Yet another re-selection!

And YES! We have to re-select our laminate timber flooring as well.
Got a call from the supplier saying the laminate timber flooring we chose is now discontinued!
I wonder when Masterton will get the idea that selecting colours 6-8 months ahead is NOT working.
Lucky, the sales person will post samples for me to chose from, saving me 2 hours drive, each way!

At the same time, the flooring is booked in for 16th of May. So that means no PCI till mid next month. Only recently the Site Supervisor told me PCI end of April.
Is he expecting to do PCI before flooring is done? Not if I have a say in it.

Breath in, breath out...Relax...

Upstairs flooring selected

We have now selected our upstairs flooring and the stairs.

Stairs are carpet "Slate/780" colour, which is dark grey by Promenade.

All other areas (except wet areas) we have selected T-Flooring 12mm Laminate. Colour Blackbutt TF-S-1280, with 3mm Acoustic foam underlay.

Tile selection complete

Our tile selection at Tiles Direct today was a very pleasant, easy and professional. The staff were very helpful and offered large variety of tile options and colour themes. She was patient as I looked and made the decisions.

Only few extras, not included in the Masterton Mansion Package, like bigger soap holders, designer artefacts in the showers, sealed drain caps etc. came up just under $1300. This includes the balcony and front door & patio outdoor tiles, as well as the porcelain kitchen splash-back tiles.

Below are some photos, even though the colours do not reflect the actual product due to my phone's photo capability.

All main ground floor living areas, white matt 400x400mm

Front patio and balcony, Alfresco Moka 400x400mm

Kitchen splashback, Ultra Gloss white porcelain 600x600mm

All wet areas, floor- Espresso 300x300mm, walls - Gloss White 300x600 (laid horizontally), designer pattern feature - glass.

Closeup of the shower wall design feature

We also elected to have chrome edges around the bath tiling corners to give a rich, elegant and glamour look.

Concealed square drain that has same tile cut-out for all wet areas (sample photo)

Tomorrow, Air-Con selection. I hope we do not need too much upgrading, but important one if we need to.

Colour Selection booked

We have just been booked for our internal colour selection appointment on the 18th of July. It will be a full day to select all of our internal colours, benchtops, kitchen, vanities etc.

We hope by this time our plans would be ready to submit to CDC for DA approval.

While waiting for DA approval, we will need to do our air-con, electrical and alarm appointments.

Floor selections

Looks like I'm able to give a visit to another tiles supplier, Tiles Direct, to see if I can find matching 'white' tiles from the same manufacturer and range, but with at least 2 of the sizes` 450x450 & 300x300.

As we have selected timber laminate floors for upstairs, I need to make an appointment to visit Accent Floors and make the choice.

Roof Tiles, Fascia and Guttering Selection

We have selected the following roof tiles from Monier:

Monier Horizon Espresso

We have selected the following colours for our guttering:

Colorbond Loft

The following colour for fascia and guttering:

Colorbond Paperbark

Exterior Selections Day 1

We visited Austral Bricks today to view and select our bricks.
We selected the following:

Everyday Life Brick Range - Escape

For our house bricks

Everyday Life  Brick Range - Freedom

For our facade pillars and portico

They are both nice earth colour range and will have a nice colour matching and contrast with our selected roof tiles, guttering and downpipes, as well as window frames.