Once you electronically approve your variations, Kitchen Culture send you your kitchen drawings. It looks pretty cool! Surprisingly there were no changes to these drawings! haha
Final drawings attached:
Final drawings attached:
Home Option Gallery
Day 1: Home Option Gallery Kitchen Culture Appointment
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
After having some lunch, it was time for our final appointment for the day. Earlier in the morning, we were pumped and excited but by the end of the day, we were exhausted!
We were introduced to Mary Ann, who was new (she started about a month ago). She was very quiet so I felt awkward because we were so loud!
Anyway, my initial budget for the kitchen was $7000. But after our appointments in the morning, I dropped our budget down to $5000 so I was hoping we were able to stick to it!
There were a few things that I wanted which were waterfall edges to both sides of the kitchen island (20mm was fine with me!), and handless cupboards. Everything else that would come up would be an extra 'want'!
Mary Ann advised that for the initial consultation, that you put everything that you want, and then slowly remove your upgrades. We ended up going through 5 variations haha! I don't know if that's a lot, but it felt like a lot to me! The good thing about Kitchen Culture is that you can get most pricing for things on the day so that helped with removing items later on that night!
We ended up with the following:
Tender Items:
TOTAL: $5348,84
We were introduced to Mary Ann, who was new (she started about a month ago). She was very quiet so I felt awkward because we were so loud!
Anyway, my initial budget for the kitchen was $7000. But after our appointments in the morning, I dropped our budget down to $5000 so I was hoping we were able to stick to it!
There were a few things that I wanted which were waterfall edges to both sides of the kitchen island (20mm was fine with me!), and handless cupboards. Everything else that would come up would be an extra 'want'!
Mary Ann advised that for the initial consultation, that you put everything that you want, and then slowly remove your upgrades. We ended up going through 5 variations haha! I don't know if that's a lot, but it felt like a lot to me! The good thing about Kitchen Culture is that you can get most pricing for things on the day so that helped with removing items later on that night!
We ended up with the following:
Tender Items:
- 800mm wide kitchen benchtop with 200mm overhand or 900mm wide kitchen benchtop including 300mm overhang (house specific) - (I don't know how they determined this, but we only had the 800mm x 200mm benchtop. I asked why this was and Mary Ann couldn't answer)!: Included
- Portrait style overhead cupboards either side of rangehood in lieu of standard kitchen windows (where applicable): Included
- Eden Brae's Best Ever kitchen, ensuite and bathroom: Included
Kitchen upgrades (at consultation) Rev A & B:
- Kitchen benchtop to be 920mm from slab level. Benchtop to have 20mm overhang: Note
- Provide 800mm wide benchtop with 184-200mm overhang as per standard kitchen layout: Note
- Increase frame to frame fridge space to 1050mm wide to suit a fridge approx 920mm wide: Note
- Provide 20mm Group 1 Essastone benchtop extension to island bench. Client has requested benchtop to be extended to 1000mm wide benchtop with 284-300mm overhang in lieu of standard: $445.28
- Provide Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners to standard bank of cutlery drawers in lieu of standard: $346.80
- Provide 1x bank of 2 pot drawers to left hand side of oven. Includes Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners. Total x4: $471.24
- Provide Hettich silver soft close full extension 50kg runners for the underbench microwave provision bottom drawer. Total x1: $235.62
- Provide an underbench microwave space with drawer under to right hand side of oven. Includes 16mm shelf to base to suit trim kit. Powerpoint and installation of microwave and trim kit not included: $425.00
- Provide 10mm overhang to overhead cupboards in lieu of standard handles: $110.00
- Provide light shelf to each overhead cupboard to suit future downlights. Downlights to be added at electrical appointment: $176.00
- Provide craftwood bulkheads to overhead cupboards ready for paint. Includes flyover panel above rangebood. Builder to provide plaster, paint and cornice. Joiner to provide sub frame: $646.80
- Option 2 in lieu of standard stone: Provide 20mm group 1 essastone benchtop in lieu of standard (Colour: Torrone): $POA
- Provide 20mm group 1 essastone waterfall ends to left hand and right hand side of kitchen benchtop. Colour - Crystal Chalk: $2156.00
- Provide C channel handle to base cabinetry in lieu of standard handles (handless cupboards below): $426.10
Powder room, bathroom & Ensuite:
- Vanity to have 20mm stone bench top with 20mm overhang: Note
Kitchen Upgrades: Review C:
Items in blue were added/edited, items in red were deleted:
- Kitchen benchtop to be 920mm from slab level. Benchtop to have 20mm overhang: Note
- Provide 800mm wide benchtop with 184-200mm overhang as per standard kitchen layout: Note
- Increase frame to frame fridge space to 1050mm wide to suit a fridge approx 920mm wide: Note
- Provide 20mm Group 1 Essastone benchtop extension to island bench. Client has requested benchtop to be extended to 1000mm wide benchtop with 284-300mm overhang in lieu of standard: $445.28
- Provide Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners to standard bank of cutlery drawers in lieu of standard: $346.80
- Provide 1x bank of 2 pot drawers to left hand side of oven. Includes Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners. Total x
42: $471.24346.80 - Provide Hettich silver soft close full extension 50kg runners for the underbench microwave provision bottom drawer. Total x1: $235.62
- Provide an underbench microwave space with drawer under to right hand side of oven. Includes 16mm shelf to base to suit trim kit. Powerpoint and installation of microwave and trim kit not included: $425.00
- Provide 10mm overhang to overhead cupboards in lieu of standard handles: $110.00
- Provide light shelf to each overhead cupboard to suit future downlights. Downlights to be added at electrical appointment: $176.00
- Provide craftwood bulkheads to overhead cupboards ready for paint. Includes flyover panel above rangebood. Builder to provide plaster, paint and cornice. Joiner to provide sub frame: $646.80
- Option 2 in lieu of standard stone: Provide 20mm group 1 essastone benchtop in lieu of standard (Colour: Torrone): $385.00
- Provide 20mm group 1 essastone waterfall ends to left hand and right hand side of kitchen benchtop. Colour - Crystal Chalk: $2156.00
- Provide C channel handle to base cabinetry in lieu of standard handles (handless cupboards below): $426.10
Powder room, bathroom & Ensuite:
- Vanity to have 20mm stone bench top with 20mm overhang: Note
TOTAL: $4,514,88
Kitchen Upgrades: Review D:
Items in blue were added/edited, items in red were deleted:
- Kitchen benchtop to be 920mm from slab level. Benchtop to have 20mm overhang: Note
- Provide 800mm wide benchtop with 184-200mm overhang as per standard kitchen layout: Note
- Increase frame to frame fridge space to 1050mm wide to suit a fridge approx 920mm wide: Note
- Provide 20mm Group 1 Essastone benchtop extension to island bench. Client has requested benchtop to be extended to 1000mm wide benchtop with 284-300mm overhang in lieu of standard: $445.28
- Provide 1x bank of 2 pot drawers to left hand side of oven. Includes Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners. Total x2: $346.80
- Provide an underbench microwave space with drawer under to right hand side of oven. Includes 16mm shelf to base to suit trim kit. Powerpoint and installation of microwave and trim kit not included: $425.00
- Provide 10mm overhang to overhead cupboards in lieu of standard handles: $110.00
- Provide craftwood bulkheads to overhead cupboards ready for paint. Includes flyover panel above rangebood. Builder to provide plaster, paint and cornice. Joiner to provide sub frame: $646.80
- Provide a panel to rear of rangehood to align with underside of overhead cupboards: $110
- Option 2 in lieu of standard stone: Provide 20mm group 1 essastone benchtop in lieu of standard (Colour: Torrone): $385.00
- Provide 20mm group 1 essastone waterfall ends to left hand and right hand side of kitchen benchtop. Colour - Crystal Chalk: $2156.00
Powder room, bathroom & Ensuite:
- Vanity to have 20mm stone bench top with 20mm overhang: Note
TOTAL: $4,239.88
Kitchen Upgrades: Review E:
Items in blue were added/edited, items in red were deleted:
Tender Items:
- Provide the SMEG Kitchen Appliance Promotional upgrade in lieu of Contract signed kitchen promotion appliances. (Lifestyle/Smart Living Series) Includes the following appliances: SMEG 900mm Freestanding Cooker - (SA9010X), SMEG 900mm Curved Wall Mounted Rangehood - (SA950CXA), SMEG 600mm Underbench Dishwasher - (DWAU214X): Included
- Kitchen benchtop to be 920mm from slab level. Benchtop to have 20mm overhang: Note
- Provide 800mm wide benchtop with 184-200mm overhang as per standard kitchen layout: Note
- Increase frame to frame fridge space to 1050mm wide to suit a fridge approx 920mm wide: Note
- Provide 20mm Group 1 Essastone benchtop extension to island bench. Client has requested benchtop to be extended to 1000mm wide benchtop with 284-300mm overhang in lieu of standard: $445.28
- Provide 1x bank of 2 pot drawers to left hand side of oven. Includes Hettich silver soft close full extension 30kg runners. Total x2: $346.80
- Provide an underbench microwave space with drawer under to right hand side of oven. Includes 16mm shelf to base to suit trim kit. Powerpoint and installation of microwave and trim kit not included: $425.00
- Provide 10mm overhang to overhead cupboards in lieu of standard handles: $110.00
- Provide craftwood bulkheads to overhead cupboards ready for paint. Includes flyover panel above rangebood. Builder to provide plaster, paint and cornice. Joiner to provide sub frame: $646.80
- Provide a panel to rear of rangehood to align with underside of overhead cupboards: $110
- Provide 20mm group 1 essastone waterfall ends to left hand and right hand side of kitchen benchtop. Colour - Crystal Chalk: $2156.00
Powder room, bathroom & Ensuite:
- Vanity to have 20mm stone bench top with 20mm overhang: Note
TOTAL: $4,239.88
Abbey Blinds & Shutters
Day 1: Home Option Gallery Abbey Blinds & Shutters Appointment
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Our next appointment was with Ashley at Abbey Blinds and Shutters.
It was a pretty quick appointment, we knew what we wanted (and we couldn't afford the plantation shutters)!
Ashley advised that we had the option of either adding the blinds through Eden Brae, or we could deal with them directly. If you dealt with them directly, you were still able to get your blinds installed before hand over.
We always assumed that we were going to get them installed after hand over but we thought we should get a quote anyway!
For normal roller blinds, we were quoted around $3,500. That was basically for all window coverings except for the bathrooms. I'm not sure if that's a good price or not? I did ask if they priced matched and Ashley did say yes, I just haven't got round to getting quotes!
Overall, we might not go with them. They didn't have as many options for roller blinds (colours etc) that some other places. I think we're happy to stick to installing them after hand over
It was a pretty quick appointment, we knew what we wanted (and we couldn't afford the plantation shutters)!
Ashley advised that we had the option of either adding the blinds through Eden Brae, or we could deal with them directly. If you dealt with them directly, you were still able to get your blinds installed before hand over.
We always assumed that we were going to get them installed after hand over but we thought we should get a quote anyway!
For normal roller blinds, we were quoted around $3,500. That was basically for all window coverings except for the bathrooms. I'm not sure if that's a good price or not? I did ask if they priced matched and Ashley did say yes, I just haven't got round to getting quotes!
Overall, we might not go with them. They didn't have as many options for roller blinds (colours etc) that some other places. I think we're happy to stick to installing them after hand over
Next on the list was our Cooks Plumbing appointment. We were matched up with Peta who was very helpful!
Can I just say that everything that we spoke about was an upgrade so whatever I write below will be on our upgrades page! haha
So this was all plumbing stuff and appliances. We were initially shown in a book what the standard range was, and pretty much everything at HOG is an upgrade!
Peta was very helpful with chopping and changing some things around, for example, we didn't want the soap dishes in both the ensuite and main bathroom so she replaced it with a double towel rail instead of a single towel rail in the ensuite etc.
I think we upgraded everything except for the tapware and bathroom bowls =( Surprisingly, it wasn't that expensive as I thought it would be so I was very happy with that!
Details below:
We upgraded the toilets from the best ever sale (I wanted toilets that were flush with the wall as they are easier to clean). The next toilets up were around $80 to upgrade each. The next upgrade after that was $200 each, which was a massive jump! We were happy with the $80 upgrade!
With the upgrade of the toilets we had to pay additional costs for installation =/
Ok, so I really wanted the Pete Evans sink that is currently in Kitchen Culture. I guessed it would have been about $600. Peta let me down gently and told me that it would have been about $1000. So I scrapped it! She did recommend the black Blanco sink. I never looked at it in the HOG (there's a sample there) but after thinking about it, I loved it, also because it was only $350 to upgrade!
The Blanco sink that we're getting :)
We also got a matching sink mixer (which was expensive but my husband loved it since he said that HE does all the washing)! Including the sink and sink mixer it ends up being the same price (nearly) as the Pete Evans sink. Never mind. I love it. It's different so why not!
We upgraded to the SMEG package through Eden Brae which upgraded us to a 90cm freestanding oven, a rangehood and dishwasher. What we didn't know was once you upgraded, it deleted the included microwave!
We also wanted a rain shower head and detachable shower handle. The one that we wanted was about $500 so we scrapped it. Peta recommended another shower head that was more in a our price range. It wasn't a rain shower one but it was a bit bigger, so we were happy to get that!
Overall, our experience with cooks plumbing was great! Peta was helpful and we left without that many upgrades!
Our final upgrades were the following:
Can I just say that everything that we spoke about was an upgrade so whatever I write below will be on our upgrades page! haha
So this was all plumbing stuff and appliances. We were initially shown in a book what the standard range was, and pretty much everything at HOG is an upgrade!
Peta was very helpful with chopping and changing some things around, for example, we didn't want the soap dishes in both the ensuite and main bathroom so she replaced it with a double towel rail instead of a single towel rail in the ensuite etc.
I think we upgraded everything except for the tapware and bathroom bowls =( Surprisingly, it wasn't that expensive as I thought it would be so I was very happy with that!
Details below:
We upgraded the toilets from the best ever sale (I wanted toilets that were flush with the wall as they are easier to clean). The next toilets up were around $80 to upgrade each. The next upgrade after that was $200 each, which was a massive jump! We were happy with the $80 upgrade!
With the upgrade of the toilets we had to pay additional costs for installation =/
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| The $80 upgrade for our toilets |
Ok, so I really wanted the Pete Evans sink that is currently in Kitchen Culture. I guessed it would have been about $600. Peta let me down gently and told me that it would have been about $1000. So I scrapped it! She did recommend the black Blanco sink. I never looked at it in the HOG (there's a sample there) but after thinking about it, I loved it, also because it was only $350 to upgrade!
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| The Pete Evans sink at Kitchen Culture |
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| I love it! |
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| Our sink mixer. It comes off and becomes a hose! |
We upgraded to the SMEG package through Eden Brae which upgraded us to a 90cm freestanding oven, a rangehood and dishwasher. What we didn't know was once you upgraded, it deleted the included microwave!
We also wanted a rain shower head and detachable shower handle. The one that we wanted was about $500 so we scrapped it. Peta recommended another shower head that was more in a our price range. It wasn't a rain shower one but it was a bit bigger, so we were happy to get that!
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| Our shower head that is at the HOG |
Overall, our experience with cooks plumbing was great! Peta was helpful and we left without that many upgrades!
Our final upgrades were the following:
- Gallery Salvador deluxe wall-faced soft close suite white x 3: Per unit: $79.55 Total: $262.51
- Additional installation costs for toilet suites x3: Per unit: $34.32 Total: $113.25
- Caroma classic 1700 white (from 1500): $78.22
- Novelli Mondo 6 rail shower (for the ensuite): $206.05
- 2x soap dishes have been replaced with 1x double towel rail and a robe hook: No charge
- Blanco silgranit 1+1/2 bowl sink + drainer LHB only: $385.88
- Blanco Alta-S Compact swivel sink mixer pullout: $590.52
Our next appointment was for air conditioning which was with Glen. He was cool and very helpful!
He showed us what air conditioning was included, then showed us a recommended upgrade (yes.. upgrades everywhere)!
So he recommended that we upgrade to ESP plus, which saves about 60% energy compared to the standard air conditioner we get. He also advised that in the classic version we only got three zones, though if we upgraded to ESP plus the fourth zone is for free.
To see the difference between the 2 you can get all info through the Actron Air website:
Classic: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/classic
ESP Plus: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/esp-plus
You could upgrade again from that, which is ESP platinum, which saves you about 75% in energy savings. http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/esp-platinum
The price difference isn't massive, but we rarely use our air conditioning now! Good to know though!
Another fun upgrade: Actron connect. It's an app on your phone where you can wirelessly connect to your aircon and do whatever you want with it. Honesly, we were thinking about it haha, but we have decided not to get it. Good to have though! I did email Glen the next day and asked him if this was something that could be added on later and he said yes! So if we have some pocketmoney later maybe we can add it in! Further info about Actron connect: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/actronconnect
Glen also advised us that with our house plans we need to make edits to one of our walls in either Bed 3 or 4 for a duct to be in the dining room. He said it would be around 450mm x 450mm. Had no choice really. I'd rather have that in the room so that we can get proper air conditioning downstairs.
Pricing for the upgrades was as follows:
He showed us what air conditioning was included, then showed us a recommended upgrade (yes.. upgrades everywhere)!
So he recommended that we upgrade to ESP plus, which saves about 60% energy compared to the standard air conditioner we get. He also advised that in the classic version we only got three zones, though if we upgraded to ESP plus the fourth zone is for free.
To see the difference between the 2 you can get all info through the Actron Air website:
Classic: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/classic
ESP Plus: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/esp-plus
You could upgrade again from that, which is ESP platinum, which saves you about 75% in energy savings. http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/ducted/esp-platinum
The price difference isn't massive, but we rarely use our air conditioning now! Good to know though!
Another fun upgrade: Actron connect. It's an app on your phone where you can wirelessly connect to your aircon and do whatever you want with it. Honesly, we were thinking about it haha, but we have decided not to get it. Good to have though! I did email Glen the next day and asked him if this was something that could be added on later and he said yes! So if we have some pocketmoney later maybe we can add it in! Further info about Actron connect: http://www.actronair.com.au/residential/actronconnect
Glen also advised us that with our house plans we need to make edits to one of our walls in either Bed 3 or 4 for a duct to be in the dining room. He said it would be around 450mm x 450mm. Had no choice really. I'd rather have that in the room so that we can get proper air conditioning downstairs.
Pricing for the upgrades was as follows:
- ESP Plus: $2580 incl. GST
- ESP Platnium: $2843 incl. GST
- Extra zones: $193 incl. GST
- More than 4 zones, 8 zone module will be required in classic and ESP+ models: $254
Our air conditioning zones are outlined below (with 4 zones):
Ok, I think we did pretty well with our upgrades... I think!?
Amy was very helpful with providing ideas for some of the changes that we were after.
Our initial PCV (which still requires items to be deleted) was:
All in all, I thought the pricing was reasonable. I will put our final upgrades on our upgrades page to see our running total....which I think is so far so good!
Amy was very helpful with providing ideas for some of the changes that we were after.
Our initial PCV (which still requires items to be deleted) was:
- Provide off-white mortar in lieu of standard: $236
- Provide aluminium flyscreens with aluminium mesh to all sliding/awning aluminium windows: $735
- Provide 1No.Additional Cold water point to fridge space: $147
- Provide stain finish to front entry door and frame in lieu of standard paint finish: $119
- Ensuite Options:
- ENSUITE SHOWER OPTION 1: Provide 2NO. panels 10mm fixed glass to Ensuite shower, leaving corner open $1,535
- ENSUITE SHOWER OPTION 2: Provide 2NO. panels 10mm fixed glass to Ensuite shower, leaving corner open. Provide tiled nib wall approx. 1000mm high on shorter side of showerscreen, and glass panel above. Nib wall to be tiled both sides: $1,320
- ENSUITE SHOWER OPTION 3: Provide Stegbar Grange semi-frameless (no overlap) showerscreen to Ensuite in lieu of standard semi-frameless overlap showerscreen: $680
- Delete Item 21-9 of Contract Tender: (Provide 2No. Gainsborough 100 series privacy adaptor to - Main Bathroom and Powder Room ): -$102
- Provide 3No. Gainsborough 100 series privacy adaptor to Powder Room, Main Bathroom and WC: $99
- Delete mirrors from Bathroom and Ensuite only: -$350
- Handle Options:
- HANDLE OPTION 1: Provide Gainsborough Omni pull handle to entry door in lieu of standard. Stainless Steel finish: $318
- HANDLE OPTION 2: Provide the following items to front entry door, in lieu of standard: 2NO. Gainsborough Oblong Pull handle (back to back) in matt black finish 9266PH600MB, 1NO. Gainsborough Square Deadbolt Single Cylinder in matt black finish 1846SMMB and 1NO. Gainsborough roller bolt mortice in satin chrome finish 775SC60: $570
- HANDLE OPTION 3: Provide matt black finish to Gainsborough Trilock in lieu of standard finish. Part no. 8901ANGMB: $263
- Provide moroka textured paint finish brick letterbox to including letter slot: $680
I was happy with some of the pricing (extra $3 for another lock, off white mortar, and even handle option 1 for the handle door. I also thought that the pricing for the frameless shower screen was amazing, so yes we got it!
I also asked if we could include the mailbox into the PCV as the mailbox that we require for our estate guidelines was quite strict, and it was easier to just do it through EB, that's the same with the flyscreens.
All in all, I thought the pricing was reasonable. I will put our final upgrades on our upgrades page to see our running total....which I think is so far so good!
Day 1 started at 9am. With peak hour traffic, we got there just in time!
Our standard internals were:
We introduced ourselves to the reception counter and advised them that we had an appointment. Once we were confirmed, we were asked to wait for our consultant upstairs in the waiting area.
We were then introduced to Amy, who was going to be our HOG consultant for the day. We didn't know what to expect. We thought that we were ready, but didn't realise that there were a lot of options (meaning upgrades haha) to choose from!
We started off with the exterior of the house. Going to PGH beforehand saved our lives, so that saved some time picking and choosing our external colours. We forgot to choose the colours for our cladding and moroka finishes. Lucky we were able to do that there. I was probably indecisive for about 15 minutes choosing colours as they had every colour under the sun! Lucky Amy was helpful with assisting us to make up our mind! For cladding and moroka finishes she said you could pretty much choose any taubmans paint colour, hence the reason I was so indecisive!
Oh also, we chose gravel for our bricks, which was in Range B for Eden Brae. We found out on the day that our upgrade was FREE because our design guidelines for our area were quite strict. Saved us $788! But that money went to other things haha.
So this is what we chose for our externals:
- Colorbond roof: Monument
- Gutter: Monument
- Fascia: Monument
- Bricks: Gravel
- Front Door: Quantum timber stain (dark oak) - UPGRADE
- Aluminium Windows: Apo Grey
- Moroka Finish: Taubmans Grey Street
- Cladding, Eaves, Portico & Alfresco Ceiling: Taubmans windy beach
- Garage door and hinged door: Shale Grey
- Driveway: Colour through concrete (CCS Onyx)
- Water tank: Shale Grey
- Meter box: Monument
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| Our external selections |
Our standard internals were:
- Ceiling and cornice: white
- Internal walls, skirting, architraves and internal doors: Winter Ice
- All our internal doors and internal hardware were standard. I didn't want to look at the upgrades and they were pretty decent anyway: Satin chrome Lianna Levers and privacy locks
- Fittings: Were all standard too:
- Symphony 75mm cornice (there were only 2 standard choices from the 6),
- Standard skirting (2 to choose from)
- Kitchen & Bathrooms: Even though there's a separate appointment with Kitchen Culture, it was recommended to choose from the standard range so you had something to fall back on if you chose not to do any upgrades (because some of the upgrade prices are crazy!) at the Kitchen Culture appointment:
- Benchtop: Essastone (as part of the best ever sale): Crystal Chalk 20mm pencil round edge (there 3 to choose from in the standard range)
- Laminated cupboard, overhead cupboards & draws (kitchen): Natural Ghost Gum
- Handles: Hettich 9995501 matt chrome, all horizontal
- Cupboard/drawers (bathroom): Natural Sublime Teak
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| Our standard range. Still looks good! |
After knowing what Day 1 was like, we felt like we were ready for day 2!
Day 2 involved the following:
Day 2 involved the following:
- Electrical appointment at the Home Option Gallery;
- Staircase appointment at the Home Option Gallery; and
- Tiling and carpet appointment at DiLorenzo
The day was scheduled to start at 9.30am and finish at 3.30pm, so it was shorter than Day 1.
The night before, we had a copy of our plans and started to draw out our electrical plan so that we would be ready for the morning. Let me tell you, that those 2 hours of planning was well worth it!
We made sure that we drew out where we wanted downlights, powerpoints and switches. I also budgeted $7k for the appointment. I was hoping that we would be under but unfortunately not. More to come in the separate electrical appointment post!
Same as usual, I will need to separate posts fo all appointments, so stay tuned!
We were waiting for this day for a while now. I thought I was prepared, but with all the questions they were asking, I definitely wasn't!
They gave us a brochure to read to prepare for the day. I read it a few times before we went, but all that completely disappeared!
They strongly recommend that you do go to PGH bricks and have a consultation before you go, and I definitely agree with them, or else you would be deciding on a colour scheme for half the day I reckon! So, go to PGH as many times as you need!
I tell you what, even though it wasn't a full day, it was a very exhausting process. We were so tired by the time it came to our kitchen appointment that I just wasn't bothered. I know, not the right attitude, but my brain was fried!
I'll probably need to break the day up into separate posts, so bare with me :)
The outline of the day was as follows:
Overall, it was a fun process, and there's definitely a lot to think about and cull after the first day!
They gave us a brochure to read to prepare for the day. I read it a few times before we went, but all that completely disappeared!
They strongly recommend that you do go to PGH bricks and have a consultation before you go, and I definitely agree with them, or else you would be deciding on a colour scheme for half the day I reckon! So, go to PGH as many times as you need!
I tell you what, even though it wasn't a full day, it was a very exhausting process. We were so tired by the time it came to our kitchen appointment that I just wasn't bothered. I know, not the right attitude, but my brain was fried!
I'll probably need to break the day up into separate posts, so bare with me :)
The outline of the day was as follows:
- Intro with Home Option Gallery
- Cooks Plumbing
- Abbey Shutters & Blinds
- Kitchen Culture
Overall, it was a fun process, and there's definitely a lot to think about and cull after the first day!
