We had our tender appointment today. Everything went well. We need a HD class slab apparently, but the soil test came back fine. They struck some rock 1.8 metres down but that's no problem apparently. Anyway, we've been waiting for the new PD facades for a while and only got a look at them for the first time on the weekend. We basically had to decide today at the tender which one to go with and we eventually went with the Carrington, which happens to be the most expensive ($3,800). We won't be able to afford the render right away so will just go for it with brick only.
Wondering what people think. Here is the one we chose. Remember it won't have the render or the stacked rock, which will be replaced with a brick pillar.
Carrington
http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#facades
Here are a couple of others we were considering
Kingswood
http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#facades
Swansea
http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#facades
Just wondering what people think. We had to try and imagine them without the brick