Comments on: Dream Home Video Diaries

By: Navick

Navick — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:38:47 +0000

Great House. Well done on your dream. . . keep it up

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:50:54 +0000

Hey Anna. Thanks for getting in touch and for your awesome comments. Really appreciate it!

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:28:27 +0000

Wow! Kylie and Ben, I am a little late in the up take but just brought the House of the Year magazine – saw your incredible home in it and as I investigated further it lead me to your house build. I love it and want to say thank you so much for sharing your house build journey. It is truly inspirational and motivational!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:01:51 +0000

No worries, all the best!

By: Ewan

Ewan — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:13:26 +0000

Thanks for your reply – some great advice!
I will stick to my plan and go with it – as it certainly feels like the best use of our space too.
Cheers!

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:42:16 +0000

Hey Ewan, thank you, we really love how everything has turned out.
Funnily enough our bathroom/wet area is one of the most commented on aspects of our interior. We really love it and wouldn’t change a thing.
The space isn’t huge that we had to work with – approx 2mx4m however this layout makes the bathroom feel far larger than it actually is, plus lets you use almost every square metre. We’ve had no issue at all with spray onto the bath, in fact it almost gets no spray at all – although the bath is a decent distance away from the shower – around 1m. While a 2/3 screen is potentially more seamless and something we did consider, I wouldn’t recommend it as inevitably you will get water into your non-wet area. It happens all the time in showers I use in hotels etc, but we have no issue at all as the full glass retains the water where you want it.
Use a ultra clear glass from Stu at 360 Glass http://www.360glass.co.nz and coat it with Ultrashield http://www.ultrashield.co.nz and you honestly won’t even notice it’s there, especially if you run to the ceiling. We didn’t run to the ceiling in the main bathroom as it was going to be funny with the lights, so consider your lighting layout alongside your glass set up to allow this. Remembering the extractor fan sits proud of the ceiling so can impede a door swinging open/closed too.
Hope that helps! Feel free to fire through any other questions.
Cheers
Ben

By: Ewan

Ewan — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 02:19:05 +0000

Hi Kylie and Ben,
I have just recently come across your website while researching for my own build. I love what you have created!
I was interested to see that you have combined your shower and bath into a wet area in your bathroom. I am planning a similar configuration in my house but have had mixed comments about it from friends. I’m curious about how you find this now that you are living in and using the house… Do you find the spray from the shower onto the bath an issue? Would you change anything if you were starting over? Do you think a screen coming out 2/3 of the room would suffice instead of the door?
Best of luck in your new home!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:22:43 +0000

Thanks Leanne! We’re really happy hour the house has turned out. Love your lights – such an awesome feature in our kitchen. Yes, we did get them directly from you, Kylie purchased them around 18 months ago now I think. Love to be added!
Cheers
Ben

By: Leanne Culy

Leanne Culy — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 03:38:16 +0000

Hi Kylie And Ben!

Wow the house look absolutely stunning, well done!!
The pinhole lights look beautiful, can I ask who supplied them to you? did you get them directly through us? couldn’t find you on our system, but would love to add you. We were just curious!
Thank you!
Leanne

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:07:45 +0000

Thanks Gina. All of the details are in this post here, showing the profile, the brands and companies we used – http://www.ourdreamhome.co.nz/uncategorized/cedar-loving/ ‎Took us a long time to find exactly what we had in our mind, but it was worth the effort. Highly recommend Mark and the guys at Rosenfeld Kidson, were great to deal with.