Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 72Jun 04, 2017 5:45 pm Haha thanks Charlie!! Getting very excited! Our land should register this month... I'm keen for the building process to start. Just want to see it all starting to come to life. Hopefully we've made all the right choices. Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 73Jun 23, 2017 8:25 pm any progress? we have had to wait for our land to settle for the bank to approve our construction loan. Now (it feels like forever), we have arranged for our working drawings to be done... finally! has your land registered? Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 74Jun 23, 2017 8:44 pm How have I missed this thread! LOVE your selections! I wanted the same colour tones as you but my husband and builder totally changed my mind, and I love my choices but still. You will have one striking, dramatic house! Where are you up to now? I love watching builds in QLD let alone right in surrounding suburbs Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 75Jun 24, 2017 1:21 pm gr8ly any progress? we have had to wait for our land to settle for the bank to approve our construction loan. Now (it feels like forever), we have arranged for our working drawings to be done... finally! has your land registered? Hey! Our land hasn't registered yet. It is supposed to this month, but I haven't heard any updates. We're currently in the process of getting our loan sorted anyway. We have to wait until end of financial year so that we can provide this years numbers (we're both self employed and our figures are much better this year). As far as I'm aware our house plans are still with council too. I find the process pretty confusing anyway, I'm not gonna lie. haha! But we haven't really been chasing anything or asking for updates etc because we need our loan approval done first anyway. Yay! Awesome to hear your working drawings are underway! So excited to see you start a thread! Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 76Jun 24, 2017 1:39 pm allblaqk How have I missed this thread! LOVE your selections! I wanted the same colour tones as you but my husband and builder totally changed my mind, and I love my choices but still. You will have one striking, dramatic house! Where are you up to now? I love watching builds in QLD let alone right in surrounding suburbs hey!!! Naww, thanks!! I'm pretty picky when it comes to selections, hehe. I would spend hours upon hours looking at inspiration on pinterest and instagram. I always new I wanted a monochrome theme, but it was a matter of determining what should be what. (kitchen = black cabinets, white benchtop, where to put wood features, what colours to use on facade etc etc.) I think I have a love for contrast (which is pretty evident in my photography too), and keeping everything neutral means colour can be added elsewhere (if we decide to, but probably just kids rooms) and freshness with plants etc. So I don't think a builder could have swayed my opinion if they tried. haha. Having seen inspiration pictures that matched my intended selections meant that I knew it would work. The only choice I'm unsure on is our bathroom black benchtops (partners choice) with the oak cabinets. I couldn't find many reference images with that combination, most were white benchtops. Fingers crossed it works! Your house looks incredible though and your selections are lovely! Still monochrome by the looks of it, but less contrast and a darker wood than we will have featured. You could easily add contrast (if you wanted it) through furniture items. I can't wait to see more photos, I'll be following along! Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 77Jun 24, 2017 3:50 pm staceyrussell hey!!! Naww, thanks!! I'm pretty picky when it comes to selections, hehe. I would spend hours upon hours looking at inspiration on pinterest and instagram. I always new I wanted a monochrome theme, but it was a matter of determining what should be what. (kitchen = black cabinets, white benchtop, where to put wood features, what colours to use on facade etc etc.) I think I have a love for contrast (which is pretty evident in my photography too), and keeping everything neutral means colour can be added elsewhere (if we decide to, but probably just kids rooms) and freshness with plants etc. So I don't think a builder could have swayed my opinion if they tried. haha. Having seen inspiration pictures that matched my intended selections meant that I knew it would work. The only choice I'm unsure on is our bathroom black benchtops (partners choice) with the oak cabinets. I couldn't find many reference images with that combination, most were white benchtops. Fingers crossed it works! Your house looks incredible though and your selections are lovely! Still monochrome by the looks of it, but less contrast and a darker wood than we will have featured. You could easily add contrast (if you wanted it) through furniture items. I can't wait to see more photos, I'll be following along! I'm sure your bathrooms will look awesome and very unique! I love your selections so much, I can't wait to see how it looks in the house! I'm the same as you, I am planning to only add a bit of colour through accessories. I've always loved monochrome. Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 78Jul 19, 2017 8:12 pm staceyrussell Hey! Our land hasn't registered yet. It is supposed to this month, but I haven't heard any updates. We're currently in the process of getting our loan sorted anyway. We have to wait until end of financial year so that we can provide this years numbers (we're both self employed and our figures are much better this year). As far as I'm aware our house plans are still with council too. I find the process pretty confusing anyway, I'm not gonna lie. haha! But we haven't really been chasing anything or asking for updates etc because we need our loan approval done first anyway. Yay! Awesome to hear your working drawings are underway! So excited to see you start a thread! Hope you got your loan organised! We got our working drawings back, but still need to make adjustments... meanwhile finally started a thread. Next is colour appointment, and then finally send off to council... seriously such a long process! Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 79Jul 19, 2017 8:50 pm Heyyyy!! Wonderful news!!! Just left you a comment on your thread. We just got our conditional loan approval today, yayyyy!! We were getting a little stressed, but we should be ready for settlement at the end of the month. Then we just need to touch base with Valeco again to provide our finance approval and to see what stage everything is up to as we haven't heard anything since plans were sent to council (but maybe it's been in limbo due to waiting on finance). Re: Springfield Rise - Custom Valeco Home - COLOUR SELECTION 80Jul 19, 2017 8:58 pm staceyrussell Heyyyy!! Wonderful news!!! Just left you a comment on your thread. We just got our conditional loan approval today, yayyyy!! We were getting a little stressed, but we should be ready for settlement at the end of the month. Then we just need to touch base with Valeco again to provide our finance approval and to see what stage everything is up to as we haven't heard anything since plans were sent to council (but maybe it's been in limbo due to waiting on finance). 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