Hello, Sorry in advance to bring up an old thread/subject, However looking for any additional advice/direction i can get on comment from midesign0401 below... mldesign0401 In Victoria a range hood is a requirement in new kitchens. No longer is it acceptable for a simple exhaust unit, rather it must now be ducted to external air. So your range hood must be flued either through your roof space or via a horizontal duct to an external wall. It must be installed and signed off, and your house insurance will require your sign off document if your house insurance is to cover damage due to fire, or you will find yourself in a predicament. The provision for installing a range hood above a gas cooktop is a minimum placement of 650mm above your cooktop, and 605 for an electric hob. Including induction. Hope this helps. Our new home got handed over to us by builder just before Christmas (21/12/2018), We are still waiting for under mount rangehood to be installed into our kitchen, The house was delivered with no rangehood as the hole they provided was to close to accommodate rangehood selection, After a couple of visits we have been told that cupboards are to be removed and replaced, Which we are still waiting for as the 'cabinetmaker is very busy', My inquiry is to see whether there is a building code reference/link I can forward on to them to hurry the process up, Also concerned that insurance would not cover our new house if there happened to be a fire Thanks in advance, We look forward o nay help, Regards, Ken and Nadia Buxton

Hi Erin , I prefer a built in wall oven to suit your height . The oven door goes up out of the way and the height makes it easy to remove and place dishes into the oven without bending or worrying about kids . Pulling the door down means a blast of heat in the face . I have both and loathe the floor level door in my main house. Try them both at the suppliers.

The downdraft induction cooktop has the 'rangehood' extraction system built into the cooktop itself. Something like this https://www.neff.co.nz/productslist/rangehoods/benchtop-installation/integrated-cooktop-ventilation/T58TS6BN0

we're very happy with our Solar skylights: one in an ensuite and several others in a south facing room... they do look like flat light fittings but the light from them does change with cloudy skies and bright or overcast days (when we use an electric light the same as you would for any room) ...only thing better would be a ventilating Velux roof window that would include views of sky and trees but they're usually much too big for a wip, wiw or ens and will interfere with space needed for your future solar panels...the tiny solar panels that power the Solar Skylights are installed on the ridge of the roof and only produce enough power for an individual skylight but i don't believe that they would be suitable to be powered by a Solar Electricity system and then you just use standard electric lights..