Selecting Brown

Last week we began what s known as the Selection process. This means visiting various suppliers to choose the parts that make up a house, taps, baths, showers, tiles and ovens. Of course there is a limited selection of Builders Range items which are included as standard. Anything nicer costs more. You can supply your own item and get a credit back, however this usually works out so that the credit is only say 70% of what it would cost to buy the same item elsewhere and you still have to get it installed. And there is no insurance on it, apparently building sites are thick with thieves. This is a very easy way to spend a bunch of money. We did quite well, most of our selections were within the builders range and the extras modest. Being colour challenged I was worried about the tile selection interview. But with help from the sales person (who know her stuff) we managed to choose tiles that looked great and were in our range. We were in a brown mood so hopefully brown will not date.

Now we only have to do the kitchen and electrical plans. And a reach agreement with our builder on everything else before inking the final contract.