A week after committing to this house we went to Hopetoun to see what we were in for. We took along both my parents and Jaclyn's for support. I think after this first day we realized just how much money we might be up for. Everything is an upgrade.
On our first visit running through selections we tried to be a little cheap, avoiding upgrades as much as possible. We left very unsure of our selections. We had managed to pick everything, but something didn't feel right.
The week that followed involved organizing our tender. I started adding things, and decided to pick all that we wanted first just to get an idea of pricing. I added allowances for upgrades to some bricks and other interior selections and the price that we got back was a pleasant surprise. It was still more than we originally planned to spend, but not by much. We decided another trip to Hopetoun was in order.
We spent most of the day in Hopetoun yet again, but this time things felt better. We picked some upgrades, and did not let price dictate our house so much. Thank god we had our mums there or we probably would never have got there, or we would have ended up with a very odd looking house.
As we had already done the hard work, the actual colour selection appointment was a breeze, and was basically just what we had already done in a little more detail.
In the end we only took about one hour for colours and our colours looked like this:
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