Hi Herbus. If it makes any difference for you, I was freaking out about this problem when the rangehood was first installed, but now we're in the house it doesn't…

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I dream of ditching my dull office job and trying for a job in a kitchenware store like House or Matchbox. I reckon it'd be really nice, far more…

1. Not only keep track of the budget, but keep track of deposits paid and how much is still outstanding. Don't get caught out at the end when all the…

We used Pumice, plus Quantum Quartz "New Mink" for the benchtop.

We just bought a D5132, and it's fantastic. I've never had a dishwasher before (!), and heard lots of stories about having to rinse dishes first or they don't come…

We also have a Sharp "french door" fridge, and I love it! We've only had it for a few weeks, so I can't vouch for the reliability yet.
We looked at…

Excel here too! I've added furniture and all the fittings into mine, and added a couple of extra columns for Deposit Paid and Balance Outstanding, so we know how much…

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We have a half-height glass splashback in the kitchen with a curved canopy rangehood. I wanted the top of the glass to meet the top of the curve of…

Fab! Thanks Candylea! That's exactly what we needed to know.
Is there a set time for things to be fixed if we do find problems at PCI? Or does it just…

We are currently building with New Gen. It's been a very smooth experience, and we'd build with them again. Our salesman was fantastic. We've only had a couple of issues…

Hi everyone.
Our house is almost finished (finally! ), but I'm not getting any joy trying to find out from our building company what happens…

Ours is going to be 3.6m (and I can't wait!!).
We got the sink moved over to one side so we essentially get the whole bench space as working space.

So would that sit in the top of your bence and pop up for use sorry if that is obvious.
Yeah, I'm guessing you'd…

To be honest I'm not too sure!
It will probably not have a handle as such, but a finger hollow or something at the…

This is a snazzy idea. You'd have to get a hole drilled into your benchtop, but the GPOs would sit flush with the benchtop when not in use.
This is…

We're also having a dark slab waterfall and didn't want the power points to be visable, so we've added them to the inside of the bench (pic attached).
We've added them…

We looked at a Neff oven, and were very nearly convinced. One salesman told us all about the steam-cleaning thing (HydroClean or something), and that with that, we wouldn't need…

It's a smidgy under 3.5m. And will be Quantum Quartz Mocha.
AND I'm getting a pyrolytic oven, so I never have to clean an oven again

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We got our final plans for approval this week, and I just wanted to share my kitchen. OK, really just the walk-in-pantry...
In the original project home plans, WIP 2…

Hi all. Our local Current Affairs show last night had a story on how downlights are a fire risk. They say that there's one fire a week caused by downlights.
We're…

Thanks Jeremy
So we could get it installed separately later on, after the benchtop goes in? Or would it have to be done at the same time the holes are being…

We're having an undermount double sink in our stone island bench. I really wanted a 'built in' soap dispenser, but with the undermount sinks there's no room on the sink…

My friends came to my old house and asked what we'd be taking with us to the new house. On looking around the living room and kitchen, I said something…

It'll start from the base of the shower, but just be 2 tiles high (so about 40cm). We're hoping that'll be a good height - high enough for the shaving…

We asked our builder for a 'step' in the shower, have one in our current house and it's brilliant for shaving the legs and a spot for the shampoo and…

For me the biggest things are the dishwasher (never had one) and a pyrolytic oven (and NEVER having to clean an oven again )

We're having a tower with a wall oven and a built-in microwave / convection ("combi") oven on the top.
That way, we get the convenience of two ovens, plus the microwave,…

Our benchtop is going to be Essa Stone 'Wild Truffle', and we're also looking at a dark brown splashback, to match the benchtop.
I found this link and just fell…

Given that we've just got our plans and are now going through the electrical set-up stage, this thread has been amazing! Thanks everyone.
One thing someone suggested we do (and we…

Does anyone out there have Essa Stone "Wild Truffle" as their benchtop? If so, I'd love to see some pics.
We've picked it for our kitchen - fell in love with…