In the meantime we have been sorting out some details that were missing during colour selections and electrical. Our colour consultant contacted us to inform that selection of bath spouts and mixers for the shower/baths had been missed during our selections appointment. She was kind enough to have estimates conducted for products outside of the standard MDJ range. Here are our new selections:
I really love the bath spout, it is a Phoenix Kubus Hob Outlet. The mixers are from the Caroma Quatro range. They were our second choice behind the Gessi Trasparenze Mixer below, however these came in at $640 each. Just a bit too much for mixers!
After discussions with others building with MDJ, we have discovered that there is a way to get rid of our 'ugly' cooker switch. This is a new regulation and new homes need a cooker isolation switch within view and 2m proximity to the stove. Our consultant said there was only one option available which is an ugly cream switch that has to go into our lovely yellow splashback. We weren't that keen to have pure white saturn power points and then an unsightly cream plastic switch, so we put it in the back corner of the kitchen bench.
Yesterday we discovered that there is a whole range of cooker switches including one that matches our power points. Now that there is a matching cooker switch we would ideally use it instead but changes after contract signing attract a fee... It would be a bit rough to be billed for a variation when we were told no other products existed. We are hoping they will try to accommodate this change, especially as we spent extra money upgrading all of the other switches and powerpoints. I purchased the saturn cooker switch just in case so we can swap it after handover if needed.
Here is the 'ugly' switch and new replacement -
The second one is so much better! We can keep admiring it while we wait to see some building action :)
oh man, those Saturn switches are amazing. whilst I will clearly have no money at this stage, I like to think that I will be able to swap out my standard switches to those after handover. you must be pleased that the ugly switch situation is all sorted hahaha also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE that bath spout. we ended up getting a few upgrades from the kubus range as well as the ennix range and I think they'll be well worth it :) my partner's parents just moved into a new house which has awful tapwear - before this, I had never considered how much crappy tapwear impacts the look of a house. so go for it, I say!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Merrynamy, we don't have any money either haha! We got stung with the bad valuation and had to do a brutal cull of all the extras we had in our loan like driveway and carpet. We will be saving like crazy while the house is being built!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it would be hard to change the switches over to saturn ones after handover, it might even be cheaper. We had a few custom saturn plates made by a guy on eBay so that they have light switches and fan knobby things on the same plate. His seller name is 'Huseta' and the prices aren't too bad.
I seem to have developed a tapware fetish and have been going into Reece Plumbing to visit my taps. I agree, bad tapware definitely can ruin a bathroom! I'm glad you like the kubus tap, we weren't sure if it was to heavy looking at first :)