Bricks, glorious bricks...

Now that we have decided on our builder, it was time to take a look at their product range. We will be given just one day to decide on all the details so its best to have some idea prior to this day. And just as well!! we went to the PGH brick yard first and saw the roofing tiles, pipes and the bricks in the range. Choosing a colour for the roof seems easy enough so we're not too worried there, we'll prob go for either Caper or Barramundi Traditional tile (we have the mansion package option with masterton). However the bricks were another story! We have always like white plantation shutters and possible white venetians for a cheaper option so had expected that we would go with the white window frames. We flipped and flopped over brick colours quite a bit, I kept going back to a darker brick for contrast but then back to lighter colours as this was a more safer option. Generally we wanted a flat smooth face brick so there was not too much to choose from and I am trying not to upgrade every option there is. Anyway, after a lot of deliberation, we changed our mind (again!) to currently have the dark grey window frame (although we've asked the price for silver) with white shutters, Desert Sage brick from boral (nuvo pastel range), dark piping and roof tile that is a bit lighter than the piping. (i expect this is likely to change again as we have not seen this brick in real life).
At least my baby boy had a terrific time in the brick yards!

Tiling was a bit of a disappointment. There weren't many tiles that we liked in the builders range and there were costs here and there to upgrade the tiles and also the labour for the upgraded tiles! mosaics were the nicest. Floor tiles had a lot of options but kitchen splashbacks were limited but we decided this would have to be upgraded as the splashback is important and the tiles for the bathtub in the ensuite would also be upgraded. The addition of border tiles would also require upgrading.

At any rate, I highly recommend at least one trip out to inspect bricks and tiles prior to actual selection. Bricks look completely different from brochures or computer screens. We also found out selection can only occur on a weekday so we would both have to take a day off work to do this.

ps settlement for our land is due at end of july (only just took pictures of our land on the weekend)