Aussie, the heating seems to be a separate problem but the a/c and electricity are connected. We had a power blackout that lasted about 5 seconds on the first night we were in the house and the a/c blinked but then we haven't been able to turn it on ever since. The a/c guy said it might have an in-built safety switch or something - I'm still waiting for someone to come out and have a look.
And we have 2 electricity problems. The first one is that we get random blackouts (like the one on the first night) but they don't usually last very long. Our site supervisor and the sparkies reckon this has something to do with the power from the house to the street (rather than internal wiring). The second problem is one safety switch sometimes clicks on and we're not sure why. We think it may be because we have too many appliances running at once, but it's happened before when we've hardly had anything on. So who knows. It's a bit frustrating though having these small teething problems.
And I'm happy to hear, Aussie, that they're going to give you the benchtop that you originally chose.
Wazza, yeah, we had the heating done separately by the hydronic heating company that Boutique uses. They've been pretty responsive so far. How did the walk through your house go? When do you pick up the keys?