Damage to rental property countertop

[Brett M.]

About a year into my tenant living at my rental house they told me the laminate countertop received a burn hole through it about the size of a quarter. The tenant just put duct tape over it so no water could soak into the wood below and kept on using the countertop. I did have the company who orignally put in the countertop come out and give me a bid to fix it. They said the whole countertop would need to get replaced which would cost a lot of money. I told them at the time without getting a price to not come fix it because the tenant was fine just living with the duct tape on the counter. 

Now the tenant has moved out and I went to see what the actual bid price was and they wanted over $900. I was a little shocked how expensive it was. I was figuring a few hundred dollars but after reading the description of tearing up the old one, scribing the laminate up against the backsplash and removing and resetting the sink I guess I could see the price. 

The company told me the hole was too big to repair but I did look into repairing laminate and some things did pop up but not sure how reliable it is.

My question is can I charge to have the whole countertop replaced so the counter is 100% back to normal or do I have to settle for just a repair?

I want to be fair to my tenant but I also don't want to get a repair that doesn't fully fix the hole. I'm starting to think the laminate company just told me the whole thing needed replaced because it is in their best interest to sell me more laminate countertop