Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Steps to building... 8Jun 05, 2008 1:27 am kexkez Congrats Monkeyupatree. Now the fun begins. If you are having anything other than laminates for benches etc try and make sure you see a large sample. We nearly got caught out because there were major differences between a small sample and a large pieces of our benchtops. We also made a point of driving around to check out external colour combinations in newly built houses that would have current available colours so we would know what we liked/disliked and agree/compromise on this early. As soon as we had our prestart pack we went and looked at tiling even though we didn't need to. We figured time might get away from us later and wanted to be ableto visit the places a number of times. Start thinking about number of/ type of power points, external lights, external tap location/s , tv points etc as soon as you can. You know how I mentioned that there are some things that cant be changed after handover.... benches laminates and tiles are it. They have 8 different colour boards with tiles and laminates and you have to choose one of them. So if I like the tiles from CB 1, I cant mix it with laminates from CB 6. From the quick look we got, it looks like all the cabinets/tops in bath/ensuite kitchen are going to be the same colour. (Blah!!) And the tiles through out are going to be either mid brown & white or grey & white (approx 200mmx200mm tile). I already had my selections for laminates and am really disappointed that I cant chose what I want. Bricks are another one too, the brick selection from Midland (and this is only my opinion) is pretty crap, but we only get a selection of 3 cream and 3 red. Seeing as practically all the houses are being done with cream I am going to chose the red that is the least ugliest of the reds. The mortar is cream..I wanted white, but cream is standard and they dont change that either. I am always checking out houses as we drive around and the only red houses I see are ones with hideous orange/red roofs with green trim, we are getting black, I think . I had already printed out plans from an original, and have marked out on one p/points and on the other lights (as well as down lights if we chose them) Then we went to a display house (that is similar to our design) and noted on another plan where they had all there lights/manhole/points etc. So I think I already have everything covered, but will definately go over it again as the signing gets closer. I have had a lot of time while waiting for the titles to come through.... does it show!! Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4550 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110588 |