Contract Appointment

Contract appointment is the time when we confirmed every changes and details of what we selected and a formal construction contract is signed by both PD and us.

Overall, we have quite happy with the way it turns out, the presenter was pleasant.  We're very blessed to have them agreed to install the rangehood we wanted and secondly, they agreed to custom made our staircase as following picture - the stained timber flushed all the way to the wall we added to block the view of the stair from the entrance.  This, I reckoned is better than their "feng shui" staircase design.  What do you think?  We also could use the wall as feature or decorative wall..........

Anything that is to be changed after today, it's classified as "post contract" price or agreement....

OK, now it's the time to worry about the move (to a temporary rental place) and the demolition of our current house.............

Hopetoun and Electrical Appointment

Today is the big day for us, it takes almost the whole day!  We had half an hour break for lunch (one cup of complimentary hot drink at the nearest cafe by PD Hopetoun).......

Our selections are as follows:-

Brick : Homestead Red
Render Colour : String (this is the colour we adopted the consultant's advice and ditched ours)
Roof : Elabana with Sambuca colour
Garage Door : Classic Cream colour with Panelmasta Caprice profile
Alminium windor colour : Primrose CT

Front Door : PMAD 104 Clear
Colour : Painted deep indian red
Terrace Symmetry Manor Series

Laundry door : Win 21 Full Glaze painted in Deep indian red

Internal door handles (flush door and sliding door)

Kitchen Benchtop : Ice Snow 9141 Caesarstone (Pencil Round)
Glass Splashback : Antique White USA
Kitchen Cabinet : Laminex Crystal Gloss - Parchment
Kitchen Contrast : Smoky Sapelle
All the ensuite cabinets : Smoky Sapelle

Floorboard : 3 strip timber Kempas
Staircase : Option 3 with new baltic pine stain

 Carpet : Braewood Warmstone 8520 with upgraded underlay Stepeco

We found that even with the appointment, there were still many things (especially pricing) couldn't be confirmed on the spot.  Every selection come down to price, but without pricing, it's so hard to decide what we should or shouldn't choose.............I think this process should be improved.

The electrical appointment is fun.  How our selections are updated in the computer instantly and the price correspondent with it was shown constantly making our hear beat faster each time we add something to our selection..................

Well, after today, we are almost done until the contract appointment!  Hallelujah!

National Tile Appointment

Today is the appointment of the easiest selection of all - tiles.  We only select one type of tile to all the wet area....  We have either floorboard or carpet in the rest of the house.

This is the tile we selected:-

It's called "portifino matt"  400mm X 400mm.

The Tender Appointment

The tender appointment is all about structural changes like adding another room, house setback, window sizes and doors, change of room size and ceilling height etc.  Also during this appointment, site cost are finalized (subject to 2nd soil test results) and price for structural changes are given and fixed.

For us, extra site cost is unexpected.  Change of kitchen appliance plus aircon zoning cost are much more expensive than expected...............

The following are some major structural changes we made:-

1.  Convert formal lounge room into guest with semi ensuite

2.  Enclose terrace and made into retreat (office)

3.  Manhattan facade (bigger rumpus)

4.  Additional sink, wall tower (for oven) and cupboard in the Galley

5.  Turn another side of the Galley into a linen (storage)

6.  Doors to all Ensuites, Theatre & Study

7.  Change the rear access door (to Alfresco) from living room to dinning room

8.  Refrigerated Cooling

9.  Shower niche to  all ensuites

plus some other minor changes.

This is our floor plan as at tender appointment.