Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 11Jan 15, 2016 3:10 pm We did originally pick Woodland Gray but it can 'throw' green tinges and I didn't want that. The Monument is quite dark but I would rather that, than chance 'seeing' green/grey. My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 12Jan 18, 2016 10:27 am Hi again... our internal selections: Carpet in bedrooms: California Twist ‘Hollywood’ with upgraded underlay Tiles throughout the rest of the house – Odessa BT White 400 x 400 glazed porcelain Wall – Taubmans Tahira White Skirts, architraves, internal doors: Taubmans Crisp White Gloss Doors: standard flush panel Door handles: Gainsborough Angular series in satin chrome Kitchen: 20mm Qstone benchtops in Arctic, waterfall ends on island. Laminate drawers and cabinetry in Laminex White Reece AFA Flow inset double sink Kitchen sink tap Westinghouse 900mm freestanding oven, cooktop and 900mm rangehood Mirrortex splashback, which will look something like this: Bathroom and ensuite: Lustrous Elm laminate benchtop (in horizontal grain) and cabinetry (in vertical grain) Sink: standard square inset http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv26/nataisha19/bathroom%20sinks_zpsn2m9vzw6.jpg Alto Bath tap set (main bathroom only) and Alto sink mixer Showerheads: Fresco Rail with basket Wall tiles: Gloss White 200*400 Feature tile in showers: Linear Interlock mosaic http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv26/nataisha19/bathroom%20feature%20tile_zps9nnuy5mn.jpg Towel Rails: Star double towel rail (the middle one) Toilet: Star toilet roll holder (standard toilet) and our huge laundry sink (cabinetry will be the same as the bathroom) My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 13Jan 19, 2016 3:56 pm Loving all of these choices! You have fairly similar taste to me we decided to change our colorbond to monument with shale grey fascia and freedom said there is no worries with that so excited about that hoping to get our approved plans from council by the end of the month so fingers crossed. Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 14Jan 19, 2016 7:55 pm That's great! Fingers crossed for you... We are just waiting on our start date now and it is killing me!! Our selections are pretty 'safe' and neutral but i would prefer that as you can then change the look really quickly with either a feature wall or just changing some cushions! Glad you like them My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 15Jan 19, 2016 9:15 pm Cloverlea is very nice. We left chirnside park after selling our existing home on a 900sqm block, prices on existing sure have soared in the area over the last 12 months. We also had a long lounge and at the unused end we turned into a bar/entertaining area, looked awesome. Your plan looks great, flows really well! viewtopic.php?t=81011 Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81011 Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea 18Jan 20, 2016 11:18 am Charley Cloverlea is very nice. We left chirnside park after selling our existing home on a 900sqm block, prices on existing sure have soared in the area over the last 12 months. We also had a long lounge and at the unused end we turned into a bar/entertaining area, looked awesome. Your plan looks great, flows really well! viewtopic.php?t=81011 Thanks Charley, yes the estate is coming along quite nicely. I like that there are open spaces dotted throughout. We were living just up the hill a bit in Nth Croydon (which we've sold) and would have preferred to stay closer to there (a bit closer to work) but as you would know there is next to no land available. This is basically our chance to build in roughly the same area. The Range estate at Croydon was just a bit too pricey for us. Thanks for your comments about the floor plan - we LOVE our floorplan! as I suppose everyone who builds their own places generally do. I think it helped that we knew what we did and didn't want, and the original plan just needed a bit of tweaking to make it perfect for us. We did want a large kitchen as part of the main living area, wanted lots of storage, a large separate living area preferably off the alfresco, etc. We didn't want a 'theatre room', or front lounge room (would never use it), or an open study (will use one of the bedrooms for that - that way we can close the door so you can't see our messy desk!). The back living area will double as something of a theatre room anyway if we want it to. We do have a rough furniture plan for the house, I will post it when I can find it. I made it up (to scale ) with little copies of furniture off floorplans - clearly I have too much time!!! But I think it looks pretty good. Even hubby has agreed. We have already found a heap of furniture we like but will wait to see if we think it will work once we are closer to that end of the build. We will be having something of a bar in the large back rumpus/living room adjoining the alfresco (the 'man cave') but it won't be a huge priority when we move in (despite what 'he' may think) he he. My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: Our Forever Home at Cloverlea - site start 27/1/16! 20Jan 21, 2016 9:43 pm Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81011 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13832 Hi VK, I am now retired however I have stood beside over 300 owner builders in the past 18 years that have successfully built their own homes. First of all a building… 10 22666 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. 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