regarding over the range, be sure you are tall enough to get things in and hot things out without dumping them on yourself!! I thought I wanted over the range til I used one at my son's house and found that it was very inconvenient for me. If your cabinets are low, then it might interfere with pots on the range top. We recently redid the kitchen and got a new countertop and I'm very pleased with it. GE.