Hi all, great post. Hard to find alot of reviews in kitchen sinks. Ive been looking at oliveri sinks to. Got nervous due to bad reviews. @Azur Farrell I went and looked at ABI on the goldcoast. Very helpful and sales pitch was great. The lady there had installed two gunmetal sinks in her home and said she was more than happy. For me the sinks was not quite the right size. She did tell me that the colour was 3/4 the way thru. ?? This might make scratches less obvious. I need to do more research on this as its only natural that your sink will get a scratch or two over x amount of years. I had More or less decided on the spectra in gun metal. (Wanted a bigger bowl). Did you get yours Azur? Im wonder if its scratches easily. Given its only 1.2mm coating im concerned it will be more obvious. (As opposed to stainless steel) FYI A sale lady told me that Abey pulled their gunmetal sink off the market. She wasn’t sure why but they where not happy with the product. If anyone can help re coloured spectra oliveri sinks i would love some feedback. As its undermount.. it wont be an easy task to replace.

Hi Diane, yes what you describe will work but only if you do not have a Gas Cooktop. This is because the polymer binder used in the Quantum Quartz will burn when touched by an open flame. If you do have a Gas Cooktop then this can be overcome by leaving a space here behind and bringing your tiles down into this gap. Gas Regs require that Flammable materials need to be at least 200mm from the trivet. I also note that you mentioned that this is a budget consideration, so also just be aware that by using the off-cuts this way, this will only add to the cost for the extra stonemason cutting, edge polishing and installation that will be involved. Using your Quantum Quartz here in this way will cost more than the single row of tiles that you will be replacing. Hope this helps, Malcolm

Thanks everyone for your input. Yes the pics are just an example, I have limited space. I have a wall 3 metres long to fit appliances and I have tried so many combinations but still seem to end up with the sink in the island. HU-7161522226 hit the nail on the head. Have had my thinking cap on and putting it out there for comments - I am wanting seperate coffee bar with pantry towers on either side - what are thoughts on having the fridge placed next to this? It wont be in the working triangle but will be approx within 1.4metres of the island. If this works then I might be able to place the sink on back wall between oven and cook top and have a clear island. Thanks for all your great comments. Much appreciated.

try adding an upside down baking dish or similar to the bottom of the sink when you're washing up to try and get a feeling for how much higher the sink would need to be to feel comfortable as, depending on the available space between the top of the counter and the bottom of the window, it might be possible to raise the cabinets, sink and drainers by adding to the height of the kick board...fiddly but no complex decision about matching new to the existing cabinets but if you no longer love your butlers sink sell the old sink and drainers and install a whole new counter with new sink and new doors to cover the gap