Having trouble posting 'after' photos. Stay tuned.

Thanks! They were pretty good - it was fairly painless but we had great installers (independent but allocated by Ikea to us) and I think that would make the difference. We were bullied into use a sparky/plumber company who were expensive (not massively but just an annoying amount) and less careful than we would have liked. We won't fall for that again. Next time we will use our own regardless of the supposed 'hassle' this causes. One thing though is that we originally decided to use Ikea for the ability to replace elements should they break. But we discover now that they change their 'kitchen systems' every few years and ours is now obsolete. A bit annoying. It is a great kitchen though and we will probably use them again for cabinets and go a bit more individual for the bench top.

Re comment by @wuff...yes! My laundry tub was always full of dust and stuff I'd forgotten about and is now covered up by a timber insert which is a strong shelf/table for the dryer. So, the tub is being used, just not in the way originally intended! For any hand washing, I use a large plastic bucket which also doubles as a clothes basket I use to carry washing to the line. I think it's great that all these opinions can be expressed on Houzz as I find the comments as entertaining and useful as the Houzz articles.

Looking good! Look forward to seeing the next stage.