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You need to do google searches. I don't think you pay for the amount that is cut out. They figure the square footage of what you WILL use.

Unless you buy a slab of granite.

"Is there such a thing as an under mount apron kitchen sink that goes all the way back to the wall?"

Yes. It's called a custom fabricated sink and costs several thousand dollars. Much more that a bit of wasted stone.

At $61 per sq ft, plus $400 for an undermount cut out, the space of a 24" sink is $644, a 30" sink is $705. Add to that the cost of the sink, and you have around $900 to $1200. If the sink in my head is available, I'd much rather spend that on the sink itself, or the 2nd dishwasher, than on the hole FOR the sink... If it's not an option, then undermounting a stainless steel sink works fine. I've been a procurement and inventory manager for 20 years, and making the best use of dollars spent is an intrinsic part of the job. Sometimes the best values are cost avoidances, and sometimes they are not. But you never know until you research. That's what I'm trying to do here.

After quite a few web searches, I cannot find any apron or traditionally shaped sinks that are counter depth (yes, the custom sinks, and the retro wall mounted sinks are out there, not happening). So...thought I'd ask here.

(Sophie, where do you get quartz or granite with fabrication and install for $15 to $18.75 per sq ft $75/4-5 sq ft)? You either know where great bargains are, or your response may indicate that you are terminally unsuited to post on forums.)

Before you get hung up on the sink, do you pay for the square footage that they cut out for a sink? I don't think you do. What have the countertop people said?

The various fabricators that we deal with would charge for the cutout. Just like they charge for the wasted pieces if you do a curved countertop for an overhang. When they say they charge for what you use, that means they charge for everything (including waste) that is not large enough to sell as a remnant.

Have you looked at the Kohler Gilford vintage sink?

Then where will the faucet be?

Wall mounted faucet might also be more expensive than the standard counter mount so maybe the savings on one would be offset by the cost of the faucets.

To my knowledge the customer pays for the entire slab, plus the labor of cutting out sink holes. I plan to ask for the cutouts so that at least I will have all of the stone I'm paying for. My main sink will have a wall-mounted faucet (for ease of cleaning) so there would be just the rectangular(ish) slabs which I could use as serving boards or extra cutting surfaces.

I plan to have 30" cabinets so I'm in the same boat with wanting a counter-depth sink (or close to it) that is undermounted, AND preferably with a high back like the old trough sinks. But if it's something I thought of, it probably doesn't exist short of having an integrated sink custom-made.

Of course you pay for the cutout portion. If you can make use of the piece, ask the fabricator for it, because otherwise it will just be in their cutoff/garbage pile. I would say forget about worrying about a bit of wasted stone, because in all likelihood you are paying for more stone than you end up with on your countertops anyway, because of how cuts will be made off the slab. In many cases you have to pay for an entire slab...even if you don't use it all.