Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Dec 26, 2015 8:07 pm Hi all! We recently received the keys to our new home and as we inspected it over the weekend, we found the appliances had been installed - all Blanco. The model numbers are: BFD915WX (oven) | BFD645X (dish washer) | BWC9X (Rangehood) - Not entirely sure if that is it, but it's the right size and looks like what is installed. The dilemma I have is that ILVE is what is in our contract. I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on the above models or even the brand itself (never heard of it personally). My gut is telling me to just to get the building company to reinstall the correct items. ILVE items are CJK90CSV-I9 (oven), IVFSD60 (dish washer) and IVG90 (rangehood). Thanks. Re: Blanco vs ILVE - Oven, Dishwasher & Rangehood 2Dec 27, 2015 12:45 am Ilve is light years superior compared to Blanco. You'll be a big fool to not get your builder back in quick smart to fix it, unless you're happy accepting an inferior product and giving your builder thousands of dollars for free. Re: Blanco vs ILVE - Oven, Dishwasher & Rangehood 3Dec 27, 2015 4:12 pm Firstly, we have a Blanco rangehood and when it's turned on you can't hear yourself think. The Blanco oven? It trips the whole house out on a random basis but their agents insist there's nothing wrong Blanco is basically a very cheap brand that builders love purely for that reason and the fact that they get discount on wholsale prices for buying multiple units. You should really get this rectified. Re: Blanco vs ILVE - Oven, Dishwasher & Rangehood 4Dec 28, 2015 5:28 am We had Blanco appliances throughout our kitchen in our last house. We had nothing but trouble with every one of them. Our oven had to be repaired numerous times for various faults, the stainless steel was poor quality on all products and got rust marks very easily (actually the microwave had them straight out of the box!). The microwave (which was quite expensive) broke down so many times the GoodGuys replaced it for me despite it being out of warranty. Blanco themselves weren't interested and did nothing. I would never buy another Blanco product again. Fight for your Ilve!!! Re: Blanco vs ILVE - Oven, Dishwasher & Rangehood 5Jan 22, 2016 2:42 pm Thanks folks. We ended up having them switched over at the recommendations of all involved. Bit of fuss getting them switched but it looks quite impressive in comparison. Tonight we can actually cook something! I am installing a new Bosch SMU4HTS01A built under dushwasher. I have 2 questions. What is the function of the metal strip about 500mm long x 60mm wide the tell you to… 0 2809 Canopy and Undermount are best, and need to be ducted externally. Which one you go with will be largely determined by your design and joinery choices. What you should be… 1 1386 Hi Chippy, no there isn't, gave it a really good look through and literally opened everything and checked all edges as well. Hence the question, just hoping someone would… 2 2247 |