The Colour Selection Appointment

On Tuesday (29th Jan) we attended our colour selection appointment. Lou dropped the cherubs off at her sisters (she has been so helpful during this event) and then hopped on a train & tram to my work. We then took a quick 10 minute drive to the Port Melbourne site below, arriving at 12:30. From other fellow bloggers going through PD we had been told it would take round 2-3 hrs. We decided to get there early as we wanted to make some final choices on the render for the balcony along with confirmation on the window colours. After 15 mins our colour consultant 'Shelley' asked if we wanted to get started early - hey, why not?

The selection itself consisted of all the internal wall colours (including feature walls), all the cabinet and bench top colours, skirting and architrave style, tap fittings, door knobs and handles, locks, garage door style and colour (front and rear), bricks & mortar colour, roof tiles, balustrades, basins, render, even the colour of the water tank out the back. All in all we took 2.5 hrs to make all the selections. When we left we felt pretty darn happy with ourselves. We had spent a lot of time visiting display centres to make sure we knew what opitons were available and had chosen what we thought looked nice (and within budget).

The major upgrades were the bricks. We chose Mocha, a category 4 brick and also the 'off white' mortar - not as cheap as you think when you consider this is a double storey – a lot of bricks. In the next blog I'll try to add some pics of the samples we walked away with to show some of the colours.

After the app't we had a little time up our sleeve so we dropped in at the National Tiles display centre again for another quick look. Our tile app't is on Feb 19; still a little time to decide on the colour scheme for those. Next Tuesday we go in to sign the contract. Apparently this should not take as long as the tender and we finally get to meet ‘Holly’ our Customer Service Coordinator who has been very patient as we bombard her with queries and ‘tender’ changes.