Looking at Asko, Miele and Siemens for oven, induction and dishwashers for a new build. Been to cooking demo’s for all including VZug and Neff. Asko Elements ovens seem like a good pyro and steam oven in comparison to price point for Miele (not paying $10K for one Miele oven), but don’t want to compromise ourselves down the track with maybe spending a bit more upfront for Miele ovens as they have such a good reputation. I also can’t locate many reviews for the Asko ovens. Likely going with Miele dishwashers and induction as Miele induction is built for flush mount and won’t void any bench top warranties. I’ve read really mixed reviews on the Asko dishwasher but price point between Asko and Miele dishwashers wasn’t too much. Range hood looking at Falcem. Does anyone have any experience with the Asko Elements ovens? Or should we be sticking to Miele ovens (combi steam and pyro)?

I would highly recommend AVOIDING a siemens oven. We bought a normal oven, along with a combo steam oven, about 6 years ago. The whole time we kept getting faults on our steam oven and after every fix the error would come back, or a different error code would pop up. After 3 years the top heating element fell loose because the screws holding it in place completely rusted and left a hole into the oven cavity. The oven had to be replaced, which was a nightmare to organise, but we eventually got them to agree/organise. Another 3 years down the track and we have had the same issue with the rusted cavity top! I have since found other reviews stating the same issue. We had issues with our siemens gas cooktop also, however in fairness, after a service technician fixed those it has performed well enough. You would expect, paying so much, that an oven would last more than 3 years. We designed our new kitchen around these appliances, and our other oven will now not match a new steam oven. They have offered us a refund of our originally paid price, which is far less than what the oven costs now. I'm extremely disappointed, we will be left substantially out of pocket and with an oven that does not suit our kitchen. Aside from that, their ovens don't even cook well - things don't seem to crisp up as well as they used to in my much cheaper previous oven. Don't be fooled by the sleek design like we were.

Hi sydneymidge if you get your Kitchen renovation company back, they can make you an appliance cabinet to sit from bench up to and below the first three overhead doors. Your cabinetmakers can also match this new unit to your existing material's finish. There are also a couple of ways that you can consider to set up your appliance cabinet door. This can be done as a Tambour roll up door, or as three panel bi-folds that open and fold to the left wall with or without pocket, or as 2 Coplanar doors, or done as a lift-up-flap using something like the Blum Aventos HL mechanism; here your cabinetmaker will be able help you by also discussing each of their benefits and drawbacks. Hope this helps, Malcolm, Compass Kitchens.

I haven't used AEG but i always check where the product is made? Not just where the head office is based. Also, have you looked at productreview.com.au. you never really completely know if reviews are real or fake but if you read enough of them you can get a reasonable idea. I recently replaced my oven and induction cooktop and chose Neff, never heard of them before i started looking but they had a good deal on the oven and i would have to say is the best oven i have ever used. I had a bosch prior and had a few issues. They are actually the same company but bosch is the lead in, Neff next level up, then if money no limit, Gaggenau. Good luck, its a big decision.