We had no idea what to expect and we were told it would go for about an hour or so.
We met with our colour consultant Jessica who was lovely. She gave us a gigantic folder full of all the different options we would be offered in the selections appointment and she walked us through it step by step.
A few of the surprises or un-expected things we found:
- The bedroom cupboards including the walk in robe only have one self and one tall hanger. I thought they might include something more at least for the WIR but thats ok. We were told the 4 shelf/4 draw option was $350 each and we want it to be kind of symmetrical so we will get two of those and just leave the other cupboards for the moment.
- No carpet is included in the house, that is an extra and you can either get it through MCDJ or get your own person to put it in after handover.
- Tiles are only included in bathroom and laundry, any living area tiles are extra.
- All the window handles and locks throughout the whole house are black, so if you choose any colour other than the black window frames you have to upgrade.
- There is no extra costing if you choose a dark roof. Someone told us we had to pay so much extra for the insulation if we got a dark roof but this is not true.
- You get sound proofing insulation for free to three of your rooms.
- No cupboards, shelves, benches etc are included in the laundry. It is just a sink.
- The colours they give you in the folder are the only ones you can choose from in regards to paint and render colours.
- To get glossy kitchen and bathroom cupboards is EXPENSIVE!!!!! (Matt is included, sheen to whole kitchen is $1200 extra, High gloss to whole kitchen is $3800) They also do half. I think we will just go top shelves sheen in the kitchen which is about $500-$600.
- There are probably more so I will come back when I remember.
Here is the Internal part of the folder we received, sorry I could only take photos on my iPad I didn't get to scan them in so some might be a little hard to read! If you can't read any and want more info I can comment them to you.
Ceaserstone colours that are included:
White shimmer
Nougat
Osprey
Urban
Walnut
Nimbus
Ice Snow
Linen
Almond Rocca
Wild Rocks
Atlantic Salt
Jet black
Ivory
Paint
Two colours for your walls (some people paint the theatre room a different colour)
Bricks that are included:
From the Austral Range
- Every day life
- Urban One
- Whitsundays
- Old colonial
- Heritage
Colour bond roof colours that are included:
Classic Cream
Cottage green
Deep Ocean
Manor Red
Night Sky
Pale Eucalypt
Paperbark
Woodland Grey
Basalt
Cove
Dune
Evening Haze
Gully
Ironstone
Jasper
Mangrove
Monument
Shale Grey
Surfmist
Basalt Terrain
Wallaby
Windspray
Windows/Sliding doors colours:
(Colourbond)
Surfmist matt
Woodland grey
Pearl white gloss
Monument matt
Dune Matt
Custom black matt
Ultra silver gloss
Stone beige matt
White birch gloss
Primrose gloss
Deep ocean mist
Garage door profiles included:
Slimline, flatline, heritage or ranch
Colours included:
classic Cream
Cottage green
Deep Ocean
Manor Red
Night Sky
Pale Eucalypt
Paperbark
Woodland Grey
Basalt
Cove
Dune
Evening Haze
Gully
Ironstone
Jasper
Mangrove
Monument
Shale Grey
Surfmist
Wallaby
Windspray