Pete C. > wrote:

>labor, save water and wash better than by hand since they use hotter
>water than your hands can take. $300 will get you a perfectly
>serviceable if not fashionable DW.

Footprint of a dishwasher is about 5 square feet. Cost of
residential property around here is about $500 per square food.
So that dishwasher requires $2500 worth of space.

Steve