Our Gallery appointment selections

On Monday 27th April we had out Gallery appointment at Simonds in Geelong.  We had the help of an amazing girl, Rebecca, who was able to assist us in bringing together our dream home.  We took in some pictures of bathrooms, kitchens etc that we liked, talked about our budget, and she showed us our options, which were spot on!  We are so happy with what we have chosen and can't wait to see it become a reality when we begin building.

This is our facade selection.  We picked Austral Access Chestnut for our main brick, Praline for our front stack/peirs, woodland grey for our roof and window frames, Blood Diamond for our front door and Fossil for the cladding. Both bricks were an upgrade from Category 1.  The Access Chestnut was Category 2, and the Praline was Category 6. 

Austral Access Chestnut

Austral Praline

Woodland Grey

Our front door (blood diamond) - but each side will have a panel of glass. 

For both the Ensuite and the Main Bathroom we have Ceasaerstone Urban for the benchtops and Laminex Sublime Teak for the cupboards.  The Ensuite is a darker grey tile, and the Bathroom a lighter grey.  Both Bathroom and Ensuite have a window to lighten the room, and a long wall that is not tiled and will be painted the same pale grey as the rest of the house. 

Both the 600x300 tiles and the stone benchtops were an upgrade. 

Ceaserstone Urban Grey (kitchen and bathrooms).  We ended up changing the bathroom, ensuite and powder room to a white stone so that it didn't look all so dark

Laminex Sublime Teak

Main bathroom 600 x 300 tiles to floor and shower. The two paint samples show the wall colour and trim colour. The smaller tiles are the feature ones to go in the niche. 

Close up of the feature tile for the niche in the Main bathroom

Bathroom handles - standard. 

Bath in main bathroom - standard. 

Ensuite. Same Urban benchtop, sublime teak doors, darker grey 600 x 300 tiles to floor and shower and the round paint samples are the wall colour and trim. 

Close up of the feature tile. I love all the texture in it!

Ensuite handles. We have also purchased black towel rail, black toilet roll holder and hand towel holder. 

Standard toilet for bathroom, Ensuite and powder room.  

Sink in bathroom, powder room and Ensuite - an upgrade. 

Shower - standard. We will upgrade this when we move in. This was one area that was expensive to upgrade. 

Bathroom mixer - standard

Bath taps - standard. 

Shower mixer - standard. 

 Undermount sink - upgrade

 Accessories that come with the sink. 

Kitchen mixer - standard. We plan to replace this when we move in. 

Overhead cupboards are in Alaskan Nuance. Bottom cupboards are in a white winyl wrap. No handles on the overhead cupboards. 

Oven - upgrade. 

Back splash is these grey hexagon tiles. They have a slight pattern/swirl through them. Wanted glass splashback or mirror, but had to choose between an extended kitchen island bench that was extra wide, or the backsplash - so I made a tile work!  Hopefully it will look as good as I am picturing in my head!

Carpet - Cat 2 (small upgrade).  We really wanted a lighter grey, but there was no choice for this colour in the lower categories. To get the light grey we would have had to go up to about Cat 5, which would have cost thousands. 

Handles throughout the house - standard. 

Front door lock - standard. 

slider door handle in to the laundry - standard. 

Laundry sink taps - standard.