduced by at least another 60+ mm in all direction. Which doesn’t sound like much but would have made a world of difference in this bathroom to the bathtub fitting and the finished luxury size of the shower.
The client, I and the IDI design team are in love with the seamless finish and colour choice. We also wrapped with the way the colour changes from wet to dry which authenticates the living vision of the material.
Working with Alternative Surfaces was terrific! The quoting process and samples request were a breeze. The overall job encountered several glitches due to plumbing issues and although our builder had to make several changes to his building programme you managed to reschedule & get the job done at one of the busiest times of the year! Thank you!”
Products trusted by Australian designers for 25 years.
Brad Ward, Brad Ward Design
“I chose Alternative Surfaces Quartz Carpet for both the interior and exterior finishes of the Longueville Hotel for its outstanding longevity, texture and range of colours. It gave me seamless finish with a tough and durable edge. It allowed me to feel comfortable knowing that whilst it looked great, the extreme pressure the hotel places on its floor and bar finishes wouldn’t be a problem.”
Astrid Jenkins, NH Architecture
“We chose Alternative Surfaces’ Quartz Carpet system for this project due to it’s suitability for re-surfacing existing floors (applied directly over concrete tiles). Quartz Carpet also provided the required slip-resistance and it fulfilled the criteria for maintenance criteria and cost.”
Janine Carter, Canny Builders
“There were no other alternatives to the Alternative Surfaces’ X-Bond system!
I was immediately impressed by the qualities of the X-Bond system and its ability to allow in-slab hydronic heating. It ticked all the boxes as a perfect flooring solution. The X-Bond floor created a unique polished concrete look, which is hardwearing, but with a feeling that is warmer and quieter underfoot.”
Ahmed Osman, Director at Blur Architecture
“In the end it was an easy decision to go with X-Bond. Since the very beginning we knew we wanted more than just plain plasterboard walls, and bright white was out of the question! The textural qualities of the hand trowelle microcement perfectly suited the curvature of the walls, and we love the visual interest of the changing light throughout the day on the dappled surface.”