Thanks Lucinda and Davelle,
Firstly Lucinda, the Site Supervisor was incorrect in as much as Scott and Kelly were told at handover, they didn't have to waterproof, but it can be done if you want, but if it isn't done it will not void the warranty.
Very happy about the shelves. It looks so much better than the cupboard extending all the way to the bench, whihc ws extremely hard to reach without having to go around to the front of the bench to get anything out and that is with Scott being 6 foot 5" and Kelly 6 foot and they would have struggled to reach. And they still got 2 cupboards there!
Davelle the benchtop is New Sable Lux. It does look very nice!