Jim,
I am sorry you have had to go through so much. Your dog probably will be the only real, genuine loss when you look back in 30 years. Seems that way to me, anyway.
I have a Frigidaire washer and dryer set up in my mom's kitchen. The washer came out to be 29" with hoses attached, obviously I used the 90° variation on the water inlets.
The dryer was a bit trickier, I could not go flush against the wall, so had to buy one of those kits that let you move the exhaust point back and forth several inches. But that was just a special situation, you shouldn't have that problem.
If you do go with this type of solution, a few things I have learned over the last years. One, depending on where you buy and under what brand name, these washers and dryers vary in price by more than double. Ridiculous, but there it is. The "old" style round door, the "new" style round door and the square door no not necessarily look good together, so shop around. The very newest square door units may not have the same quality as the older style, only time will tell.
If you take the tops off and put them under counter-tops, you will need to put flat covers on them. I used some 1/8" plexiglass I had lying around (hail country, stuff is always in stock) but SEARS has them in stock in metal at a decent price. Home Depot swore back and forth, up and down they didn't exist.
If you can't do a deeper counter, you can go with the US standard depth and just add on the extra inches in the back as cooling grids. I would not support the counter on the machines directly, been there, tried it, the washer shook the counter badly. Laid felt down on top, problem solved.
The dryers are real honest 220V split-phase, so you'll need to run the appropriate line for them. I would definitely go with the separate ground on these because of the sensitive electronics.
Oh, have had the water hook-ups leak a bit twice, don't know what's up with that - if the SEARS idiots who left the drain hose below the door level (siphon) stripped the water inlet threads or just a common problem.
Toggles, in your dreams, dahling, in our dreams. Would explain the heels and chandeliers...(29/2.54=11.42")
