We're about to renovate our kitchen and we will need to purchase an oven. I've never purchased an over before and have absolutely no idea where to begin.

I've been looking on-line and had a quick look at a few in-store. I found that the few i looked at in-store seemed to be way too small. We use our oven a lot and some of them barely looked big enough to fit a roast and roast veg in at the same time.

So i have a few questions...

Do i choose gas or electric?
Do i go free standing? (We will need to purchase a gas top also, am i best to get all in one)
What brands have you had success with?
What size do you find works well for a family of four?
How much will we need to spend to get a reasonably good/great oven? We were thinking 2,500 but i'm not sure it'll be enough.

I think that's it for now but if you have any other suggestions that i haven't mentioned that will be handy to know/think about when making choise i'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks ladies