Now that we've started building, I thought I would start my own thread.
Nearly 18 months ago we visited the (now closed) Ruby display at Waterstone Estate in Melton South.
We think it was fate. We'd gone to the estate to see a house with another builder, however being a public holiday weekend, the display we wanted to see was closed. So we wandered around to see which ones were open.
As soon as we walked into the Ruby's kitchen/lounge area, I think that's when we knew we loved it. The kitchen has a huge island bench and the adjoining living room is lovely and light, with lots of windows and a sliding door leading out to an alfresco area.
We already had a block of land that was 620m2 so it was large, but it's trapezoid shaped - with the front quite wide and tapering down at the back. The sales guy was great. He spent time modifying the original plan so that it would fit on our block (it was originally too long) and best make use of the width of our block. We loved what he came up with. We ended up with a hallway area from the garage into the house, so we had it widened so that we could get a mudroom area installed later on.
Here is our basic plan:
I've always been a fan of old houses, as well as ones that have modern touches. We decided for our modern house, we would add older, traditional elements.
We chose wood-look tiles throughout, with light grey carpet in the bedrooms, rumpus and study (marked Store on the above plan).
Here's a look at some of the colour choices we made:
Exterior:
Guttering & fascia = Monument
Garage door & painted front door = Shale Grey
Roof tiles = Charcoal
Windows = Monument
Bricks = Australbricks Settlers 'Pepperwood'
Front Door (painted shale grey and with clear glass):
Interior:
Cornice - Gyprock 'Symphony'
Paint - Wattyl 'Siren's call' (pale grey)
Kitchen, Bathroom and Laundry colours:
Kitchen, bathroom and laundry cupboards = Formica 'Settler' profile in Warm White
Bench tops in kitchen and bathrooms = 'Everest' Quantum Quartz
Laundry and WIP Benchtops & underbench shelving = Laminex 'Moose'
Handles = Antique Wrought Iron Look (the ones in black)
Splashback and bathroom tiles = Beaumonts 'Gloss White Wavy' in 100 x 300 laid in Subway pattern with 'Gunmetal Grey' grout
Flooring:
Tiles = Beaumont 'Crown Grey Oak' with 'Driftwood' grout
Carpet = Godfrey Hirst Eco+ 'Silverberry'