Quote:I just found out that my wife works at a client’s house who has the bottom freezer configuration and so she’s fallen in love with the configuration.
That makes your decision easy then
Quote:I’m already in the process of remodeling for a deeper fridge size so it will be flush with the countertop - I suppose the thickness of the door will still have to be considered though.
Yes , and so will how they are hinged. Meaning...... some doors open on themselves and can have an adjacent surface that is in the same plane right next to them. Others (most) open outboard and an adjacent cabinet would have to be a couple of inches away from the fridge's cabinet if you want the fridge doors to be flush with the cabinet's doors next to it.
Quote:I’m already well aware of avoiding LG and Samsung- ok for TVs, not so good for appliances. A friend of mine got a lemon of a Samsung stove with problems with its split oven configuration.
I think you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. 1st - all brands have lemons regardless of reputation, price, and historical performance. Users (operator error) sometimes have a detrimental effect on an appliance's function or brand's reputation. & Lots of split oven ranges have issues.
2nd- Whomever lead you to believe LG and Samsung don't make good appliances is ignorant or has an axe to grind. LG has had some of the best brand satisfaction scores (and lowest dis-satisfied )of any major appliance brand recently. This is across multiple sources: big appliance dealers, J.D. Power surveys , Consumer Reports..........Which means your odds of getting a good appliance are quite high. However, they make bad units (and lemons) too. And when there is a problem they don't appear to have
good service network in place. Which means frustration and agony for you if you do get a unit that has or develops issues. Repair odds increase if you bought the appliance from a dealer that's large enough to have it's own service department but not so big that they're a national chain.
3rd - LG and Samsung make some crappy TV's too, even though their satisfaction ratings are always in the top 5. Personally I've had 1/2 of all my Samsung tv's fail within 4 years or less. But I wouldn't think of making a broad statement like "Smasung makes bad tv's"