Our kitchen (when we moved in) didn't have space for a cooker and was tiled throughout with two types of obselete dark brown tiles. When we extended ten years later I hired a kango hammer and with great delight removed the last of the awful tiles, complet with teh plaster.
I don;'t remeber much getting out of the kitchen, but we had just had three weeks ob builders at it extending so the extra dust didn't show.
Re-fitting the skirting/architrave after dot and dabbing (no extra insulation then -- 20 years ago) was a minor inconvenience[1]. [1] Half the skirtings are now removed following a flood and floor removal allowing the intallation of insulation under the timber floor. The half done so far seems to have made a noticable difference in the comfort level.