WOOOOW!!! What a truly impressive home and interior design. Very beautifully put together! Thank you very much for sharing your project, it looks amazing. The Hamptons style is definitely a style that oozes a lot of understated chic and effortless sophistication. Well done!

In the interest of keeping your kitchen friendly to as many users as possible, may I suggest you avoid knobs of any description. Older people and those with disabilities/reduced function of the hand/arm/shoulder often struggle to grasp and pull on a knob. 'Push' closers and D (or U) shaped handles with a min of 50mm height from surface are much friendlier in this regard. We are building our retirement home and - although we are both well and dextrous at present - it is so easy (and much cheaper) to think ahead, we're discovering. Setting up the place to be comfortable for as many users as possible is also pretty satisfying. Personally I'd like brush satin steel long D handles with an elegant line. Black on black might be hard to see for some and in low light.

bigreader and oklouise thanks a lot for your comments. the floorplan is essentially set (discovered Houzz Advice too late...). It will be just me living there (i.e. no investment / rental, etc) and the bathroom with the bathtub is my preference. The original floorplan had two bathrooms in the same place, but as I'll have very rarely guests staying over, I traded off the added privacy (and potential resale / rental benefit) for my personal preference of a large, separate tub. The bedroom is about 3.50m by 3.10m in the main area, which isn't that large but should be more than enough just for me (the double bed drawn is from the developer, not myself). It's pretty much the size from the original floorplan, and my preference is for a bigger living space over sleeping space. I might be overestimating how big the bedroom is, though. One of the reasons I went along with the separate laundry is the increase in storage space (i.e. vacuum cleaner and similar things) as the kitchen cabinet space and bedroom robe are limited. I hadn't thought about a toilet in the laundry, but somehow I think the space might be too small and the cost in terms of storage space might be too high, but it's tempting.

Hi Kate thanks for the response. We have franchises in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT and WA. However our greatest need for installers is currently in Melbourne and Adelaide. I'd appreciate if you know of any available professionals anywhere in Australia, but in particular Melbourne and Adelaide. Many thanks Dave