The Cook’s Kitchen, I love how you remodeled that kitchen! The floor plan and size is identical to my kitchen. We are going to remodel in a few weeks, and now I have an image that captures exactly what I want. I wish you worked in Houston!

Bosch ovens are quite reliable. I recently remodeled and installed the Bosch Benchmark side opening oven with a Sharp microwave drawer under the oven.

I had to upgrade my electrical panel as current Code required that each major appliance be on its own heavy duty circuit and I went from a stove to wall oven, microwave drawer, hood, dishwasher and refrigerator.

My remodel required a new electrical panel which was costly but not as expensive as it might have been. As The Cook's Kitchen posted, the actual cost would depend on the distance from the main source as well as difficulty in running new wiring. I live in a high rise and was lucky because I was relatively close to the "source". My next door neighbor was not that lucky since he was too far from the main source and so his new panel required a much more costly installation.

My advice is that before you make such a limited choice, you get an electrician to determine what would need to be done and what it would cost. While no one is glad to spend money - especially on inside the walls kinds of things :-) - my kitchen electricity was really substandard and not up to Code as it had been installed in 1965. My old outlets weren't GFCI and I couldn't run the counter microwave at the same time as the toaster :-). I also gain peace of mind as God knows what the electrical connections for the old Caloric electric stove were :-).

We have identical combo to Cooks Kitchen image. We have a range/oven too.

Is that a counter top microwave installed above the oven with a trim kit?

Yep

Does a trim kit need to be bought from the oven maker? if not do you know where to buy it from?

We got all our appliances from the same spot. I’m not sure if same company