This past weekend we spent looking at bricks again, this time having done a little more research, and with a fresher outlook on the colours.
Previously I really wanted an off white / cream coloured home, but after having a look at houses using those bricks we could see how dirty the bricks and the mortar get after a few years - so it was back to the drawing board.
After reading a few blogs on the Austral Whitsunday collection, which I really really liked and was in our inclusive range, it was disheartening to see others that had built with this brick had problems with easy chipping. The bricks in this selection are painted bricks, and so when they are chipped a horrible orange brick comes through underneath! Apparently the builders paint over the chips.
So we were looking for only bricks that were all through colour, and ideally we wanted a smooth brick - which is not in the inclusive ranges at all!
The difficult part about choosing the bricks, is that you try sticking to your inclusive ranges but at the end of the day there's really nothing you want! And at that point when you are looking at the bricks, you have no idea how much the cost is to upgrade - we have to request estimates for each brick we want. Even though we have selection sheets that state a number of bricks in each Category e.g. Cat A, B, C they still estimate it depending on the brick and not the category?
What makes it a little more difficult, is we can't make a decision unless we know the prices. Anyway that's my rant!
For now these are our upgrade choices - we are not liking any of the inclusive bricks, so I'm hoping they won't be too expensive to upgrade to one of the following:
Austral
[Symmetry] Portland
Boral
[Escura Velour] Pearl Grey, Brown
[Escura Smooth Face] Pearl Grey, Cinnamon, Brown
PGH
[Modern Living] Basswood Mottle
We're waiting for Wisdom to call us back today so we can ask for an estimate without pushing the timeline of our tender/building plan progression.
Fingers crossed!
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