Since you have the luxury of an in-house driller, I'd do some dishes and think about the best spot for soap. Absolutely no reason for you to rush this!

Well, I have an in-house driller, but we only have the hole saws for another day until our friend the plumber takes them home.

I put mine on the left of the faucet because the spray was on the right.

If you have a combo or pullout spray, then I'd put it on the right.

Unless you are left-handed. then I'd put it on the left. :)

HTH

Ours is to the left of our faucet. Turns out for me, that was a mistake, and here's why:

I have a drainboard that strattles the sink, I put it on the right side of the faucet, because the soap dispenser is on the left. Simple enough, however, my dishwasher is to the right of my sink, so, if there are clean dishes drying on the drain board (which is a stainless thing, short sides, practically flat, counter height)then the dirty dishes cross over the clean dishes on their way to the dishwasher.

I should have put the soap dispenser on the right. The reason I don't put the drainboard on the left is 1. the soap dispenser might drip on the clean dishes, and 2. the drainboard would make using the soap dispenser difficult. I don't have the drainboard out all the time, but it is annoying having it set up this way.

Hope this isn't too confusing, and I hope it helps.

Do you have a single sink, or a double? I have a double and I put in on the side where I would soak dishes. It all depends on where you would use it most. Left or right? Some people have their dishwashers on the left, some on the right, and have different ways of washing their dishes, so it's more which side YOU would use.

Also depends on where it would fit. Remember the bottle sits below the counter, so there has to be enough room for that. You wouldn't want to drill the hole and not be able to fit the bottle underneath because it hits the side of the cabinet or the sink or something!

That said, there's also something called Never MT. It's a tube/contraption that goes from your dispenser and is attached to a Costco sized soap bottle under your sink. If you're going that route, make sure you have room to place that big bottle underneath. (P.S., I have the Never MT and love it! It's there since end of September and haven't thought about it since.)

I was just thinking about this last night. I am getting a uneven double bowl...one side is smaller than the other. IT's actually a Kohler Smart Divide sink. I have a pullout faucet, a instant hot, garbage disposal air switch and a soap dispenser planned. That's 4 holes to figure out where they go.

I was thinking the faucet goes right between the large & small sides of the sink. Then on the smaller side I would put the air switch since that side has the garbage disposal in it. Then on the larger side, I was going to try to put the instant hot & faucet plus the soap dispenser. Does this sound like it will work?

The hole saws have gone home, so I'm going to live with it for a while and see what I want to do. This sink is a large single bowl. I'm thinking the right will be better as the dishwasher is on the left, but I'll just wait and see. Oh, and I have plans to get the Never M-T for just about every sink in the house LOL.

Thanks for the info. on the Never MT. It's a good idea to live with your new sink and faucet for a while before deciding where to put the dispenser.

Actually, it's pretty easy to determine where to put it...where did you routinely put your soap bottle in your old kitchen? That's the side you should put it on b/c that's what probably works best for you.

The other thing we need to know, though, is what soap are you putting in the dispenser? Hand washing soap or dish washing soap? Many put dish soap in it, but I put hand soap in it b/c I always use the soap in one place to wash my hands but I put the dish soap in various places in the sink/dishes/etc. and don't want to be constrained by having a fixed location. If you put dish soap in it, then where will you "need" or "use" the dish soap the most? Remember, it's stationary & cannot be moved to go where the dish is, the dish has to come to the dispenser.

Our dispenser is on the left at both the Prep & Cleanup sinks (and yes, they both contain hand soap)

I have the uneven double bowl and put mine where it would hit the biggest bowl but it does swivel and will go into the other bowl too.