Hi, It looks like you already have a dark wood feature mirror in that room so have you thought about having matching shelves in the same colour? Chunky floating ones would look nice to hold towels on etc. If you wanted to go even further, then you could have the wall built out so that the shelving was recessed into the wall with little lights above each shelf - but of course it's a lot more work & money!

Hi, Here's a link to a thread with the same question. Interesting read for you, I think. I would agree with floor first. Have you asked your kitchen fitter for his reason to say floor last? https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/3661752/floors-before-or-after-fitting-kitchen-units Good luck with your project. It can be stressful. But worth it in the end.

Yes totally agree about price not always being indicative of quality. I would avoid engineered wood (although it looks great) and go for a surface that is MDF wrapped in a veneer. I usually dry myself in the shower and then step out onto the mat so I'm not sure how it would get so wet. Just use an extraction fan linked to the light, open the window if the bathroom has one and leave the door open for a while after using. I don't know what good care for a vanity constitutes but wiping it with a weak cleaning product and then drying it thoroughly should be plenty. Dripping plumbing is more down to a useless plumber or limescale causing tap cartridges to fail. It sounds as though your plumbing connection was leaking under the basin.

Yes, you're correct, if you have your splashback up against the extractor then you'll trap the back of the hood facia, which you need to be removable for access to the grease and carbon [if fitted] filters. TBH the worktop guys would just template up to the extractor, they're not kitchen fitters and they're doing what they've been asked to do. Not having an extractor where you previously had an extractor, as a rule of thumb, shouldn't be done under part F of regs, for good design practice you don't make the extraction worse and if Howdens have designed and supplied this then its not suitable. If you've outsourced the quartz could be a bit different though. Howdens do have deeper wall units at 390mm.