diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentImagingSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentImagingSettings.cs
index ee21484dab..990b3c61cb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentImagingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentImagingSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -20,10 +23,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
             }
         };
 
+        internal const string StaticImageFileTypes = "jpeg,jpg,gif,bmp,png,tiff,tif";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the collection of accepted image file extensions.
         /// </summary>
-        public string[] ImageFileTypes { get; set; } = new[] { "jpeg", "jpg", "gif", "bmp", "png", "tiff", "tif" };
+        [DefaultValue(StaticImageFileTypes)]
+        public string[] ImageFileTypes { get; set; } = StaticImageFileTypes.Split(',');
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the imaging autofill following media file upload fields.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentNotificationSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentNotificationSettings.cs
index 2fa92eb4b5..b4ae2b34a1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentNotificationSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentNotificationSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class ContentNotificationSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticDisableHtmlEmail = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the email address for notifications.
         /// </summary>
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether HTML email notifications should be disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableHtmlEmail { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableHtmlEmail)]
+        public bool DisableHtmlEmail { get; set; } = StaticDisableHtmlEmail;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentSettings.cs
index 1c54593ed2..dcca8c2adb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentSettings.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Macros;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigContent)]
     public class ContentSettings
     {
-        private const string DefaultPreviewBadge =
+
+        internal const bool StaticResolveUrlsFromTextString = false;
+        internal const string StaticDefaultPreviewBadge =
             @"
             <div id=""umbracoPreviewBadge"" class=""umbraco-preview-badge"">
                 <span class=""umbraco-preview-badge__header"">Preview mode</span>
@@ -148,6 +151,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
             </style>
             <script type=""text/javascript"" data-umbraco-path=""{0}"" src=""{0}/js/umbraco.websitepreview.min.js""></script>";
 
+        internal const string StaticMacroErrors = "Inline";
+        internal const string StaticDisallowedUploadFiles = "ashx,aspx,ascx,config,cshtml,vbhtml,asmx,air,axd,xamlx";
+        internal const bool StaticShowDeprecatedPropertyEditors = false;
+        internal const string StaticLoginBackgroundImage = "assets/img/login.jpg";
+        internal const string StaticLoginLogoImage = "assets/img/application/umbraco_logo_white.svg";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the content notification settings.
         /// </summary>
@@ -161,7 +170,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether URLs should be resolved from text strings.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool ResolveUrlsFromTextString { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticResolveUrlsFromTextString)]
+        public bool ResolveUrlsFromTextString { get; set; } = StaticResolveUrlsFromTextString;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the collection of error pages.
@@ -171,17 +181,20 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the preview badge mark-up.
         /// </summary>
-        public string PreviewBadge { get; set; } = DefaultPreviewBadge;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDefaultPreviewBadge)]
+        public string PreviewBadge { get; set; } = StaticDefaultPreviewBadge;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the macro error behaviour.
         /// </summary>
-        public MacroErrorBehaviour MacroErrors { get; set; } = MacroErrorBehaviour.Inline;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMacroErrors)]
+        public MacroErrorBehaviour MacroErrors { get; set; } = Enum<MacroErrorBehaviour>.Parse(StaticMacroErrors);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the collection of file extensions that are disallowed for upload.
         /// </summary>
-        public IEnumerable<string> DisallowedUploadFiles { get; set; } = new[] { "ashx", "aspx", "ascx", "config", "cshtml", "vbhtml", "asmx", "air", "axd", "xamlx" };
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisallowedUploadFiles)]
+        public IEnumerable<string> DisallowedUploadFiles { get; set; } = StaticDisallowedUploadFiles.Split(',');
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the collection of file extensions that are allowed for upload.
@@ -191,17 +204,20 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether deprecated property editors should be shown.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool ShowDeprecatedPropertyEditors { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticShowDeprecatedPropertyEditors)]
+        public bool ShowDeprecatedPropertyEditors { get; set; } = StaticShowDeprecatedPropertyEditors;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the path to the login screen background image.
         /// </summary>
-        public string LoginBackgroundImage { get; set; } = "assets/img/login.jpg";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticLoginBackgroundImage)]
+        public string LoginBackgroundImage { get; set; } = StaticLoginBackgroundImage;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the path to the login screen logo image.
         /// </summary>
-        public string LoginLogoImage { get; set; } = "assets/img/application/umbraco_logo_white.svg";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticLoginLogoImage)]
+        public string LoginLogoImage { get; set; } = StaticLoginLogoImage;
 
 
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/CoreDebugSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/CoreDebugSettings.cs
index 626a4c68f7..58810a3462 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/CoreDebugSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/CoreDebugSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,14 +11,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigCoreDebug)]
     public class CoreDebugSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticLogIncompletedScopes = false;
+        internal const bool StaticDumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether incompleted scopes should be logged.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool LogIncompletedScopes { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticLogIncompletedScopes)]
+        public bool LogIncompletedScopes { get; set; } = StaticLogIncompletedScopes;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether memory dumps on thread abort should be taken.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort)]
+        public bool DumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort { get; set; } = StaticDumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerMessengerSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerMessengerSettings.cs
index d2afea19e7..f1320a199f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerMessengerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerMessengerSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -10,24 +11,33 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class DatabaseServerMessengerSettings
     {
+        internal const int StaticMaxProcessingInstructionCount = 1000;
+        internal const string StaticTimeToRetainInstructions = "2.00:00:00";    // TimeSpan.FromDays(2);
+        internal const string StaticTimeBetweenSyncOperations = "00:00:05";     // TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+        internal const string StaticTimeBetweenPruneOperations = "00:01:00";    // TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the maximum number of instructions that can be processed at startup; otherwise the server cold-boots (rebuilds its caches).
         /// </summary>
-        public int MaxProcessingInstructionCount { get; set; } = 1000;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxProcessingInstructionCount)]
+        public int MaxProcessingInstructionCount { get; set; } = StaticMaxProcessingInstructionCount;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the time to keep instructions in the database; records older than this number will be pruned.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan TimeToRetainInstructions { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromDays(2);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTimeToRetainInstructions)]
+        public TimeSpan TimeToRetainInstructions { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticTimeToRetainInstructions);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the time to wait between each sync operations.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan TimeBetweenSyncOperations { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTimeBetweenSyncOperations)]
+        public TimeSpan TimeBetweenSyncOperations { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticTimeBetweenSyncOperations);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the time to wait between each prune operations.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan TimeBetweenPruneOperations { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTimeBetweenPruneOperations)]
+        public TimeSpan TimeBetweenPruneOperations { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticTimeBetweenPruneOperations);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerRegistrarSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerRegistrarSettings.cs
index 66d35f6a36..91d293f272 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerRegistrarSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/DatabaseServerRegistrarSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -10,14 +11,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class DatabaseServerRegistrarSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticWaitTimeBetweenCalls = "00:01:00";
+        internal const string StaticStaleServerTimeout = "00:02:00";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the amount of time to wait between calls to the database on the background thread.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan WaitTimeBetweenCalls { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticWaitTimeBetweenCalls)]
+        public TimeSpan WaitTimeBetweenCalls { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticWaitTimeBetweenCalls);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the time span to wait before considering a server stale, after it has last been accessed.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan StaleServerTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticStaleServerTimeout)]
+        public TimeSpan StaleServerTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticStaleServerTimeout);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ExceptionFilterSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ExceptionFilterSettings.cs
index 0a58036104..0d48453071 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ExceptionFilterSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ExceptionFilterSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,9 +11,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigExceptionFilter)]
     public class ExceptionFilterSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticDisabled = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the exception filter is disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool Disabled { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisabled)]
+        public bool Disabled { get; set; } = StaticDisabled;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
index 5c6e53df92..7799fec5ea 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -11,51 +12,72 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigGlobal)]
     public class GlobalSettings
     {
-        internal const string
-            StaticReservedPaths = "~/app_plugins/,~/install/,~/mini-profiler-resources/,~/umbraco/,"; // must end with a comma!
-
-        internal const string
-            StaticReservedUrls = "~/.well-known,"; // must end with a comma!
+        internal const string StaticReservedPaths = "~/app_plugins/,~/install/,~/mini-profiler-resources/,~/umbraco/,"; // must end with a comma!
+        internal const string StaticReservedUrls = "~/.well-known,"; // must end with a comma!
+        internal const string StaticTimeOut = "00:20:00";
+        internal const string StaticDefaultUILanguage = "en-US";
+        internal const bool StaticHideTopLevelNodeFromPath = true;
+        internal const bool StaticUseHttps = false;
+        internal const int StaticVersionCheckPeriod = 7;
+        internal const string StaticUmbracoPath = "~/umbraco";
+        internal const string StaticIconsPath = "~/umbraco/assets/icons";
+        internal const string StaticUmbracoCssPath = "~/css";
+        internal const string StaticUmbracoScriptsPath = "~/scripts";
+        internal const string StaticUmbracoMediaPath = "~/media";
+        internal const bool StaticInstallMissingDatabase = false;
+        internal const bool StaticDisableElectionForSingleServer = false;
+        internal const string StaticNoNodesViewPath = "~/umbraco/UmbracoWebsite/NoNodes.cshtml";
+        internal const string StaticSqlWriteLockTimeOut = "00:00:05";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the reserved URLs.
+        /// It must end with a comma
         /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticReservedUrls)]
         public string ReservedUrls { get; set; } = StaticReservedUrls;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the reserved paths.
+        /// It must end with a comma
         /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticReservedPaths)]
         public string ReservedPaths { get; set; } = StaticReservedPaths;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the timeout
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan TimeOut{ get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTimeOut)]
+        public TimeSpan TimeOut { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticTimeOut);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the default UI language.
         /// </summary>
-        public string DefaultUILanguage { get; set; } = "en-US";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDefaultUILanguage)]
+        public string DefaultUILanguage { get; set; } = StaticDefaultUILanguage;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to hide the top level node from the path.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool HideTopLevelNodeFromPath { get; set; } = true;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticHideTopLevelNodeFromPath)]
+        public bool HideTopLevelNodeFromPath { get; set; } = StaticHideTopLevelNodeFromPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether HTTPS should be used.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool UseHttps { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUseHttps)]
+        public bool UseHttps { get; set; } = StaticUseHttps;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the version check period in days.
         /// </summary>
-        public int VersionCheckPeriod { get; set; } = 7;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticVersionCheckPeriod)]
+        public int VersionCheckPeriod { get; set; } = StaticVersionCheckPeriod;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco back-office path.
         /// </summary>
-        public string UmbracoPath { get; set; } = "~/umbraco";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUmbracoPath)]
+        public string UmbracoPath { get; set; } = StaticUmbracoPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco icons path.
@@ -65,32 +87,38 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         ///       so this should not be a normal get set it has to have dynamic ability to return the correct
         ///       path given UmbracoPath if this hasn't been explicitly set.
         /// </remarks>
-        public string IconsPath { get; set; } = $"~/umbraco/assets/icons";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticIconsPath)]
+        public string IconsPath { get; set; } = StaticIconsPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco CSS path.
         /// </summary>
-        public string UmbracoCssPath { get; set; } = "~/css";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUmbracoCssPath)]
+        public string UmbracoCssPath { get; set; } = StaticUmbracoCssPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco scripts path.
         /// </summary>
-        public string UmbracoScriptsPath { get; set; } = "~/scripts";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUmbracoScriptsPath)]
+        public string UmbracoScriptsPath { get; set; } = StaticUmbracoScriptsPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco media path.
         /// </summary>
-        public string UmbracoMediaPath { get; set; } = "~/media";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUmbracoMediaPath)]
+        public string UmbracoMediaPath { get; set; } = StaticUmbracoMediaPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to install the database when it is missing.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool InstallMissingDatabase { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticInstallMissingDatabase)]
+        public bool InstallMissingDatabase { get; set; } = StaticInstallMissingDatabase;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to disable the election for a single server.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableElectionForSingleServer { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableElectionForSingleServer)]
+        public bool DisableElectionForSingleServer { get; set; } = StaticDisableElectionForSingleServer;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the database factory server version.
@@ -106,7 +134,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the path to the no content view.
         /// </summary>
-        public string NoNodesViewPath { get; set; } = "~/umbraco/UmbracoWebsite/NoNodes.cshtml";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticNoNodesViewPath)]
+        public string NoNodesViewPath { get; set; } = StaticNoNodesViewPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the database server registrar settings.
@@ -135,6 +164,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// The default value is 5000 milliseconds
         /// </remarks>
         /// <value>The timeout in milliseconds.</value>
-        public TimeSpan SqlWriteLockTimeOut { get; } = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5000);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticSqlWriteLockTimeOut)]
+        public TimeSpan SqlWriteLockTimeOut { get; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticSqlWriteLockTimeOut);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationMethodSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationMethodSettings.cs
index 0ca03d6cc0..2fc621a482 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationMethodSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationMethodSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.HealthChecks;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -11,20 +12,27 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class HealthChecksNotificationMethodSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticEnabled = false;
+        internal const string StaticVerbosity = "Summary"; // Enum
+        internal const bool StaticFailureOnly = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the health check notification method is enabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticEnabled)]
+        public bool Enabled { get; set; } = StaticEnabled;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the health check notifications reporting verbosity.
         /// </summary>
-        public HealthCheckNotificationVerbosity Verbosity { get; set; } = HealthCheckNotificationVerbosity.Summary;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticVerbosity)]
+        public HealthCheckNotificationVerbosity Verbosity { get; set; } = Enum<HealthCheckNotificationVerbosity>.Parse(StaticVerbosity);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the health check notifications should occur on failures only.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool FailureOnly { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticFailureOnly)]
+        public bool FailureOnly { get; set; } = StaticFailureOnly;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value providing provider specific settings for the health check notification method.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationSettings.cs
index 316b494a19..6e082da19f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HealthChecksNotificationSettings.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class HealthChecksNotificationSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticEnabled = false;
+        internal const string StaticPeriod = "1.00:00:00"; //TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether health check notifications are enabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticEnabled)]
+        public bool Enabled { get; set; } = StaticEnabled;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the first run time of a healthcheck notification in crontab format.
@@ -25,7 +30,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the period of the healthcheck notification.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan Period { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticPeriod)]
+        public TimeSpan Period { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticPeriod);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the collection of health check notification methods.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HostingSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HostingSettings.cs
index 0017611fc0..b9e11e99ca 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HostingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/HostingSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,6 +11,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigHosting)]
     public class HostingSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticLocalTempStorageLocation = "Default";
+        internal const bool StaticDebug = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the application virtual path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -17,12 +22,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the location of temporary files.
         /// </summary>
-        public LocalTempStorage LocalTempStorageLocation { get; set; } = LocalTempStorage.Default;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticLocalTempStorageLocation)] 
+        public LocalTempStorage LocalTempStorageLocation { get; set; } = Enum<LocalTempStorage>.Parse(StaticLocalTempStorageLocation);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether umbraco is running in [debug mode].
         /// </summary>
         /// <value><c>true</c> if [debug mode]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-        public bool Debug { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDebug)]
+        public bool Debug { get; set; } = StaticDebug;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingCacheSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingCacheSettings.cs
index e9bdd77545..18fc5ccd93 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingCacheSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingCacheSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -11,24 +12,33 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class ImagingCacheSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticBrowserMaxAge = "7.00:00:00"; // TimeSpan.FromDays(7);
+        internal const string StaticCacheMaxAge = "365.00:00:00"; // TimeSpan.FromDays(365);
+        internal const int StaticCachedNameLength = 8;
+        internal const string StaticCacheFolder = "../umbraco/mediacache";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the browser image cache maximum age.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan BrowserMaxAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromDays(7);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticBrowserMaxAge)]
+        public TimeSpan BrowserMaxAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticBrowserMaxAge);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the image cache maximum age.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan CacheMaxAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromDays(365);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticCacheMaxAge)]
+        public TimeSpan CacheMaxAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticCacheMaxAge);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for length of the cached name.
         /// </summary>
-        public uint CachedNameLength { get; set; } = 8;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticCachedNameLength)]
+        public uint CachedNameLength { get; set; } = StaticCachedNameLength;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the cache folder.
         /// </summary>
-        public string CacheFolder { get; set; } = Path.Combine("..", "umbraco", "mediacache");
+        [DefaultValue(StaticCacheFolder)]
+        public string CacheFolder { get; set; } = StaticCacheFolder;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingResizeSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingResizeSettings.cs
index e71ed4f2e4..ff02fdc522 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingResizeSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ImagingResizeSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -8,14 +10,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class ImagingResizeSettings
     {
+        internal const int StaticMaxWidth = 5000;
+        internal const int StaticMaxHeight = 5000;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the maximim resize width.
         /// </summary>
-        public int MaxWidth { get; set; } = 5000;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxWidth)]
+        public int MaxWidth { get; set; } = StaticMaxWidth;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the maximim resize height.
         /// </summary>
-        public int MaxHeight { get; set; } = 5000;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxHeight)]
+        public int MaxHeight { get; set; } = StaticMaxHeight;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/KeepAliveSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/KeepAliveSettings.cs
index 14c2a29f93..305df2be8c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/KeepAliveSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/KeepAliveSettings.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
-using System;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Hosting;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -12,10 +11,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigKeepAlive)]
     public class KeepAliveSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticDisableKeepAliveTask = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the keep alive task is disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableKeepAliveTask { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableKeepAliveTask)]
+        public bool DisableKeepAliveTask { get; set; } = StaticDisableKeepAliveTask;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value for the keep alive ping URL.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/LoggingSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/LoggingSettings.cs
index b9d6fd2897..2075921c3f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/LoggingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/LoggingSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigLogging)]
     public class LoggingSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticMaxLogAge = "1.00:00:00"; // TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the maximum age of a log file.
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan MaxLogAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxLogAge)]
+        public TimeSpan MaxLogAge { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Parse(StaticMaxLogAge);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/MemberPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/MemberPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
index 84bfeb3d3d..fa4f0725f7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/MemberPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/MemberPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,25 +11,39 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigMemberPassword)]
     public class MemberPasswordConfigurationSettings : IPasswordConfiguration
     {
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public int RequiredLength { get; set; } = 10;
+        internal const int StaticRequiredLength = 10;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireDigit = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireLowercase = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireUppercase = false;
+        internal const int StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout = 5;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireNonLetterOrDigit { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequiredLength)]
+        public int RequiredLength { get; set; } = StaticRequiredLength;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireDigit { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit)]
+        public bool RequireNonLetterOrDigit { get; set; } = StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireLowercase { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireDigit)]
+        public bool RequireDigit { get; set; } = StaticRequireDigit;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireUppercase { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireLowercase)]
+        public bool RequireLowercase { get; set; } = StaticRequireLowercase;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireUppercase)]
+        public bool RequireUppercase { get; set; } = StaticRequireUppercase;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        [DefaultValue(Constants.Security.AspNetCoreV3PasswordHashAlgorithmName)]
         public string HashAlgorithmType { get; set; } = Constants.Security.AspNetCoreV3PasswordHashAlgorithmName;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public int MaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout { get; set; } = 5;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout)]
+        public int MaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout { get; set; } = StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ModelsBuilderSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ModelsBuilderSettings.cs
index ea2fa0623e..2cf1f770b7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ModelsBuilderSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ModelsBuilderSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models;
 using Umbraco.Extensions;
 
@@ -13,18 +14,22 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     public class ModelsBuilderSettings
     {
         private bool _flagOutOfDateModels = true;
-
-        private static string DefaultModelsDirectory => "~/umbraco/models";
+        internal const string StaticModelsMode = "InMemoryAuto";
+        internal const string StaticModelsDirectory = "~/umbraco/models";
+        internal const bool StaticAcceptUnsafeModelsDirectory = false;
+        internal const int StaticDebugLevel = 0;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the models mode.
         /// </summary>
-        public ModelsMode ModelsMode { get; set; } = ModelsMode.InMemoryAuto;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticModelsMode)]
+        public ModelsMode ModelsMode { get; set; } = Enum<ModelsMode>.Parse(StaticModelsMode);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for models namespace.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>That value could be overriden by other (attribute in user's code...). Return default if no value was supplied.</remarks>
+        [DefaultValue(Constants.ModelsBuilder.DefaultModelsNamespace)]
         public string ModelsNamespace { get; set; } = Constants.ModelsBuilder.DefaultModelsNamespace;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -54,7 +59,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// Gets or sets a value for the models directory.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>Default is ~/umbraco/models but that can be changed.</remarks>
-        public string ModelsDirectory { get; set; } = DefaultModelsDirectory;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticModelsDirectory)]
+        public string ModelsDirectory { get; set; } = StaticModelsDirectory;
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -64,12 +70,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// An unsafe value is an absolute path, or a relative path pointing outside
         /// of the website root.
         /// </remarks>
-        public bool AcceptUnsafeModelsDirectory { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticAcceptUnsafeModelsDirectory)]
+        public bool AcceptUnsafeModelsDirectory { get; set; } = StaticAcceptUnsafeModelsDirectory;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating the debug log level.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>0 means minimal (safe on live site), anything else means more and more details (maybe not safe).</remarks>
-        public int DebugLevel { get; set; } = 0;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDebugLevel)]
+        public int DebugLevel { get; set; } = StaticDebugLevel;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/NuCacheSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/NuCacheSettings.cs
index b71c374c3f..bd92b4ba3c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/NuCacheSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/NuCacheSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,6 +11,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigNuCache)]
     public class NuCacheSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticNuCacheSerializerType = "MessagePack";
+        internal const int StaticSqlPageSize = 1000;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value defining the BTree block size.
         /// </summary>
@@ -17,11 +22,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// The serializer type that nucache uses to persist documents in the database.
         /// </summary>
-        public NuCacheSerializerType NuCacheSerializerType { get; set; } = NuCacheSerializerType.MessagePack;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticNuCacheSerializerType)]
+        public NuCacheSerializerType NuCacheSerializerType { get; set; } = Enum<NuCacheSerializerType>.Parse(StaticNuCacheSerializerType);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The paging size to use for nucache SQL queries.
         /// </summary>
-        public int SqlPageSize { get; set; } = 1000;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticSqlPageSize)]
+        public int SqlPageSize { get; set; } = StaticSqlPageSize;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RequestHandlerSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RequestHandlerSettings.cs
index 6f6a9c6236..ee223b36c6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RequestHandlerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RequestHandlerSettings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.UmbracoSettings;
 using Umbraco.Extensions;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigRequestHandler)]
     public class RequestHandlerSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticAddTrailingSlash = true;
+        internal const string StaticConvertUrlsToAscii = "try";
+
         internal static readonly CharItem[] DefaultCharCollection =
         {
             new CharItem { Char = " ", Replacement = "-" },
@@ -44,12 +48,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to add a trailing slash to URLs.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool AddTrailingSlash { get; set; } = true;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticAddTrailingSlash)]
+        public bool AddTrailingSlash { get; set; } = StaticAddTrailingSlash;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to convert URLs to ASCII (valid values: "true", "try" or "false").
         /// </summary>
-        public string ConvertUrlsToAscii { get; set; } = "try";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticConvertUrlsToAscii)]
+        public string ConvertUrlsToAscii { get; set; } = StaticConvertUrlsToAscii;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether URLs should be converted to ASCII.
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the default character collection for replacements.
         /// </summary>
+        /// WB-TODO
         public IEnumerable<IChar> CharCollection { get; set; } = DefaultCharCollection;
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RichTextEditorSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RichTextEditorSettings.cs
index a5d1ae7475..6ea563c741 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RichTextEditorSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RichTextEditorSettings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -6,6 +7,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigRichTextEditor)]
     public class RichTextEditorSettings
     {
+        internal const string StaticValidElements = "+a[id|style|rel|data-id|data-udi|rev|charset|hreflang|dir|lang|tabindex|accesskey|type|name|href|target|title|class|onfocus|onblur|onclick|ondblclick|onmousedown|onmouseup|onmouseover|onmousemove|onmouseout|onkeypress|onkeydown|onkeyup],-strong/-b[class|style],-em/-i[class|style],-strike[class|style],-u[class|style],#p[id|style|dir|class|align],-ol[class|reversed|start|style|type],-ul[class|style],-li[class|style],br[class],img[id|dir|lang|longdesc|usemap|style|class|src|onmouseover|onmouseout|border|alt=|title|hspace|vspace|width|height|align|umbracoorgwidth|umbracoorgheight|onresize|onresizestart|onresizeend|rel|data-id],-sub[style|class],-sup[style|class],-blockquote[dir|style|class],-table[border=0|cellspacing|cellpadding|width|height|class|align|summary|style|dir|id|lang|bgcolor|background|bordercolor],-tr[id|lang|dir|class|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|bgcolor|background|bordercolor],tbody[id|class],thead[id|class],tfoot[id|class],#td[id|lang|dir|class|colspan|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|bgcolor|background|bordercolor|scope],-th[id|lang|dir|class|colspan|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|scope],caption[id|lang|dir|class|style],-div[id|dir|class|align|style],-span[class|align|style],-pre[class|align|style],address[class|align|style],-h1[id|dir|class|align|style],-h2[id|dir|class|align|style],-h3[id|dir|class|align|style],-h4[id|dir|class|align|style],-h5[id|dir|class|align|style],-h6[id|style|dir|class|align|style],hr[class|style],small[class|style],dd[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],dl[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],dt[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],object[class|id|width|height|codebase|*],param[name|value|_value|class],embed[type|width|height|src|class|*],map[name|class],area[shape|coords|href|alt|target|class],bdo[class],button[class],iframe[*]";
+        internal const string StaticInvalidElements = "font";
+
         private static readonly string[] s_default_plugins = new[]
         {
             "paste",
@@ -62,11 +66,34 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
             ["entity_encoding"] = "raw"
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// HTML RichText Editor TinyMCE Commands
+        /// </summary>
+        /// WB-TODO Custom Array of objects
         public RichTextEditorCommand[] Commands { get; set; } = s_default_commands;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// HTML RichText Editor TinyMCE Plugins
+        /// </summary>
         public string[] Plugins { get; set; } = s_default_plugins;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// HTML RichText Editor TinyMCE Custom Config
+        /// </summary>
+        /// WB-TODO Custom Dictionary
         public IDictionary<string, string> CustomConfig { get; set; } = s_default_custom_config;
-        public string ValidElements { get; set; } = "+a[id|style|rel|data-id|data-udi|rev|charset|hreflang|dir|lang|tabindex|accesskey|type|name|href|target|title|class|onfocus|onblur|onclick|ondblclick|onmousedown|onmouseup|onmouseover|onmousemove|onmouseout|onkeypress|onkeydown|onkeyup],-strong/-b[class|style],-em/-i[class|style],-strike[class|style],-u[class|style],#p[id|style|dir|class|align],-ol[class|reversed|start|style|type],-ul[class|style],-li[class|style],br[class],img[id|dir|lang|longdesc|usemap|style|class|src|onmouseover|onmouseout|border|alt=|title|hspace|vspace|width|height|align|umbracoorgwidth|umbracoorgheight|onresize|onresizestart|onresizeend|rel|data-id],-sub[style|class],-sup[style|class],-blockquote[dir|style|class],-table[border=0|cellspacing|cellpadding|width|height|class|align|summary|style|dir|id|lang|bgcolor|background|bordercolor],-tr[id|lang|dir|class|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|bgcolor|background|bordercolor],tbody[id|class],thead[id|class],tfoot[id|class],#td[id|lang|dir|class|colspan|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|bgcolor|background|bordercolor|scope],-th[id|lang|dir|class|colspan|rowspan|width|height|align|valign|style|scope],caption[id|lang|dir|class|style],-div[id|dir|class|align|style],-span[class|align|style],-pre[class|align|style],address[class|align|style],-h1[id|dir|class|align|style],-h2[id|dir|class|align|style],-h3[id|dir|class|align|style],-h4[id|dir|class|align|style],-h5[id|dir|class|align|style],-h6[id|style|dir|class|align|style],hr[class|style],small[class|style],dd[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],dl[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],dt[id|class|title|style|dir|lang],object[class|id|width|height|codebase|*],param[name|value|_value|class],embed[type|width|height|src|class|*],map[name|class],area[shape|coords|href|alt|target|class],bdo[class],button[class],iframe[*]";
-        public string InvalidElements { get; set; } = "font";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticValidElements)]
+        public string ValidElements { get; set; } = StaticValidElements;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invalid HTML elements for RichText Editor
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticInvalidElements)]
+        public string InvalidElements { get; set; } = StaticInvalidElements;
 
         public class RichTextEditorCommand
         {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RuntimeMinificationSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RuntimeMinificationSettings.cs
index f0fd4e71e1..b03528fd0a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RuntimeMinificationSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/RuntimeMinificationSettings.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigRuntimeMinification)]
     public class RuntimeMinificationSettings
     {
-        public bool UseInMemoryCache { get; set; } = false;
+        internal const bool StaticUseInMemoryCache = false;
+        internal const string StaticCacheBuster = "Version";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use in memory cache
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUseInMemoryCache)]
+        public bool UseInMemoryCache { get; set; } = StaticUseInMemoryCache;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The cache buster type to use
         /// </summary>
-        public RuntimeMinificationCacheBuster CacheBuster { get; set; } = RuntimeMinificationCacheBuster.Version;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticCacheBuster)]
+        public RuntimeMinificationCacheBuster CacheBuster { get; set; } = Enum<RuntimeMinificationCacheBuster>.Parse(StaticCacheBuster);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SecuritySettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SecuritySettings.cs
index 392e5f2118..48e08d596a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SecuritySettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SecuritySettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,25 +11,34 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigSecurity)]
     public class SecuritySettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticKeepUserLoggedIn = false;
+        internal const bool StaticHideDisabledUsersInBackOffice = false;
+        internal const bool StaticAllowPasswordReset = true;
+        internal const string StaticAuthCookieName = "UMB_UCONTEXT";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to keep the user logged in.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool KeepUserLoggedIn { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticKeepUserLoggedIn)]
+        public bool KeepUserLoggedIn { get; set; } = StaticKeepUserLoggedIn;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to hide disabled users in the back-office.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool HideDisabledUsersInBackOffice { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticHideDisabledUsersInBackOffice)]
+        public bool HideDisabledUsersInBackOffice { get; set; } = StaticHideDisabledUsersInBackOffice;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to allow user password reset.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool AllowPasswordReset { get; set; } = true;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticAllowPasswordReset)]
+        public bool AllowPasswordReset { get; set; } = StaticAllowPasswordReset;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the authorization cookie name.
         /// </summary>
-        public string AuthCookieName { get; set; } = "UMB_UCONTEXT";
+        [DefaultValue(StaticAuthCookieName)]
+        public string AuthCookieName { get; set; } = StaticAuthCookieName;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the authorization cookie domain.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SmtpSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SmtpSettings.cs
index 22a3c1ea2f..dca2b70558 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SmtpSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/SmtpSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Net.Mail;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models.Validation;
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class SmtpSettings : ValidatableEntryBase
     {
+        internal const string StaticSecureSocketOptions = "Auto";
+        internal const string StaticDeliveryMethod = "Network";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the SMTP from address to use for messages.
         /// </summary>
@@ -65,7 +69,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the secure socket options.
         /// </summary>
-        public SecureSocketOptions SecureSocketOptions { get; set; } = SecureSocketOptions.Auto;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticSecureSocketOptions)]
+        public SecureSocketOptions SecureSocketOptions { get; set; } = Enum<SecureSocketOptions>.Parse(StaticSecureSocketOptions);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the SMTP pick-up directory.
@@ -75,7 +80,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the SMTP delivery method.
         /// </summary>
-        public SmtpDeliveryMethod DeliveryMethod { get; set; } = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDeliveryMethod)]
+        public SmtpDeliveryMethod DeliveryMethod { get; set; } = Enum<SmtpDeliveryMethod>.Parse(StaticDeliveryMethod);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the SMTP user name.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/TourSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/TourSettings.cs
index c73c4737b8..cdc54dfe1f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/TourSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/TourSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,9 +11,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigTours)]
     public class TourSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticEnableTours = true;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether back-office tours are enabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool EnableTours { get; set; } = true;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticEnableTours)]
+        public bool EnableTours { get; set; } = StaticEnableTours;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UmbracoPluginSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UmbracoPluginSettings.cs
index 19bab8141d..d5b74b38dc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UmbracoPluginSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UmbracoPluginSettings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Umbraco.
+// Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigPlugins)]
     public class UmbracoPluginSettings
     {
+        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the allowed file extensions (including the period ".") that should be accessible from the browser.
         /// </summary>
+        /// WB-TODO
         public ISet<string> BrowsableFileExtensions { get; set; } = new HashSet<string>(new[]
         {
             ".html", // markup
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UnattendedSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UnattendedSettings.cs
index 00c0be4b3b..ba1c6827df 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UnattendedSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UnattendedSettings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigUnattended)]
     public class UnattendedSettings
     {
+        internal const bool StaticInstallUnattended = false;
+        internal const bool StaticUpgradeUnattended = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether unattended installs are enabled.
         /// </summary>
@@ -18,12 +22,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// If this option is set to <c>true</c> an unattended install will be performed and the runtime enters
         /// the <c>Run</c> level.</para>
         /// </remarks>
-        public bool InstallUnattended { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticInstallUnattended)]
+        public bool InstallUnattended { get; set; } = StaticInstallUnattended;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether unattended upgrades are enabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool UpgradeUnattended { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUpgradeUnattended)]
+        public bool UpgradeUnattended { get; set; } = StaticUpgradeUnattended;
 
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UserPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UserPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
index ccc9129a1c..b53e98f712 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UserPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/UserPasswordConfigurationSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -9,25 +11,39 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigUserPassword)]
     public class UserPasswordConfigurationSettings : IPasswordConfiguration
     {
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public int RequiredLength { get; set; } = 10;
+        internal const int StaticRequiredLength = 10;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireDigit = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireLowercase = false;
+        internal const bool StaticRequireUppercase = false;
+        internal const int StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout = 5;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireNonLetterOrDigit { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequiredLength)]
+        public int RequiredLength { get; set; } = StaticRequiredLength;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireDigit { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit)]
+        public bool RequireNonLetterOrDigit { get; set; } = StaticRequireNonLetterOrDigit;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireLowercase { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireDigit)]
+        public bool RequireDigit { get; set; } = StaticRequireDigit;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool RequireUppercase { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireLowercase)]
+        public bool RequireLowercase { get; set; } = StaticRequireLowercase;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
+        [DefaultValue(StaticRequireUppercase)]
+        public bool RequireUppercase { get; set; } = StaticRequireUppercase;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        [DefaultValue(Constants.Security.AspNetCoreV3PasswordHashAlgorithmName)]
         public string HashAlgorithmType { get; set; } = Constants.Security.AspNetCoreV3PasswordHashAlgorithmName;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public int MaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout { get; set; } = 5;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout)]
+        public int MaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout { get; set; } = StaticMaxFailedAccessAttemptsBeforeLockout;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/WebRoutingSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/WebRoutingSettings.cs
index 3c1c372c00..629095e32c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/WebRoutingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/WebRoutingSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.PublishedContent;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
@@ -11,6 +12,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
     [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigWebRouting)]
     public class WebRoutingSettings
     {
+
+        internal const bool StaticTryMatchingEndpointsForAllPages = false;
+        internal const bool StaticTrySkipIisCustomErrors = false;
+        internal const bool StaticInternalRedirectPreservesTemplate = false;
+        internal const bool StaticDisableAlternativeTemplates = false;
+        internal const bool StaticValidateAlternativeTemplates = false;
+        internal const bool StaticDisableFindContentByIdPath = false;
+        internal const bool StaticDisableRedirectUrlTracking = false;
+        internal const string StaticUrlProviderMode = "Auto";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to check if any routed endpoints match a front-end request before
         /// the Umbraco dynamic router tries to map the request to an Umbraco content item.
@@ -20,42 +31,50 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
         /// ASP.NET Core will automatically handle this in all cases. This is more of a backward compatible option since this is what v7/v8 used
         /// to do.
         /// </remarks>
-        public bool TryMatchingEndpointsForAllPages { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTryMatchingEndpointsForAllPages)]
+        public bool TryMatchingEndpointsForAllPages { get; set; } = StaticTryMatchingEndpointsForAllPages;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether IIS custom errors should be skipped.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool TrySkipIisCustomErrors { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticTrySkipIisCustomErrors)]
+        public bool TrySkipIisCustomErrors { get; set; } = StaticTrySkipIisCustomErrors;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether an internal redirect should preserve the template.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool InternalRedirectPreservesTemplate { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticInternalRedirectPreservesTemplate)]
+        public bool InternalRedirectPreservesTemplate { get; set; } = StaticInternalRedirectPreservesTemplate;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the use of alternative templates are disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableAlternativeTemplates { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableAlternativeTemplates)]
+        public bool DisableAlternativeTemplates { get; set; } = StaticDisableAlternativeTemplates;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the use of alternative templates should be validated.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool ValidateAlternativeTemplates { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticValidateAlternativeTemplates)]
+        public bool ValidateAlternativeTemplates { get; set; } = StaticValidateAlternativeTemplates;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether find content ID by path is disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableFindContentByIdPath { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableFindContentByIdPath)]
+        public bool DisableFindContentByIdPath { get; set; } = StaticDisableFindContentByIdPath;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether redirect URL tracking is disabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool DisableRedirectUrlTracking { get; set; } = false;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticDisableRedirectUrlTracking)]
+        public bool DisableRedirectUrlTracking { get; set; } = StaticDisableRedirectUrlTracking;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the URL provider mode (<see cref="UrlMode"/>).
         /// </summary>
-        public UrlMode UrlProviderMode { get; set; } = UrlMode.Auto;
+        [DefaultValue(StaticUrlProviderMode)]
+        public UrlMode UrlProviderMode { get; set; } = Enum<UrlMode>.Parse(StaticUrlProviderMode);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value for the Umbraco application URL.