Disclaimer: I'm not a plumber or gas fitter and would not DIY a gas line. You could disconnect everything to the right of the stud, rotate the elbow so it points down, then add pipe to get the valve to the right height. The fittings and pre-cut pipe are available at stores. Now that the line is visible, you should be able to get a better estimate on having a pro do the work.

About the servicing, I live in a medium-sized city (my hometown) about 1 hour from the closest major city (Syracuse, NY). There are several small to medium sized local appliance stores in my immediate area which will order anything and service what they sell, as well as the major big box stores L...s, HD, BB, and also a smaller sears in a local shopping mall. So, I have always gotten my appliances serviced in this way (through the stores or local appliance repair shops) in the past w/ no problems. I will, however, be sure to ask specifically about servicing Bosch when I make the purchase. About the induction-I have heard of induction, read up on it a little to at least know how it works, read rave reviews (especially on GW) but do not know anyone personally that has one, and frankly have had my hands full researching all of the other modern features common on ranges today. I make a heck of a lot of cookies at the holidays and am told put on a terrific Thanksgiving spread, too! I am really looking forward to using all of the bells and whistles that come on the new ranges. I am not really a trailblazer, and I would be making a huge step up with the purchase of this Bosch range (or Cafe) as my current stove is a 27 year old Hardwick "Classic 100" electric coil top (one of the best in the day, never had a service call except a burnt out baking coil which we replaced ourselves in about 2 minutes for $40 about 3 years ago). It is still going strong otherwise but looks the worse for wear and does not have any of the newer modern features such as convection, smoothtop, probes, baking drawers, instant buttons, self cleaning, etc.,etc., so getting this Bosch model would be a big step for me, which I am really looking foward to. I actually am hesitant about even going with convection, but at least know people who have this, including relatives, and it seems tried and true and very helpful. Not to say that induction is not tried and true and would not be helpful--I am sure it is a wonderful advancement in cooking and probably will be the way of the average cooking world in the not so distant future. It makes sense and I sort of equate it to the new "microwave oven of the 2000's" in cooking advancement, but at this point I am not willing to take that leap just yet. (Actually the saleswoman at sears threw the idea past me, stating that it would be her next dream stove.) But for one thing, I am not willing to give up my old pots and pans which I know will work on the smoothtop just fine. I guess you could say I am just a good old home-cookin gal and I don't want to overwhelm myself with all of that at this point, especially at the price it comes at. I am not new to change as I was brought up with gas cooking with my mother (and grandmother) and would prefer gas, but gas was not available to us until about 10 years after we built our house, so had no choice then. I also have run into a sticking point with my husband on that issue as well. He is used to electric and fears fumes from the gas since we do not have the ability to vent to outside w/o a huge renovation project bigger than we are planning at this point, even though we do have other gas appliances, including a gas furnace, hw weater and dryer, and I realize that gas stoves today do not have pilot lights anymore (like Mom's did). It is just something he cannot get his head around, and since I am used to electric now and has done me well, I will continue down that road and not have to deal with his ultra-sensitive sense of smell! I actually do like the baking part of electric ovens better, and I am sure that the advancement in electric cooktops has been great compared to 25+ years ago, so I think I will be very satisfied with this. So there, I have now bared my soul on why I have chosen electric over gas or induction! All I ask is for a good quality stove with a good track record and some nice features to make my life a little easier. Hope you can understand my reasoning, but thank you for bringing it to my attention :)!! Oh, and also about the knobs, yes I agree, it is not a deal-breaker and I'm sure I could live with not having solid metal knobs, just don't want to have to keep replacing them, tho.

Glad it worked out for you. I totally disagree with your premise that there should be a mandated standard location. Do all fridges have the same mech. hookup location? Nope. What about dishwashers? Nope. Cooktops? Nope You get the point now I'm sure. The information for your range and others is published and available to anyone with an internet connection or a telephone, so YOU can/could have checked the specs before you purchased the range. To suggest someone (government?) should mandate a location so you can be lazy and not have to think is crazy in my opinion. Where was your dealer and or installer during all of this? We they so inept as to not be able to suggest the solution even if they weer not licensed to break open the gas line to complete the work?

linste, there's another thread going right now about Perfection as a goal. On it there is some commentary about the paucity of small kitchen projects on the GW Kitchens Forum. Yours is a perfect example of what we need to be thinking about and I congratulate you for digging about for ideas here. Thanks for explaining the tight budget and retaining existing appliances. (I also began a project with the assumption that our existing white appliances would stay. Since then have updated range to a GE Profile two-oven, but that cost me the pan drawer. You haven't the luxury I would suspect.) But...a very modest pot rack or a wall-hung pots and pans pegboard? line of hooks? might fit to left of main door into your room to right of range. My daughter in Alaska who has a tiny house just put up a hanging pot rack and it won her some very helpful space elsewhere. Hey, even Julia Child put pots on her wall! __ Darn! Had hoped that the bathroom door could move down the wall. A pocket door is not a terrifically expensive thing to do but magically making more wall space is pretty tough at any price. You can't make the bath open into a different room, can you? ___ We need to point out to other readers that the appliances in the plan drawing are fantasy appliances. Look at the photos to see the real ones. No French door refrig! No 36 inch range! ___ Your kitchen is an example of one that will never reach "perfection" and the "high end" unless you get an infusion of cash and resolve. "Good enough" and a great paint job will have to suffice. Google "Uncle Thorvald's Happy Kitchen" for some reassurance that you're nevertheless on the right track. You might also want to dig out some GW discussions on European kitchens in general and on apartment kitchens. Look at The Kitchn and Apartment Therapy to see some real world modest spaces. A microwave hood will save you counterspace but it brings us back to the necessity of having "plunk space" for the hot stuff being removed from it. Back to square one I guess. Your original title for this thread still applies. Have fun stormin' the castle!