The land was originally supposed to title in October 2017, then it was delayed until February/March 2018 due to some re-design of the drainage system, and then delayed again with council approvals, but the June 2018 date should be official, as we have received a letter with this information.
In the end, we did a fair few changes to the Porter Davis Dunedin 29 floor plan, as we wanted a bigger bedroom for Oscar, and a few changes to layout of ensuite and kitchen / galley/WIP (walk-in-pantry).
Here is the finalised floor plan :)
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| Our customised Dunedin 29 floor plan |
We have re-designed the kitchen with a bigger island that will include our wine fridge and some cupboards facing the living/dining area. We have also re-designed the back wall of the kitchen to include 2 wall ovens and pot drawers throughout the kitchen where possible. I can't tell you how excited I am to finally be getting my dream kitchen!!!
We also re-designed the galley/WIP, as the standard layout was just open shelves, which would not suit what we wanted to use the area for. So this area have been fitted out with a tall pull-out pantry, and benchtop with pot drawers and cupboards underneath for maximum storage of kitchen items. We will use the benchtop in here for appliances such as microwave, coffee machine, kettle, toaster etc. so we can keep the kitchen looking nice and tidy.
Bedroom 3 will be Oscar's room, so he will have plenty of space. The rumpus room next door will be his play room, and when he gets a bit older, he can entertain his friends in this area without disturbing mum and dad too much ;-) This massive bedroom is essentially 2 bedrooms combined, and we have kept doors and wardrobes intact so we can put up a wall if we decide to for re-sale value.
Another thing we are really excited about is getting rid of ALL carpet. No carpet in this house!! Timber floors throughout except for the wet areas, which will be tiled.
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| timber floors throughout except for wet areas. |
For a closer look at the kitchen plan (I know a few of you will enjoy this), please see below. We are really excited about the island bench, as it will have optimal functionality with hidden pull-out bin drawer next to the sink, and a double dish drawer dishwasher on the other side. Next to the wine fridge a convenient cupboard, which will hold all serving ware for dining.
Even though it can't be seen on the drawing, there will be a sliding cavity door between the kitchen and WIP so we can close the door to hide all the appliances and food items in the pantry. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the pull-out tall pantry, as I currently crawl around in my pantry to look for items tucked away in the back of the pantry, often having to empty out half a shelf to get what I want :-I That will soon be a thing of the past :-D
Here is a perspective drawing of the kitchen. The Island bench will not be there twice, but the drawing on the right side is the island bench seen from the kitchen side.
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| Perspective drawing of kitchen |
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| back wall with cooktop, 2 x wall ovens and fridge space, pot drawers throughout! |
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| Kitchen Island bench seen from kitchen side |
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| Island bench seen from living/dining side with space for wine fridge, cupboard for serve ware and space for bar stools |
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| Galley / WIP elevations with tall pull-out pantry, cupboard for storage and drawers for tea/coffee and mugs |
Not only did we finalise layout of the house, we also had a whole day of "colour selections" where we picked colours and materials for the whole house. Here are the main colour selections we made for the house:
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| Kitchen, grey stone benchtop, white cabinets, timber floors |
The timber floors in the kitchen are the same timber floors that run throughout the house.
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| WIP colours, cabinets same colour as kitchen, but picked laminate benchtop to save a bit of money :-I |
We chose same colour scheme for both bathrooms to keep the colours a bit consistent. Actually, the floor tile will be the same for all bathrooms/toilet and laundry.
However, we did decide to mix it up a bit and went with a bold blue colour for the cabinetry, a nice stone benchtop with blue speckles through and marble look wall tiles and light grey concrete look floor tiles.
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| Bathroom/Ensuite, blue cabinetry, blue speckled stone bench top, marble look wall tile and grey concrete look floor tile. |
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| Ensuite, closer look at floor tile and marble tile plus we picked the dark grey tile as a feature tile in our shower recess. |
For a better look at the wall and floor tile, see here:
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| wall tile for ensuite and bathroom |
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| floor tile for all wet areas |
Here is the inspiration for the ensuite and bathroom look:
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| inspiration for ensuite and bathroom colour scheme |
For the laundry, we decided to mix it up a bit and go with timber look cabinets, white laminate benchtop and the same grey concrete look floor tile as the bathrooms, see below.
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| Laundry colour scheme |
Finally, we also picked all the outdoor colours for the house. As the house is built entirely in Hebel, we will have a rendered finish throughout. The light beige colour in the top left corner will be the main colour of the house, with the dark grey windows, doors, roof and feature render. Dark timberlook garage doors, and we plan to upgrade the front entry door at some stage to have a similar timber look. (the builder did not have the kind of door we really want, so this will be upgraded after we move in). The light colour in right top corner is the colour of the gutters and downpipes.
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| outdoor colour scheme |
Now we just have to sit tight and wait until June 2018 rolls around so we can start building this fantastic house. We are looking so much forward to seeing it coming together, and will try to make regular updates during the building process!
