Oh my! What a busy, yet exciting day. We had both our Electrical and Colour selection appointments. It’s all happening pretty fast. Within a week of having contact from Porter Davis we had two of our three selection appointments not only set, but done! This is rare, and to have them both on the same day is not common! We’ve been lucky.
The day started with a visit to National Tiles, and no we didn’t see Frank Walker (Melbournians would get that reference). We thought it would be a good idea to at least have a look at what tiles we like before finalising our colour selection. We found what we like and the only upgrade here will be a small amount for the funky glass feature tiles we talked about in an earlier post. We also managed to set our tile selection appointment - April 21st!
Brown Terrain Bricks
Time Capsual Render
Windows, Gutters, Down Pipes & Garage Door
Roof Files (Barramundi)
Then it was off to Hopetoun Interiors for our electrical selection. This was a fairly simple process untill I decided to ask about networking the house. We had already got a quote from an electrician to do this independent of Porter Davis as we though this would be cheaper. The quote was just over $2000. Stragely enough Porter Davis could do it for $790! We love saiving $1300, although we spent that on other bits and pieces and we still have 10 data points through the house. All up we added about 10 double powerpoints, 1 outdoor double power point and a single outdoor powerpoint. We also added 2 additional TV points and 2 phone points. In both bathrooms we’re adding IXL Tastic light/fan/heat units - a must for those cold winter mornings.
Our next appointment was for all the internal selections (except tiles). All up this only took just over an hour. Seeing that we had been to Hopetoun Interiors 3 times before we pretty much knew what we wanted.
Kitchen Cupboards (Burnished Wood)
Stone Bench Top (Ice)
For the outside of the house we’ve selected Brown Terrain bricks, Woodland Grey for the windows, garage door, guttering and downpipes, and Capsual for the render on the portico posts. Roof Tiles will be Barramundi which is a dark grey.
Everytime you bink while at Hopetoun Interiors it seems to cost you money. We had to pay more to have translucent glass in the front door and side windows. Not sure how much that will cost yet. We also upgraded our carpet underlay (about $300).
All up for the interior there are 15 pages of colour selections for everything, so I won’t list them all, you’ll just have to come visit when we move in!
Now we just have to wait to see how much it all came to. Not too much we hope!