Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 81Oct 23, 2015 2:25 pm Hi Surtees, How are your plans going? Did you make a decision on your façade? Have you done colours yet? I just sent our updated colour doc off to Jo last night after agonising over it for almost 3 months! I'm so glad we had 12 months to get through this process. We found the tiny timber stain samples in the colour room a bit deceptive so after having a paint shop do up some samples on the actual timber we changed the stain which lead to changing almost everything else back to what we wanted in the first place. Our colour girl was good but I probably went in with a little bit too much 'she knows best' attitude which ultimately led to us not quite coming out with what I wanted. We also found that they wouldn't let us have some of the colours that are on the Finsbury display because they were not the right brand or not 'standard' colours, that was a bit frustrating. I ended up sticking with the 'not standard' colour for the render, it will be interesting to see if they come back and say I can't have it, I doubt anyone will notice. Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 82Oct 23, 2015 5:08 pm We did our colour selection a couple of weeks ago now, we picked all the colours and as we were driving home I changed my mind and we called up next day to swap it.. So happy now, I would haven been uneasy about the original decision if I had have left it. We have chosen standard laminates but there is a big ranch to choose from, I DID want to upgrade to shiny doors but the colours I picked didn't come shiny the paint colours they give you aren't that exciting, I picked a colour different to those thou and they didn't say anything about it? I picked for the render the same colour as a colour bond, but the splash back colour was something I picked after a visit to a paint shop. And the wall colour was a darker tint then they had on the cards. Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 83Oct 24, 2015 9:55 am You're good getting it sorted out quickly! Much less torturous that way . I knew walking out that I was going to at least change the internal wall colour (they had ran out of paint chips of the colour I wanted so she talked me into another), but told them I would wait until I was sure I had all the decisions 100%. That took 3 months and I really only forced myself to do it this week because we're getting close to submitting for developer approval now that we finally have the updated drawings back. We went silk finish on the base kitchen cupboards but natural everywhere else. I'm a bit concerned how it might wear over time but nearly everyone else is doing it so I'm taking the chance. I would have liked to do the riven finish on the overheads and vanities but I think we've spent enough, can't have everything! We're still battling a setback issue, Jo thinks she has it all sorted but I'm not convinced, once that's right and we have the corrected updated drawings I'll start a thread and get all my colours up. Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 84Oct 25, 2015 2:01 pm You've both been busy Bank and Sarah. We put house on hold for a couple of weeks with sick kids and I finished off my degree but have got back into it this week. facade we still arent certain of the new craqigieburn display has a Zen facade on it so we are going to take a drive and have a look was going to be today but the joyous gastro has hit the kids.... We are thinking we will have minimal to no render. Facade will either be Zen or Neo with eaves. We have been driving around looking at bricks and have narrowed it down to a few bricks although we are bummed we went in Kings on Friday and Ironstone has gone to cat 2.... Which is probably leading the race at the moment. we've been looking at what colours people have been putting with it for what works for us and what doesn't. Got lots of samples from Kings and help from both Jess and Jo found out Jo actually built our house which was nice to chat about. For kitchen we are going fairly white but maybe a wood type on the over head cupboards and underneath the breakfast bar for a bit of a feature maybe concrete formwood or similar. We saw concrete formwood in a large sheet at a kitchen expo thing yesterday and in large sheet looked so much better then the sample. We hope to go through colours soon and are trying to figure out a good idea of what we want pre colours. We are getting a better idea of what we like colour wise it's just a matter of figuring out the exact colour. One our block side of things it seems to be tracking nicely we have guttering and the have started the footpath doesn't seem far off bitumen. So hopefully it titles on time. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our driveway Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 85Oct 26, 2015 3:45 pm Sorry to hear about the gastro, fingers crossed it doesn't spread to the adults, not fun. Your kitchen ideas sound similar to ours, we went timber on the top and behind island, white on the bottom and charcoal around the fridge and pantry. I'm totally nervous about having 3 colours but the crude renderings i've done look good, the colour girl liked it and my husband says he's backing it all the way. The bench and splashback are also white so not really any more colours than if we had gone a coloured splashback but its different to the way most people do 3 colours. But then its a very different shaped kitchen to begin with. I like the sound of your concrete formwood idea you should go for it! Bugger about the brick category change! We wanted a light brick due to our small yard so resigned ourselves early to the fact that we would have to upgrade. Unfortunately one of those things you can't go back and change later. We hoped to keep it to Cat 2 but ended up having to go Cat 3 which was our hard limit, the jump from cat 3-4 is ridiculous. Are you having an electrical appiontment? Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 86Oct 26, 2015 6:11 pm Thanks its never fun.... We'll only be doing 2 colours for cupboards but the wife has her eye on colourful splash back. So that will balance out like your 3rd colour.And the boss has says concrete form isnt the look shes going for so I guess thats out... happy wife happy life as they say. Yes we are hoping cat 1 or two and when we liked ironstone we thought win standard on something... guess not no we are looking at the other cat 2s before we decide. Yes its not something you can change later.you are roght once you go past cat 3 it gets expensive. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 88Oct 27, 2015 7:45 am jaslee Hey Surtees, I'd suggest also looking at Boral Barwon (Cat 2). It's a browny-red with flecks of blue! Hi Jaslee, Funny you mention that we are go to get addresses for that today. I'm not sure how we missed it first time round. The sample looks nice but they all look different on houses. Are you building with Kings too? Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 89Oct 27, 2015 9:48 am When is your land going to release?. The floor plan looks good. I only see waiting to be the difficult part in the whole process. Waiting !! Waiting !! Y0u R tH3 Cr3@t0r 0f y0Ur 0Wn R3@L1ty Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 90Oct 27, 2015 9:51 am It's meant to title in December and yes there is a lot of waiting in the process Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 91Oct 27, 2015 10:22 am psyherin When is your land going to release?. The floor plan looks good. I only see waiting to be the difficult part in the whole process. Waiting !! Waiting !! I agree psyherin the waiting untill it titles then i still have to wait till they start builiding then wait to actually finish the build. Its not a quick process . I love our floor plan. The living room sizes are huge and so much space. I love big windows and light and airy. Im a bit excited for it to actually start! (Surtees is my hubby) so im technically the boss in this build Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 92Oct 27, 2015 10:43 am julia1301 psyherin When is your land going to release?. The floor plan looks good. I only see waiting to be the difficult part in the whole process. Waiting !! Waiting !! I agree psyherin the waiting untill it titles then i still have to wait till they start builiding then wait to actually finish the build. Its not a quick process . I love our floor plan. The living room sizes are huge and so much space. I love big windows and light and airy. Im a bit excited for it to actually start! (Surtees is my hubby) so im technically the boss in this build Exactly, the waiting is a very boring thing. I think wife is the boss in everything whether it is building a house or what furniture needs to go in the house.... Same goes with me as well, my wife is the boss in our build as well. but all the running around , research needs to be done by me and at the end of the day give her the reports hahahahahaha.. Y0u R tH3 Cr3@t0r 0f y0Ur 0Wn R3@L1ty Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 93Oct 27, 2015 10:53 am psyherin julia1301 psyherin When is your land going to release?. The floor plan looks good. I only see waiting to be the difficult part in the whole process. Waiting !! Waiting !! I agree psyherin the waiting untill it titles then i still have to wait till they start builiding then wait to actually finish the build. Its not a quick process . I love our floor plan. The living room sizes are huge and so much space. I love big windows and light and airy. Im a bit excited for it to actually start! (Surtees is my hubby) so im technically the boss in this build Exactly, the waiting is a very boring thing. I think wife is the boss in everything whether it is building a house or what furniture needs to go in the house.... Same goes with me as well, my wife is the boss in our build as well. but all the running around , research needs to be done by me and at the end of the day give her the reports hahahahahaha.. Haha i like your wife's style! We would get along well haha Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 94Oct 27, 2015 11:02 am They do say happy wife happy life, I have to not hate what we are doing but if you like a colours one shade darker or lighter doesn't really worry me.... Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 95Oct 27, 2015 11:08 am surtees They do say happy wife happy life, I have to not hate what we are doing but if you like a colours one shade darker or lighter doesn't really worry me.... i agree with you surtees. I dont really bother in anything in terms of colors or shades, flooring, kitchen. It is all upto OH, her choice and i say yes hahahah . If she doesnt like something no worries lets move on to another The only thing i have asked "permission" for the mans cave (our theatre room) which i am going to work on with all the gadgets and setting it up. I am happy with that Y0u R tH3 Cr3@t0r 0f y0Ur 0Wn R3@L1ty Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 96Oct 27, 2015 11:19 am Yeah pretty much, the man cave garage has been extended for me and I'll be in control of tech for the house. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 97Oct 27, 2015 3:54 pm surtees jaslee Hey Surtees, I'd suggest also looking at Boral Barwon (Cat 2). It's a browny-red with flecks of blue! Hi Jaslee, Funny you mention that we are go to get addresses for that today. I'm not sure how we missed it first time round. The sample looks nice but they all look different on houses. Are you building with Kings too? Yes we are also going to build with Kings. I really liked the Barwon brick based on the samples and the houses I saw. I guess that's the same with all bricks (i.e. you can only get some idea of what they will look like on your house). They differ based on batch, mortar colour and style etc etc Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 98Oct 27, 2015 6:43 pm Nice Jaslee where abouts are you building? What stage are you at? I'm not quite sure how we missed barwon bricks we got sone addresses today so time to go driving again. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 99Oct 28, 2015 7:32 pm surtees Nice Jaslee where abouts are you building? What stage are you at? I'm not quite sure how we missed barwon bricks we got sone addresses today so time to go driving again. We are building in the western suburbs and are waiting for our land to title (expecting late Nov) Good luck! Re: Our second home- JG King Memphis- Facde choices???? 100Oct 28, 2015 8:15 pm Good luck to you too. We looked at a couple of barwon bricks tonight. I dont mind them but need to see them in better light as it was starting to get dark when we went past. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis We are building a second dwelling and are currently selecting window and door frames. We want to blend into the forest and also bring out the stone work and the fake wood… 0 15938 1 7963 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105617 |