and our blind saga is finally resolved!!!

butterbing · Jul 19, 2013 2:02 am

Thanks Kat and fmac for your input

The whole colour selection process has been the hardest but I think as time has gone on we are getting a lot better at it lol
We went back to the first tile shop we went to back in Oct/Nov and looked at the tiles we first selected....so glad they weren't our final choice they were really bad...but we really had no idea what we wanted

The mocha tile we chose a few months ago...we must of spent a couple of hours there today trying to make a final decision but kept coming back to the same problem it was the best match to the cupboards and our preference of a black or charcoal just made our doors look brown...I must of said 1000 times its a great match but its still leans itself towards a brown colour scheme and I really don't want a brown colour scheme...next to the charcoal carpet it will look brown...

In the end we went to another shop and found plan b straight away...almost the identical floor tile we chose for the main floor
But in the 300x600 size with the matching main floor tile

This is the colour scheme we are already planning on using in our kitchen and love it...

I guess we are lucky that we could delete our tiles and go anywhere and aren't limited to the builders range
We are also doing full height tiling to all our wet areas.
Imagine what the builder would of said if we told them we wanted full height rectified porcelain tiles in all our wet areas lol

xxkatxx · Jul 19, 2013 6:05 am

hahaha yeah we didn't even bother asking our builder to quote it...but now that we have bought the tiles and have a quote to lay them i am curious as to whether we did the right thing!

I reckon you have done well with your color selections

can't wait to see it all come together!

twiggens · Jul 19, 2013 10:25 am

It's all going to look great BB, nice colour choices. Really like that glossy polytec stuff, very spiffy! Hopefully you get a slab soon and it will all start falling into place!

butterbing · Jul 23, 2013 8:28 pm

We are so close yet so far!!!

Our pad will go down one day..... :-)

I was so excited today finally got an email from our builder...opened it slowly looking for the magic words to say pad was ready to go but alas another small hiccup

Our electrician has recommended a three phase power upgrade as we are currently sitting at 55amps...with a maximum of 63amps (whatever that means) and this would cause a problem if we want to add a/c etc....
We almost did this when we were looking at a/c but didn't know much about three phase power so didn't....go that way but now researching our a/c requirements this will open up the option for a three phase system...

It's only $220 to upgrade luckily the builder has picked this up would of been a problem if they said nothing and then we found out when the aircon went in....

A small hiccup but this a worthwhile one

twiggens · Jul 23, 2013 8:32 pm

With a house as big as yours I would definitely recommend 3-phase power

xxkatxx · Jul 23, 2013 10:30 pm

Three phase is something I was concerned about but know nothing about and no one could give us any advice

We will have aircon and an outdoor spa...hoping it doesn't all go bang..

butterbing · Jul 24, 2013 8:48 pm

Same Kat when we first looked at air cond they asked us if we were getting three phase... We had no idea what that even means lol so we said no and never thought about it again but now we have looked into it air con again and realised before prestart maybe we should of looked more into it more as it limits our air con choices ..looks like we get a second chance to make that decision lol without even a variation fee.

We never had it in our last house and we had a spa, pool and big air con. So who knows

We do have two 15 amp Powerpoints (thats nearly half of our limit) and a crazy number of lights and Powerpoints and are planning on putting a nice reverse cycle in so for us it should of been on our must have list...

butterbing · Jul 24, 2013 8:50 pm

[quote="twiggens"]With a house as big as yours I would definitely recommend 3-phase power

[/quote

Lol your house is almost the same size makes it sound like we are building a mansion lol

What about you guys did hubby put in 3-phase power?

xxkatxx · Jul 24, 2013 9:07 pm

we have a 15amp separate circuit and single 10amp gpo for the hot water system. also have a 25amp gpo for spa (should be 32+ but that's another story...) and then a 15ishkw reverse cycle air con...
i have no idea what all of it means though

would we be limited with what we can turn on in the house? :s

butterbing · Jul 24, 2013 11:11 pm

No idea they just told me that max amps is 63amps for singe phase and we are already at 55amps without an aircon..
What that means??
It's not like you turn everything on at once lol....

twiggens · Jul 26, 2013 10:31 am

butterbing

twiggens

With a house as big as yours I would definitely recommend 3-phase power

[/quote

Lol your house is almost the same size makes it sound like we are building a mansion lol

What about you guys did hubby put in 3-phase power?

Yup we'll have 3 phase once it's all up and running - I'm not 100% sure how to explain it so I'll make hubby write something later on

He starts talking electrical and I zone out, as long as I can turn the lights on when we move in I'll be happy!!

twiggens · Jul 26, 2013 10:35 am

butterbing

No idea they just told me that max amps is 63amps for singe phase and we are already at 55amps without an aircon..
What that means??
It's not like you turn everything on at once lol....

haha you'd be surprised, if you happen to have the air con on, while the oven is on, and the kids are watching TV, and you've got a load of washing on... best to be on the safe side!

jaymak · Jul 26, 2013 4:34 pm

Having three phase power means you will avoid overloading the circuit if you add more appliances and/or electrical stress to it.

If you're adding a pool/spa you definitely need a three phase power system to to alleviate the stress on a single power phase. The motors on those pools and spas draw A LOT of power.

butterbing · Jul 26, 2013 8:01 pm

Sounds like it will be worth the $220 and a bit of mucking around then!!!
I guess we should of looked into it further a few months ago...oh well paperwork is already sorted and we will have 3 phase up and running

butterbing · Jul 26, 2013 8:03 pm

Very soon....hopefully lol

butterbing · Jul 27, 2013 2:50 pm

Just found out Beacon has buy two globes get one free....looks like its time to add our globes to our order!!!

butterbing · Jul 28, 2013 8:18 pm

Feel like we are getting left behind.....but they say good things come to those who wait!!!

So I'm waiting for lots of good things :-)

butterbing · Aug 05, 2013 6:55 pm

We have action on our block yeah!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

We are cleared and ready to go.....

twiggens · Aug 05, 2013 9:41 pm

Wooohoooooo!! That's awesome - so close to slab time!

butterbing · Aug 06, 2013 9:07 pm

We have been looking at New York Feature Walls (these are a couple we saw in display homes)

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

These are some of the images we are currently looking at....any feedback

We are thinking of using a New York City building scene on our sidewall in our theatre (only the end will be covered the rest will have nothing in front of it)

Something like these

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

And we are looking at putting one at the end of our main living area on the games room wall...but need to be careful as the pool table will block some of the view from the living area....

At the moment this one has caught my eye....love the boardwalk and water view but still keeping with the New York theme with the Brooklyn Bridge and City scene..

Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅