Today was our colour appointment and despite nerves we soon started to enjoy ourselves and knowing the colours we'll be having makes it much easier to imagine the house when it's completed. Our consultant was very nice and thorough but i felt that the standard range for a lot of things weren't very attractive options and we found ourselves upgrading a lot of things especially the bathroom taps and sinks as the standard had a pokey side tap where you have to squash your hands under in a corner of the sink just to get them clean. Luckily due to the promotion we took we already had an upgraded sink and tapware for the powder and ensuite but we upgraded in the main bathroom and added mixer taps to the shower, laundry and bathtub. Also am i the only one who hates those standard showerheads? You know the one that falls down all the time and you're constantly having to retwist in place? Those should be banned! We upgraded to a hand held style in the main with the hand held already included for the ensuite. Other upgrades were the kitchen handles, prestige veggie sprayer tap, patterned sidelights, dead locks, privacy locks, offwhite mortar and crystal gloss to the side of the kitchen counter overlooking the dining just like the Waldorf display at Arndell. In fact everything we have chosen thus far in colour and tile selections have been made to look like the Waldorf display as it's absoloutely perfect and what i am aiming for..i'll show some pictures of the display in the next post so you can see where i'm going with my colours.
Anyway here are the selections we made!
Exterior
Roof: Macquarie in Ebony
Fascia and Guttering: Colorbond Monument
Brick: Brushwood Category 1 brick with offwhite mortar
Garage: Caprice style in Colorbond Monument
Front Door: Corinthian Homebush Celebration in Deep Indian Red (wanted wood or black but wood upgrade was expensive and black was unavailable due to bubbling in the heat so will replace with mahogany wood at a later date.
Bi-Fold Doors: English Walnut stain
Paint
Internal Paint: Wattyl Smoke Pearl with Oriental White architraves
Rumpus room colour: Wattyl Reiki
Alfresco Beams: Colorbond Dune
Kitchen
Counter: Caesar Stone Osprey
Cupboards: Ebony Macassar
Overhead Cupboards: Pumice
Splashback: Cafe Latte tiles
Main Bathroom
Tile: Portifino Bianco Gloss
Counter: Ebony Macassar
Cupboards: Ebony Macassar
Sink: Valentino
Tapware: Raymor Torino Basic Pillar Mixer
Ensuite
Counter: Caesar Stone Osprey
Cupboards: Ebony Macassar
Sink: Raymor Pearl Round
Tapware: Side Handle Basin Mixer
Powder Room
Counter: Caesar Stone Osprey
Sink: Raymor Pearl Round
Tapware: Cross Handle Taps
Carpet
Category 1 Belmont Old Leather with Category 3 Supreme underlay
Top is Pumice samples above Cafe Latte tile splashback with Osprey counter and then Ebony Macassar beneath with Majestic tile finishing. To the right is Smoke Pearl internal paint, Crystal gloss Ebony Macassar and another little sample of Osprey. Terrible picture, the Ebony Macassar is much more vivid with caramel/orangey streaks through it to add some character but overall everything ties really well together.
Hi SOnia! Great colour choices! Will make your home feel very warm...
ReplyDeleteWe too are building with Porter davis - the Waldorf 44. I am so in love with that kitchen! lol..i can't wait for mine to be done.
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Happy building!
Mel
Hello Mel! Thankyou so much you're such a lucky duck to be building the Waldorf i'm sure it'll be a rewarding process watching that lovely home be built i look forward to following your progress :)
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia. Great blog, we too are building a Waldorf with Porter Davis, so the information here is invaluable.
ReplyDeleteWe are just at the beginning of the process, so at the moment are trying to choose colours, etc for our colour appointment.
Of course with all this it comes down to budget!! Porter Davis don't seem willing to provide this detail prior to our colour appointment, which makes things difficult!
Can you provide any guidance on how much you had to pay for upgrades on things like:
- Caesar Stone Category 2
- Crystal Gloss for the laminate
- Clear Glass Splashback
- Offwhite Motar
Many thanks
Matt
Hi Matthew
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner I've had a really busy past few days. We are actually building the Cremorne 42 but we have been very influenced by the Waldorf interior design at the Williams Landing display, it is simply stunning! Unfortunately I can't remember all the prices and they may be different to yours due to being different designs. We had the free option of going to glass splashback but I preferred the look of the smaller tiles that were displayed in the waldorf although I think the upgrade for the clear glass splash back was perhaps around $1000? We didn't want the green tinge either and wanted a creamy kitchen so the tiles were a better choice for us. We were happy with the Caesar Stone category 1 options so we didn't look at the Category 2 options so I'm not sure on that one but for our Cremorne 42 the offwhite mortar cost $1,159. We only did crystal gloss laminate for the parts that were facing outwards into the dining area and that cost $431 dollars but I expect doing the entire kitchen would maybe be near $2000. Good luck with your colour appointment, it can be so easy to go over budget but just remember that you can replace or change things later as we are doing with our front door perhaps next year. Enjoy!