Who would have thought that brick selection would be so difficult. After our tender acceptance Wisdom told us to go out to either Boral or Austral and select a brick for our house. Well sounds easy doesn't it...
Our tender price meant we limited ourselves with our brick selection in that we would be selecting from the included range or the next range above to save some $$. Well it seemed me and Dawn at first were liking the total opposite colours which is not a good start in the selection process. We found a few bricks we liked at Boral, they gave us a few addresses of houses with the same bricks so that we could see what they looked like. This we felt was a great idea and after seeing what they looked like it made us change our opinion of what we wanted and liked. It is very deceptive looking at the small displays compared to a complete house in the brick. So after a little frustrating times we both agreed on a brick "Boral Blackheath" and found a house in Ropes Crossing with the same which we basically used as a starting point for our external colour selection. This made it a lot easier as now we could visualise the brick colour together with the windows, garage door and roof tiles we liked.
Our tender price meant we limited ourselves with our brick selection in that we would be selecting from the included range or the next range above to save some $$. Well it seemed me and Dawn at first were liking the total opposite colours which is not a good start in the selection process. We found a few bricks we liked at Boral, they gave us a few addresses of houses with the same bricks so that we could see what they looked like. This we felt was a great idea and after seeing what they looked like it made us change our opinion of what we wanted and liked. It is very deceptive looking at the small displays compared to a complete house in the brick. So after a little frustrating times we both agreed on a brick "Boral Blackheath" and found a house in Ropes Crossing with the same which we basically used as a starting point for our external colour selection. This made it a lot easier as now we could visualise the brick colour together with the windows, garage door and roof tiles we liked.
Bricks Boral 'Blackheath'
Hi Peter & Dawn,
ReplyDeleteThanks for following us on our blog, we are new to the blogging game so we weren't too sure how to respond to your comment. We thought it might be best to reply by commenting on your blog.
Yes, we picked Blackheath bricks as well, but at this stage we have been given a quote yet. When we do we will let you know so we can compare.
You have mentioned that you seen a house at Ropes Crossing that used Blackheath bricks, can you tell us where this house is, so we can have a peak also? We liked the bricks displayed at the Boral showroom, but the pics on the website and in the brochure show the Blackheath as very dark.
Cheers
Alicia & Jose
We are knew to the bloging seen too so not to sure either how to reply but i'll give it a go here.
ReplyDeleteThere are 3 or 4 houses in Ropes Crossing which have blackheath bricks. I'm not sure of the exact streets but looking on google maps they are around Scott Street and Holland Ave. They are quite new and look pretty good.
Peter & Dawn
Blackhealth brick update......
ReplyDeleteWe were quoted the same price as you for chosing the Blackheath bricks. Looks like it might be a standard price.
We think we may have spotted a place a Rouse Hill that has built with Blackheath. It is a 2 story house on Holly street and has a vacant lot behind it and on the left of it when you are looking at it. It looks good!
How are you guys pacing now? We have submitted to the developer for the second time (picky buggers) and should be ready to go to council in the next few weeks.
Cheers
Alicia & Jose