Get your builder to fix it. He cant just put another one in without your say so. There is no simple way to fix this your going to have to open up that wall and get them to adjust the mixer higher This will in turn mean you have to redo the waterproofing, tiling and plumbing which could take weeks, most likely days depending. All of that to change the fixture. get your builder to offer a suggestion.

The gap for my taps is much bigger then the pics you provided but for some reason its not letting me load a photo to show. Anyway sheeting is on so I will roll with it and hope for the best. Thanks for your

Agree it is hotly debated. In our first home we renovated we had a big bathroom, double shower, clawfoot bath, double vanity. Our laundry was right outside our bathroom and we decided instead of having a change table for our babies, we would put a mat on the laundry bench and use that, much to several of our friends dismay who promtply delcared we would get sick of it after 5 minutes and do the changetable in the nursery. Um nope, never did and used the laundry bench the whole time, actually made cleaning up several 'poonamis' as we used to refer to them as, rather easy actually. In the end, both children ended up bathing in our laundry tub, no kneeling down and bending over a bath, and right next to our designated 'changing station' lol, and it worked perfectly. Failing that we would often shower the kids, we had a bumbo that we put in the shower with us and they would sit in that, loved it. As they got older as toddlers, both used to shower a lot and not use the bath at all. We left that house when our eldest was 7 and our youngest was 4. We went on to purchase and renovate another house that never had the bath put in until we were nearly finished the reno and were selling, so no baths there either. Now we are in their (the kids) third house since they were born and they are 12 and 9, small bathroom layout, they've had baths here a few times...but not a lot. And now like you we are debating...when we redo this bathroom...to bath or not to bath...lol. Not sure if it helps... :)

Like bigreader , I'd want to know quite a bit more . You are at the design stage , and like most of us , are presumably on some kind of a budget . But can you make the room bigger ? Is there more than 1 bathroom ? What are the finishes like ? The overall size ? The location ? Likelihood of the kids moving out in the next few years , and you wanting to sell ? Or even can you design it so that a bath can be added later , maybe even if you lose or move a bedroom , or media room , or similar ? Just generalisations , but a smaller cheaper build in an average or below priced area , that is likely to be resold to a first home owner , no bath is probably okay . But if you are trying for the nicest house in the best area ( or anything above average to be fair ) , then the $10k you save by being 2sq mtr smaller , could bite you bigtime when you come to sell .