Hi I don't have answers sorry. I just read your post and this is an issue for us as well. We have a side by side with ice/water in the door but the space is too narrow for a family member who is wheelchair bound to be able to access most of the items in it. We are going to get an all refrigerator all freezer pair because they will be wide enough for him to get close enough to get things...and the Whirlpool sidekicks have slide out shelves. But none of these have ice/water in the door. I love my crushed ice and not to mention the accessiblity of the ice and water in the door. I thought about an ice machine but then my husband told me that they have to be cleaned often because the temperature in an ice machine allows bacteria to form versus an ice machine in a freezer? I don't know much about it...just started researching. I don't understand why the manufacturers don't offer ice and water in the door on all refrigerator all freezer pairs. I saw there are some refrigerators with top freezers that have water in the door.

I'm all for finding a savings where you can and never forget... appliances can always be changed out when/if they die. The GE induction, and I can't remember if it's the same for both the Monogram and Profile, require one of the largest clearances underneath with their induction tops. I believe at one point they required 12". I strongly suggest you pull the specs on the unit your purchased and check for the required clearance underneath. Since a wall oven installed under the counter has to be a certain amount of inches off the floor and are obviously a certain height; it could severely impact your ability to install it directly under your cooktop if that was your intention. I have decided to go with either to Diva or Miele since they have one of the smallest clearance. I think the Diva is only about 2". Good luck.

We have the Liebherr CS2062 (Freestanding) and bought it in Canada for $4800 Canadian so I think it's in your budget. We love it & have been using x 3 months. This has the manual closing doors (as opposed to the integrated one) which I don't mind. The ice maker is awesome. The space is amazing - nothing wasted as it is so well laid-out. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love it AND it looks great (it looks totally integrated and people are shocked when they find out it's not)

From my experience, GE has very good cooking products, OK refrigeration & laundry products, and not-so-good DWs. When we built back in 1995, the builder only provided GE products, but allowed us to upgrade - so we upgraded to all Profile appliances: Smoothtop Convection Range, DW, Refrigerator, and washer & dryer (OK, the last two were our purchases...). Or experiences: Range...Wonderful! It was still going strong and looked like new when we remodeled in 2008. We donated it to our church for a family who was in desperate need of a new range. We heard through the grapevine that they were overwhelmed and couldn't believe how it was in such perfect working condition & appearance. (Yes, we used it all the time for the 13 years or so that we had it.) It was so easy to keep clean (it had a speckled gray top that never looked dirty even when it was!) Refrigerator...For the most part, very good. It is a 36" x 36" top freezer...very large and spacious. It's still going strong in our basement (almost 17 years - of course, it's not energy star rated...) My only complaint is the ice maker & dispenser (one of the few top-freezer Refs that had one back then.) The dispenser kept freezing until we finally stopped using it. We had GE out several times over 2 or 3 years and they admitted they had had many problems with them...none that anyone could solve...other than to tell us to occasionally defrost it with hair dryer. They did replace the entire refrigerator once on the off chance that we had a lemon, but it had the same problems. After about 8 years, the water line to the ice maker sprang a leak and rather than get it fixed, we just disconnected it. The rest of the refrigerator has been very good. I love the fairly large meat compartment, the two crispers, the large tilt out compartment that I store cheese and similar items in, etc. GE customer service, in my experience, was very good to work with...at least back then. I have not had any dealings with them in the past 10 years or so. Dishwasher...This one was a disaster. We had to replace the motor twice in about 5 years. The third time we scrapped it and got a Maytag. Like the GE Profile range, the Maytag DW was wonderful! Everything came out clean no matter how much we crammed into it! :-) It was also going strong when we remodeled and it was also donated to our church for another needy family (never heard about their experiences though - I do not know who got either of our appliances). Clothes washer...OK, but not great. It did last 7 or 8 years, as I recall. But, we had to replace the bearings (??) once. (Not sure what it was!) We also had to replace the switch that allowed the spin to be on or off depending on if the lid was closed or open several times (we learned how to do it ourselves after the second replacement). The second time we started having major problems, we bought a Whirlpool Gold - it was fine. No problems for about 8 years or so. When it died we replaced it with a Kenmore Elite front loader. It's OK, but it leaks if even one hair is on the door...even other times as well. It didn't start happening until it was out of warranty, of course! Clothes dryer...Again, OK, but not great. The sensor dry died after about 3 years, but it worked fine on timed dry. We finally had to replace it after about 10 years. We gambled and got another GE b/c it was a great sale. Other than than the sensor not being the greatest at detecting when something is dry, it works fine. I find that if I put it on "extra dry" and then "extended tumble" everything is dry when it's done. I probably won't get another GE dryer, though. ... Fast forward to 2007 when we were ordering appliances for our remodel.... I started looking around at various manufacturers, primarily GE, Wolf, Viking, Dacor, and, once I discovered them, Miele. I did look at KA and Whirlpool, but dismissed them pretty quickly for cooking appliances based on reviews and what was available (functionally). Cooktop...We have a GE Profile cooktop that is OK. It works fine, it's just that with the all black surface, it's harder to keep looking clean than our range was. Ovens...Initially, I was just looking at double convection ovens. As I was researching, I discovered the GE Profile & GE Monogram Trivection ovens (GE's speed cook ovens). I watched Alton Brown's video about it and was hooked when he baked potatoes in 17 minutes - with crispy skins! I looked at other manufacturers, but based on cost and my great experience with my range, I ended up with the GE Profile Trivection double ovens. I also looked at Advantium, but preferred the Trivection ovens. At that time, both the GE Profile and GE Monogram lines carried the Trivection ovens (today, only Monogram has them). I researched both and other than looks and cost, could not find anything different. I even called both GE Profile and GE Monogram customer service to ask if there was any difference other than the external look. Both told me the internals were identical. The only differences were (1) Monogram came with a broiler pan, (2) different external look, and (3) price. I preferred the Profile look to the Monogram and I didn't need yet another broiler pan (nor was it worth the thousand-dollar or so difference in price). I will say the GE Monogram rep was a little offended when I told him I didn't think the look was worth the price difference. He seemed to think the "prestige" of the Monogram name was worth the extra money...NOT! I have been very happy with my ovens and would definitely buy them again! Refrigerator...We have a 36" french-door bottom drawer freezer, counter-depth, water-in-door refrigerator No complaints. Dishwasher...I was very adamant about no GE DW. I wanted a Miele, but I couldn't convince my DH that we should spend the extra money for one! So, we ended up with a KitchenAid....everyone was raving about KA here at that time. Since my DH does most of the dishes, I let him pick the DW (and cleanup sink). Our experience...not so good. It doesn't clean very well. We have to put it on "Heavy Duty" for every wash and be careful how we load the DW...and some silverware still comes out dirty most of the time as well as the occasional dish if we haven't rinsed them well enough. This may be more than you wanted to know, but I got on a roll! Sorry it's so long-winded!