Thursday, January 28, 2010

Our Colour Selections

External
  1. Bricks - Pearl Grey Velour (Flush Natural Mortar)
  2. Render - Hog Bristle 1/4
  3. Garage Door - Dune
  4. Roof - Gunmetal
  5. Gutter - Monument
  6. Fascia/Downpipe - Surfmist
  7. Windows - Ultra Silver Gloss
  8. Front Door - Dune

Internal
General
  • Tiles - Portifino - Bianco Gloss
  • Carpet - Village Stone
  • Walls - White Pepper
  • Doors/Trim - Flokati

Kitchen/Pantry
  1. Overhead cabinets to either side of Rangehood - Polar White
  2. Pot Drawers either side of Stove - Mushroom Linea
  3. Kitchen Alcove cabinets - Mushroom Linea (upper and lower)
  4. Island Cabinets - Mushroom Linea
  5. Splashback - Red Box
  6. Benchtops - New Diamond White
  7. Pantry Appliance Bench - White Valencia
  8. Pantry Pot Drawers - Mushroom Linea

Laundry
  1. Upper and lower cabinets - Mushroom linea
  2. Benchtops - White Valencia

Powder room
  1. Stone benchtop - Starlight Black
  2. Fixed Panel - Smokey Sapelle
  3. Pearl Mosaic feature tiles

Ensuite
  1. Stone benchtop - Starlight Black
  2. Cabinets - Smokey Sapelle
  3. Pearl Mosaic feature tiles

Bathroom
  1. Stone benchtop - Rio
  2. Cabinets - Mushroom Linea
  3. Pearl Mosaic feature tiles

Study Nook
  1. Built in desk - Fudge Stream

Variations

Our List of Variations in addition to the "Ultimate" promotion

External
  1. Ashmont Facade
  2. Tiling to Balcony
  3. Render to Balcony
  4. H Class Slab with additional piers to side due to easement
  5. Telstra Trench
  6. 1m extension to Garage with Window
  7. Cat 3 Bricks
  8. Additional Solar Panel

Study
  1. Add wall and door to Study

Lounge
  1. Add wall and double doors to Lounge
  2. Add wiring for rear home theatre speakers
  3. Tiles to Lounge Hallway

Rumpus
  1. 2 Flush Panel Doors
  2. Projector and Speaker wiring

Alfresco
  1. Speaker Wiring
  2. Fan
  3. Tap

Kitchen/Pantry
  1. Pot Drawers to either side of Stove
  2. Overhead cabinets to either side of Rangehood and Kitchen Alcove
  3. Appliance Bench to Pantry
  4. Set of 3 Pot Drawers to Pantry below bench
  5. 40mm Benchtop to Island
  6. Cold Water Point to Fridge Space
  7. Upgrade Handles
  8. Tiles above appliance bench in Pantry
  9. Additional upper shelving to Pantry
  10. Third laminate colour

Laundry
  1. Sliding Internal Door to Laundry
  2. Overhead cupboards to Laundry (2 Walls)
  3. Broom cupboard to Laundry
  4. Bench to rear wall of Laundry

Powder room
  1. Upgrade Tap and Basin
  2. Feature Tiles above vanity
  3. Cat 2 Stone bench

Ensuite
  1. Flush Panel Door
  2. Mixer to Shower
  3. Feature Tiles above vanity
  4. Cat 2 Stone Bench

Bathroom
  1. Cat 2 Stone Bench
  2. Feature Tiles above vanity
  3. Extended Mirror

Master
  1. Door to WIR
  2. Double hanging rails to 1 wall of WIR

Games/Bed 5
  1. Add walls and door to game area to create Study Nook and Bed 5
  2. Add Robe to Bed 5
  3. Add Desk/Bench and shelf to Study Nook
  4. Additional Evap Cooling point

Bed2/3/4
  1. Change windows in Bed 2 and 4 to match Bed 3

General
  1. Soundscreen to 5 walls
  2. 5 Privacy Locks
  3. Upgrade Underlay to Cat 3
  4. Upgrade Door, BIR Handles
  5. Translucent glazing to Entry sidelights
  6. Upgrade insulation to R1.5 in roof and 3.5 in walls
  7. Relocate Meterbox to opposite wall

It's been a while!

Ok, it has been a long while, but a lot has happened. We moved house and settled on our old house which was disaster after disaster. There was a 3 year old with a broken finger, the buyer claiming we had removed things from the house that never exisited, and the ANZ refusing to go to settlement because of some notes a broker had placed on our mortgage. Luckily it all turned out well and we are now living happily in a rental house two streets from our block of land.

We also had settlement on our block of land, which was another long string of disasters which included a trip to the city to get the documents signed and submitted in time for our settlement because if we were late we would have missed a $5000 rebate. Luckily it all came together and we got the rebate thank you to Choice homeloans for their persistence in the matter!

We went to our tender appointment and Porter Davis were fabulous with my obsessive attention to detail regarding the cupboards. We left feeling very happy with everything.

The tile appointment with National Tiles was not quite as brilliant. It was very rushed and we were out of there within 2 hours. But I am happy with our selections. We only ended up with 3 different tiles in the whole house but I think that's a good thing, less is more! We spent about $600 on tile upgrades though, but we budgeted for $1000 so that was a bonus. I'll add the list of all our colours separately.

The electrical appointment went really well, we'd allowed for $4000 and by the end had only spent $2700 so we were desperately trying to think of things to spend it on, and ended up adding the wiring for a projector and home theater system and some nice lights to our powder room, then we were over budget by $200 but that's alright.

The colour appointment was on the same day as the electrical and we were very happy with that, we did a few upgrades, Cat 3 bricks, door and cupboard handles, 40mm benchtop to the island, cat 2 Caesarstone to the bathrooms and powder room and a few other little fiddly ones. PD's standard selections were pretty good and I think we slapped together a pretty decent colour scheme. There was many months of preparation for it though, lots and lots of brick viewings and kitchen planning, but in the end I am very happy with the whole thing.

We have also had the contract appointment which also went very well, PD are 100% with customer service, everything was great. Hubby couldn't attend so they were happy for me to take the docs away and return them signed the next morning. The only thing missing for the contract and our 10 pages of variations was the robe handles we upgraded. Which PD said they would wear the cost of as it was only $3 and the effort to do a Post Contract Variation wasn't worth it! So that was a bonus.

On site the big news is that we got a tap last week!!! Very exciting I know. I had a vision of keeping an extremely detailed blog on the whole building process, but I don't think I will manage to be quite as perfect as I would like, I promise to try though!