Building the Balwyn with Orbit Homes: External Selections

At the colour selections appointment you have to make a lot of decisions in a relatively short period of time. Project builders tend to keep the base price of the house low but tempt you with a range upgrades which in contrast are quite costly (often much higher than the retail cost of the item). So whilst the builder’s Design Consultant is encouraging you to select the premium, more expensive items in the name of aesthetics, it is important to consider function and budget. To make matters worse, it becomes expensive to change your mind. Once the contract is signed, most builders a variation fee. In Orbit’s case this is $1,000 per item.

Here are some of the external Colour Selections for our new house. We made these selections were, way back in March 2015 at the Orbit Design Studio located at their head office in Ascot Vale.

Bricks : Austral Access Chestnut, Natural Mortar, Rolled Joints

It’s surprising how much the colour of these bricks seem to vary in the pictures available on the web. I’m putting it down to the light conditions in which the picture was taken rather than variations in the manufacturing process. Anyway we expect our bricks to look something like this :