New kitchen - plinth or not?

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I've noticed on lots of pictures on rightmove that houses with obviously newish kitchens don't always have plinths, so the cabinet legs are exposed.

Is this a thing now? Do you think people are choosing to do away with plinths? It make the kitchens look unfinished I think! I've not just noticed this in brand new houses, but also in family homes too.

Surely you'd end up on your hands and knees everyday sweeping the crumbs out?

I would always have plinth because if you don't you will need to clean under all the cabinets and you'll have the extra expense of having to have wall-to-wall flooring, which has to go down first before any base cabinets are fitted.

You could choose a mirror plinth to give the effect of no plinth without the hassle of cleaning under there. ( it's not a look not for everyone though - looks better on modern kitchens !)

I have a set back plinth.

My cabinets are constructed in the normal way and have a plinth in the normal way but then they also have "feet" which line up with the front of the cabinet. As a result there is only an area of roughly 10cm depth for crumbs to hide but the "look" is right.

Look on Houzz. you'll find loads of examples (close up photos too) which will help you.

Will no one think of the dust that hides behind the plinth???? It gathers there, growing, evolving, waiting...
Or am I a little obsessed?

(Do people remove the plinth to clean behind it?)

I think Plinth looks better, also still have wall to wall flooring whatever you decide - if something leaks then the water will come forward and you'll know about it if you don't then the water will all go behind into the floor (for 10 years like the previous owner of our house did and rotted the whole kitchen floor and a couple of joists and make the walls damp)

If I had no plinths then there would be crumbs, a stray pen, a squished cherry tomato, dog hair and various other goodies under there. I'm not even that slovenly.
We're going for a fairly traditional shaker style kitchen in a Victorian house though, so the legs on display style really wouldn't suit.
In a modern kitchen with a family that are really on top of the housework I'm sure it would look nice though.

We rented a house without plinths once - I bought a roomba because otherwise it was a nightmare.

Absolutely, me too. I removed mine during spring clean (1st time since buying house 3 years ago. Omg!! The crap behind there, like wood shavings, balls of newspaper, wooden spoons, straws, dust spiderwebs. Horrendous. Have left them off as unsure how to proceed. They are screwed on, so I guess too could remove annually, vac at the ready....

No I most certainly do not remove the plinth and clean behind it. Where would it end? Do you take the panel off the bath and clean there, too? If you have any rooms with bare floorboards, do you take them up periodically to clean up dust that's fallen between them? It's filthy under there, you know!