External Colour Selection

We selected our External Colours back in February 2013:

Yes I know there are a few colours in the mix. Lets just hope they all work well together LOL (otherwise we will be repainting some render when we move in)

Bricking is well on the way

Well now our build is really moving along and we couldn't be happier with the boys from Provincial Homes. They started bricking last Monday and have been working hard all week. Here are some pics showing the ground floor is almost complete. Can't wait till our first inspection so we can get some pics around the back!

The brick we selected is Austral Bricks Urban One - Latte
Our batch is a fair bit darker then the sample we picked up from Austral Bricks but we still like the colour - fingers crossed our downpipe colour (Merino) still looks ok as we can't change it now.

Our Scaffolding went up on Friday

Trusses are looking good!

Our build is coming along steadily now. The trusses were done yesterday even though it was a rainy day. Now please rain GO AWAY as our indoor plumbing & bricks come next!

Boys are back to finish framing

The boys turned up yesterday and got a huge amount of work done in one day. If we were the only house they were working on I could imagine our build taking 4 weeks instead of the 9 months on our contract!

Electrical Plans for our NuCaprice

Thought we should post up our electrical plans, for those who are wondering what to include in their NuCaprice

Our Tile Selection

We went to Di Lorenzo for our tile selection appointment on a Saturday and found the store busier then a supermarket! The staff were very friendly but run off their feet and the whole process would have been much less stressful on a weekday.

Also it's worth noting that many of the loose tiles had no prices on them so we were constantly running up to the front desk for a price check.

Our builders allowance covered tiles in the 'yellow' range. We liked some of the wall tiles but were pretty unimpressed with the 20 by 20cm floor tiles.Though we could go up to 25cm there wasn't a single tile of that size in the store!

We decided to upgrade our Laundry, Bathroom and WC to 300 by 300 sized floor tiles. Our powder room tiles were selected from the Upgrade Pillar and our Ensuite & External Areas were upgraded to 300 by 600 Matt Porcelain Tiles.

Extra costs to be aware of:
$24.50 m2 Underlay - Charged for 30 by 30cm or larger floor tiles
$18.50 m2 Labour to lay 30 by 60cm wall tiles
$24.50 m2 Labour to lay sheeted border up to 30cm wide (Even in Yellow range)

All up we spent around $2400 on tile upgrades and this was without tiling any extra areas.

Main Bathroom & WC

Floor: TEL304 (300 x 300)
Wall: TRIOAL26 Alabaster (200 by 600)
Feature: TRLILA26 Decor circles (200 by 600) Vertical strip in shower

Laundry

Floor & Skirting - TEL304 Beige (300 x 300)

Splashback - KIGWH White Gloss (200 x 400)

Powder Room

Floor: DC9967 Grey (300 x 300)
Wall: DCW1445 White Gloss (300 x 600)
Feature: NSB11088 Glass stone Vertical Strip in Shower

Ensuite

Re-Use Concrete Fango Sand Matt Porcelain (300 x 600)

(Photo of Fango Sand in the Modern View Display Home at Kellyville)

Porch & Balcony

DC2643 Ash (300 x 600)

Frame - Day 3

Was expecting to see lots happening on this beautiful sunny day but our house is having a rest day...