You need a good handy man and yes the walls will need repair after the tiles are removed and IMO the wall repaired before the cabinets or counter are installed and choosing backsplash will be along with wall color the last choices you make . BTW please also make sure your lighting is addressed before making those two last choices. I like LEDs 4000K in a kitchen .Who is doing the cabinet install maybe they can suggest who to get for this work.

Thank you ,I agree . i thought Lowe's was a bad idea. Finding someone to do the work has proven difficult . We are still looking . Our lighting is probably going to stay the same ,we have recessed lighting ,4 spotlights and then an island chandelier . We will be replacing the old florescent light that was over the sink but hidden under the cabinet . Possibly a couple of pendants over the other snack bar area . haven't decided on that yet.

We’re just finishing a near total gut renovation of our kitchen, laundry room (open to the kitchen), and powder room. The order of work is important. Don’t let cabinet install happen until walls and electrical are fixed. I know it’s hard to find people right now but wait until you do. In our case all of our cabinets were delivered right as COVID hit big in March 2020. They filled our entire living room and part of the garage for a full year before we could get a crew in and start replacing flooring in the kitchen and dining room (new wood). DH and I removed all kitchen cabinets and then the floors were so miserably bungled that it was 9+ months to get floors relaid. In the meantime our GC was booked and while waiting for him the floors buckled so we had yet another delay while getting that repaired. We had a number of hiccups during construction but are finally down to 3 punch list items until done. Once we started opening stuff up there were issues so it was really important to do things in the right order. It’s been a nightmare but every morning I walk into the kitchen and love it. Hang in there and get the right people, it’s worth the wait!

Oh wow , you have really had a long wait ! Thanks for all your advice as someone who has been there ,I think we definitely needed to have that wall and electrical done first . Glad that your project is almost done and you can enjoy your beautiful new kitchen . We had our floors refinished already which will be fine as the new cabinets will be the same configuration as the old ones.