Monday 13 April 2015

Colour Selections

House and Granny Flat Exterior Bricks
Austral - Metropolis - Alabaster



Main House Roof tiles
Boral Terracotta - "French" style - Slate Grey


Colorbond - Monument
Granny Flat Roof, all gutters, fascia's, garage door and rain water tank



Garage Door (pic is wrong colour - obviously)
Style - Ranch
Colour - Monument


Timeline to date

Saturday 14th February 2015 - Paid tender deposit to Clarendon Homes

Tuesday 17th February 2015 - Soil / bore hole tests completed on our land

Thursday 19th February 2015 - Land survey completed on our land

Saturday 21st February 2015 - Signed paperwork for our tender preparation

Thursday 19th March 2015 - Tender presentation appointment at Clarendon head office. Paid tender acceptance payment to Clarendon Homes

Saturday 21st March 2015 - Went to Austral Bricks and chose our bricks! Metropolis Alabaster!

Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Contract presentation / signing appointment at Clarendon head office.

Monday 6th April 2015 - Chose and paid deposit on the carpet for the house

Thursday 9th April 2015 - Paid Contract acceptance payment to Clarendon. Also chose and paid carpet deposit for the granny flat

Saturday 18th April 2015 - Visited Clarendon's Colour Studio to make all of our decisions ahead of our appointment on Thursday 30th April. Also visited the display center at Parklea again to get some inspiration for bathrooms, and then visited Tile Direct at Castle Hill to choose our tiles. Unfortunately they didn't have the floor tiles Marty is after, so we are hoping they will let us help them source the right tiles!

Thursday 30th April 2015 - Appointment at Clarendon's Colour Studio to make and finalise basically ALL of our selections / decisions 

Wednesday 6th May 2015 - Appointment at Tile Direct to choose our tiles for our wet area's that are being tiled by Clarendon

Thursday 7th May 2015 - Appointment at Clarendon's Colour Studio for our Security (and data) decisions, and Electrical decisions - possibly the most expensive appointment to date!!

Monday 25th May 2015 - Demolition started on our little old house, and was over and done within 5 days

Thursday 11th June 2015 - Clarendon's surveyor's have pegged out our land!

Monday 15th June 2015 - We are "officially" started at site - Clarendon have started excavation!!

Friday 3rd July 2015 - Clarendon have started framework for the slab to be laid

Monday 6th July 2015 - Plumber has been on site and has done his part to get ready for the slab to be laid. Foam pods and steel have been delivered

Tuesday 7th July 2015 - Site is all ready for the slab to be poured. I receive a phone call in the afternoon confirming the slab will be poured in the morning so long as the weather holds off - so RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!