Is there a drawer under the sink base?

You could have paid significantly more to open up the wall and relocate the plumbing.

Thanks for your feedback. There is a drawer underneath the hole. Would a different sized p-trap solve this issue rather than creating a hole?

P traps are pretty standard in size. The only solution would be to open the wall and move the pipe higher.

Did the plumber explain the problem and give the option of moving the drain?

The cabinet salesperson could have mentioned this too. Our cabinetmaker did when we were considering a sink base drawer.

Does the drawer open all the way with that trap there?

Thanks. This was a complete gut. Sounds like moving the pipe/drainwould have been quite expensive?

This item was ordered online and the guys renovating the place did not explain that they were going to create a hole.

My first instinct would be to find a very shallow white plastic container with an edge where its size is close to the hole and glue the edge on the bottom of the cabinet. You would most likely have to reshape the hole to fit the container but that would be my solution if this was in my house.

EDIT: I think you could use a plastic lunch plate.

There should have been written instructions to the plumber as to the dimensions of the area he had to work with (the "box space" in the vanity). Lacking input...this is what happens. Drawers under the box space are a "new concept" to most plumbers.

Ask your plumber if running traps are code compliant. A running trap may fit the space without the need to cut.

The drain pipe attached to the sink appears to be long. I don't see why you couldn't (a) reduce the length of that under-sink drain pipe to (b) raise the height of the p-trap and (c) use two 45 degree elbows to match the new height of the p-trap to the pipe sticking out of the wall.

It's ridiculous that the plumber cut the hole and damaged the vanity without your permission. Are you going to address it with him?

"A friend bought this expensive vanity. "

It's not even the op's vanity. I do not know how much room he has to asking some of these things, unless of course "his friend" was code for himself...........................

Suzanne, I can envision your idea. Thanks 8 relay to the homeowner.

Chiflipper - the vanity and all materials including tub, toilet, fixtures were in the garage before the installation and the guys have seen them before the gut. I would think a skilled plumber would have made the necessary measurements beforehand.

Jim - a plumber is coming today to double check/critique their work.

Lawrence - that sounds like viable solution. Thanks for that idea.

Mayflower - she has not paid them in full yet. I just think she should tell them to give her a discount for this, in my opinion, terrible work.

Milkworkman - asking my friend is as easy as knocking on her door as she lives next door.

From what I see that hole did not need to be cut into the vanity.

Two 90's would have raised it up enough for the P trap to clear.

"I would think a skilled plumber would have made the necessary measurements beforehand." He would have, had the issue been pointed out ahead of time. The responsibility for pointing it out rests with the general contractor OR the homeowner (if acting as their own GC).

We have this exact issue. The existing p-trap is too low and we don't want to move it up (this is not a gut, just a new vanity). Luckily, there was the same hole in our old vanity so we knew ahead of time. Rather than cutting a hole in the new vanity, we will cut the whole toekick shorter and we ordered the cabinet taller to make up the difference. If this is a furniture style vanity, that might not have been an option.

chiflipper - the owner is not a general contractor. She hired a general contractor with one hired hand. They were shown the vanity ahead of time.

" Sounds like moving the pipe/drain would have been quite expensive? "

If this was a gut remodel, raising the drain in the wall a few inches would have been trivial.

" use two 45 degree elbows to match the new height of the p-trap to the pipe sticking out of the wall. "

Careful you don't end up with an S-trap. They are not code compliant due to the danger of siphoning.