Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our knock down and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs 15Mar 09, 2014 10:15 pm It's a while ago, but we chose our external colours in January this year. We chose a brick from Midland brick - Woodbridge - and will combine this with a surfmist colorbond roof. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We have been considering liquid limestone for our driveway and paths. We're worried it might not wear that well and given our site issues, we're worried about it cracking. In the mean time we've chosen the Brikmakers granite arctic pavers. We might change this at pre-start. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Still waiting on our contracts and we're now over 13 weeks since signing our preliminary agreement. Given our site and soil surveys were already completed, we're somewhat frustrated with the wait! We've been filling in our weekends at tile shops and display homes preparing for prestart. We're considering wood look tiles for our main floors. They look pretty good in the tile shops, and I'm hoping that translates into the home. I'd love to get anyone's thoughts or experience with these tiles. Re: Our knock down and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs 16Mar 09, 2014 11:26 pm Posting to follow. Love your brick selection, we last had Caversham handmades. The Woodbridge was my first choice but DH preferred the cream... Re: Our knock down and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs 17Mar 20, 2014 4:06 pm Thanks Treeseachanger. I must admit that I prefer the lighter colours in the brick than the darker ones. Some good news, our contracts are ready and we've been booked in for Pre-start in early April. Our contracts have come back with a significant reduction in our site works (~15%) . There are still a number of PS items associated to the unknown soil condition and council approvals. Here's hoping that the estimations are still on the high side and that we can avoid some of these costs. There are a number of internal changes that we'll make at pre-start and a couple of changes that haven't made it into the final contract. I'm sure that these will be sorted out easily and we'll soon be on our way to construction! Re: Our knock down and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs 18Mar 25, 2014 12:26 pm Looking forward to getting people's thoughts, but we're going over our contracts and are still unsure how to lay out our kitchen. Here's the current design. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The issues that we have are that there is no natural space for a microwave and the larder is approximately 2.8m square, which seems to be a bit excessive. We've thought about simply making a bench top area in the larder for the microwave and coffee machine etc, but thought it might be a bit of pain to open the door to this area every time we want to use the microwave. Alternately, we've considered the following two design options. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Both move the fridge around the corner of the kitchen. We think we might also find this cumbersome as we'd use the fridge far more than the microwave. It also may limit access to the pantry when the fridge is open. The first alternate uses walls to segregate this area, whilst the second uses more cabinetry and in my opinion makes this area a part of the kitchen. We're also unsure if the hotplate will fit in the second option. Anyway, would love any feedback or thoughts anyone might have. Re: KD and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs - Kitchen Layout? 19Mar 25, 2014 3:25 pm Love the huge larder! I actually prefer the original design to the others. You'll probably want your fridge within easy reach of your main prep area, which I assume will be the island? If so then moving it to the larder is going to be more painful than having the microwave in the larder. Which, incidentally, I wouldn't have a huge problem with. The dishwasher door, however, looks like there might not be enough room to get around when fully open, is that a potential issue? Re: KD and rebuild - Perth Eastern suburbs - Kitchen Layout? 20Mar 25, 2014 7:37 pm i would keep it as the current design and put the microwave in the larder, thats what i've done. my microwave doesnt get used that often and it only cost me $50 for the shelf for it compared to the $450 they were going to charge for changing a cabinet into a microwave recess and i agree the fridge you need all the time and if you stick with current design it means you can put a fridge in with the french doors. plus if you place the fridge in the ladder area it might get really congested if you have kids like mine that are always in the pantry and the fridge. Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. 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