I think I would like computer controlled shower temps for multiple members of the family, much like they have for air temps in cars these days. For instance, driver #1 likes a temp of 72, while driver #2 likes it warmer. Push a button, done!

With the pantry being located where it is, it provides a opportunity to make it inbuilt and continue your bench top along. This would then provide more bench space and would make sure you are using that wall to its full potential. However for space and flow and to make your kitchen more ascetically pleasing, we would suggest keeping the island bench and making the appliances integrated. This provides opportunity to make that far wall a feature wall, which can be as simple as a blackboard or pictures, to making it a colour feature (depending on you cabinetry) or even to make it high class you could create a wood paneling feature. I hope this helps, either way you can add bonus features to your kitchen, you can create more storage and bench space with changing the pantry, or you could make a design feature out of that wall. It is up to you and where you design flair may take you. Good luck! :) If you would like to see these designs with a quote please call us on 03 423 9067 and we can organise a free one for you. Below are some pictures - in built pantry vs. feature wall. (making where the appliances are a low bench top with below cabinets). (goes beautifully with a black and white colour palette).

We just bought an older house, and noticed to tolet drains slow, after abit of research i noticed the bath basin and toilet are all plumbed together(unfortunately this side of house is extremely close to ground so cant tell u much more) Again after more research on internet venting pipe keep coming up now there is a aprox 50mm pipe coming out side of house, does this need to be extened to a certain hight?

Hi JT, It depends on how many bedrooms you need overall. With the downstairs bedroom, you currently have 6 bedrooms. Is that what you need? Depending on what type of guests you expect, it might be nice to retain a downstairs guest suite. Grandparents might like partial autonomy and separation from small children etc or might not want to climb all the stairs every day. Also if it is kept separate from the main family sleeping areas, you could 'let out' the guest room to a cousin or family friend in need for a short term if desired! What about putting the formal dining into the front lounge/bedroom and making the larger formal dining room into the guest suite. That way you could have the ensuite plumbing adjacent the laundry. You could make the window beside the garage a bit smaller for the ensuite to keep the bedroom space as large as you can. If it's for guests only, you can build a small wardrobe on the wall backing onto the stairs and maybe build in a small desk or dresser. This would give guests easy access to the kitchen too for that early cuppa. Good luck, C.