Nic, thanks for that. I did see that bit on Choice and i think i'm pretty set on Elec oven now. It only occured to me today that all i've ever cooked with is in electric oven!

Pandora i'm wondering if the Technica brand was used by a lot of house and land package companies. I just did some research amongst family who have fairly new kitchens (house and land package) and they both have Technica. So far no complaints from them though. The seals and even-heating seems to be a common problem in a few ovens on the market... from what the reviews on the Product Review website says anyway.

Nicambhar we went looking today and an Omega freestanding is on my list. But after being favourable to free standing i'm now wondering if we might get seperate oven and cook top. I'll be choosing gas i think

We had a quick look today and i've found a Miele oven and cook top that i'm happy with also. The oven is not extremely expensive so i'd say it's fairly base model but as much as i love to cook i'm not a 'fancy cook' so i don't know that i'll need too many extra features to choose from. The gas top is only 4 burner, i can't imagine myself having too many more pots than that on at a time. I've managed with only two up until now and if i can fit two things on a gas top without having the pan hang over knobs i'll be happy.

Should i be wanting more than four?