The two homes I've owned had the DW to the left of the sink. In fact when I remodeled, the DW stayed in the same (left) position. I never gave it a second thought, and it never seemed awkward.

Hooray! Wow - I wonder why I can only think of DW's being on the right side! Well anyway thank you. :)

Ours has always been on the left also. I'm right handed, I open the door with my left and had start filling the DW with my right, which seems safer than holding glass items with my left. :-) So it makes more sense for me than if it were on the right of the sink.

Jodi-

I'm right handed but my DW has been on the left for 30+ years and it has never bothered me a bit.

In my first house, DW was on the right. In my current house, it is on the left. I never actually even thought about it before. Now after doing dishes in this house for 8 yrs I think it would feel weird if it wasn't on the left :) So I guess I'm saying it really makes no difference, and I doubt prospective buyers will even think about it.

I thought left was standard. I was concerned because the most logical place in my kitchen is on the *right*. So, has it ever seemed awkward to have the DW on the *right*?

Mine is left, so is my neighbor's. I think it will be just fine to go with the layout you prefer, especially if that's what works best in the room.

My DW is also on the left as that was the only place it would work all those years ago when I got it. I'm right handed and it's never been an issue.
Most of the items from the DW go into the upper cabs above and slightly to the left of the DW and into the lower cabs on the left side of the DW so it all works out great!!

I have one on the right and one on the left...and I don't think either is better or worse to load. What's more important is how it works in your layout... the proximity to dish storage and whether the open door will interfere with any other doors or kitchen activities.

I absolutely agree with RHome410. Ease of loading and unloading (distance to eating area & storage) are much more important than which side of the sink the DW is at. You also want the trash nearby for scraping.

Mine is placed on the left, also, and I never gave it a thought. Happy coincidence that I am left handed but I am not the one that designed my kitchen. Now that I think of it my brother's is on the left also. What's so weird?

Every place I've ever lived with a DW, it's been on the left. In the last house we built and in this new one, I store tableware in a drawer exactly opposite the DW -- very convenient for me. I agree -- where your storage is will be more important than left or right side.

I've had both. This house, old and new kitchen, it's on the left. I'm very right handed but it doesn't bother me either way.

For me the problem was in the old kitchen when the DW was a hike from the sink. And in the one before that when the DW was in a corner (not angled, just six inches from the angle of the peninsula). Hated both of those locations. :)

I would think it's a matter of habit rather than right or wrong. And since you've not had one, just learning to load it will be your new habit development, not changing from left to right. We've always had it on the right side, but in our reno we're switching it. It will take some getting used to, retraining the brain and hands, but we will get used to it.

Mine is to the left side, as well and I am right handed.

My dishwasher (my first) will be left of the sink as well. It's the only place it can actually go LOL!

I'm right-handed, and because of how I wash dishes, I find it easier to load the DW on the left (dirty dish in left hand, scrape off with right, load to the left). Only major thing that used to bug me when we just had DW on right was that I had to close it in order to reach the disposal switch -- hated that. Air switches are the best!

We installed ours to the left of the sink in our last home. I found it to be very comfortable. I never really thought about whether it was to the left or right until you asked.

Prior to this kitchen, I've had a fairly even mix of right and left placed DWs and never found one better than the other -- except, my preference, all other things being equal, would be to have the DW on the side that allowed the easiest flow of dishes from the table to the sink and then the DW with dish storage next to or above it. I currently have one on either side, and like rhome, I don't find one easier or more difficult. It has to be where it makes sense -- and it sounds like yours is on the left.

Color me/my kitchen weird then! LOL Ours is to the left of the sink. We've had it on either side of the sink (on the right in old kitchen here, and on the left in our condo before moving here). Either way was fine. Neither one seemed to be a better location than the other.

I'll just echo. My DW is on the left and I'm right-handed....NO problem. In fact, I never gave it a thought until I read this thread. ha.

I'll add to the list of left-sided DW's. Not an issue in the slightest!

Mine's on the left. Staying there when we remodel. Easy Peasy.

Wow, a built in dishwasher!
:-)

That's one of the things I'm looking forward to in my new kitchen...seriously. And I'll put it wherever it makes sense, left, right, whatever--as long as I don't have to push it there myself before running it!

Enjoy it.
Cj

Mine is on the left and I'm right-handed. I like it that way. It has to be on the right in our renovated kitchen and I'm worried about that being strange and awkward. Hoping we'll get used to it.

I wish mine were to the left. Despite being right handed
my family is full of lefties and this might inspire some
lazy teens to be more helpful. : )

~boxerpups

In all my 3 houses that I have owned they have been on the left and the reason
is Im a leftie . Could not have it any other way

Another vote for right handed person with a dw on the left. It's been left for years in this house and was like this in one of my apartments too.

When we renovate in the next month or two, it's moving to the right - but only because it "fits" better there in our new layout.

Mine is on the left and in my new, still under construction kitchen, the dishwasher will be on the left. I, too, never thought anything strange about the placement, as that's where they fit in both places. The designers at the kitchen places thought it was odd, but the placement works for me. I'm right handed and it's never been a problem.

My old house had it on the left, worked out fine, but my kitchen was the size of a postage stamp and I had the microwave on the counter above it and unloading the dishwasher was a pain. In my new house my dw is on the right, but lots of clear counter space above it. I agree, don't think it matters which side of the sink it is on, but having open counter space above it is important.

Mine is to the LEFT of the sink and I am a RIGHTY. No issue. My garbage disposal is on the side of the sink closest to the DW.

Our dishwashers have usually been on the left. We did have one house that had it on the right, but I don't remember it seeming any more or less convenient. We're all right handed and having one on the left is no trouble at all.

I don't think it matters in the least, and you get used to it whatever side it's on.

I've had dishwashers on the right and the left of the sink, and I've gotten used to it no matter what side.

Right now we have two dishwashers, one on either side of the sink, and neither one's easier or more awkward to load or use.

Mine is L, neighbor's is R.

Another vote for DW on the left and I'm right handed. I can't recall ever having a DW anywhere I've lived that was on the right, actually.

No issues at all.

This is so funny - Ours has always been on the left (I am right handed too), and I am QUITE worried that I have switched it to the right. I am SURE loading it will feel QUITE backwards.

Pre-remodel, ours was on the right. Now it's on the left. I've had it both ways in the many houses we've lived in. It may take a few days to get used to a change, but I adjusted quickly and it doesn't seem to matter one bit. I think it also depends on your sink setup if you have a double sink (which side do you rinse or set dirty dishes in?). I have a large single basin.