Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first home Dunedin 29 Porter Davis - Merrifield,Vict 17Jul 04, 2014 6:04 pm insider No problem joea It looks like a pretty standard report.You might just want to black out their name below prelim footing recommendations. Earthworks are still in progress so things may change when you get your second soil test. I would still push your builder to use a raft slab One question you may want to ask your builder is, are you designing and installing proper drainage as per the Australian Standards recommendations(agi drains etc). Ah I missed that bit! Thanks for pointing it out. Yea I will push for a raft slab and definitely will be asking the question about drainage. Cheers Re: Our first home Dunedin 29 Porter Davis - Merrifield,Vict 18Jul 08, 2014 10:30 am We did some tile shopping and colour matching on the weekend. Few photos of the combinations we were looking at... For the kitchen cabinets we are thinking of going with 'Basalt' for the top and 'Evening Shale' for the island and bottom bench. Not sure if we should do 'Basalt' for both cabinets against the wall and just the island in the darker colour. This is the tile we like and are opting to use for the whole entrance/living/kitchen area. It's a much lighter grey than shown in the picture. We really wanted something a little lighter but the only tile we found so far was at Western Distributors and it was really thin and only pressed instead of a full ceramic. Tile name 'Belgium Stone Cenere 300x600'. For the bench top we are leaning towards 'New Crystal Salt' which is the third Essastone sample from the top. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ You can see the difference between the sample and the full sized tile. I think it's a different batch so we will check the batch before we purchase it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking at different splash back options. First picture is our preferred so far. We also found another nice tile show in the second picture for the splash back. This was all done at National tiles so not sure if PD offer these tiles as an option. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see we really like grey colours Just gotta make sure it doesn't all come out too dark and grey! Any suggestions are welcome Re: Our first home Dunedin 29 Porter Davis - Merrifield,Vict 19Jul 17, 2014 10:19 am Our Tender appointment is next Wednesday, it has come around so fast I can't believe it! I've made up a list of all the things to ask/check during our appointment using a combination of 'things you forget' topic summary and the guides from anewhouse website. Hopefully I have everything covered. We still haven't decided on a floor tile, found another nice tile at anytile bur unfortunately the warehouse is out of stock and there is no ETA for new stock.... I'll post up some info once we complete our Tender appointment. Cheers Re: Our first home Dunedin 29 Porter Davis - Merrifield,Vict 20Jul 17, 2014 10:51 am Hi joea, your selections look great, I really like that second tile option for the splash back! it might give your kitchen a little bit of neutral warmth and avoid the dark grey look that you don't want look forward to seeing it all coming together its very exciting. Im still a bit torn between tiles and having the standard bolero laminate I love that "things you forget" thread I've used it to make a huge list of things to remember to add or look out for with our house, I haven't heard of the anewhouse website I will have to check it out good luck with your tender appointment Built the Bermuda with Porter Davis 1. Roof cleaning and paint - which colour do you recommend? I often see black/ dark grey in use these days but I would prefer… 0 8325 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12337 0 4982 |