Thanks guys. At least I now know why I only seem to see these in more expensive builders displays. Now the question is...what do people think would look better?

Hi All,
Just pondering the pros and cons of having no window architraves. Does anyone know why some builders do them and some do not as standard? It appears to me…

Hi all,
We are trying to decide on our internal wall colour to paint throughout. We can only choose from the Solver Builders Palette. We just wanted a white with a…

I agree, I think it might be paperbark too.
I think we are swaying towards doing a dune render with surfmist roof and garage door, with surfmist gutters and dune fascia.…

Thanks Erin. Yes, one would think it would not be that hard, or too much to ask seeing how much all the other bits and pieces have cost us in…

Erin, yes I love your lustrious elm, your kitchen is gorgeous and went a long way to persuading me to change from the licorice linea to this and I am…

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone on the forum has had an issue with their builder/kitchen supplier saying that they cannot lineup the grain in a woodgrain laminate like Lustrious Elm…

Thanks Michelle.
I know, I cannot believe Solver do not seem to have any true greys either...ahhh decisions decisions....I went to Solver on the weekend and got some samples, the Hamersley…

Hi,
We just love this facade, in particular the material used on the portico. Does anyone happen to know what material this is?
Also, any thoughts on the other colours? I am…

Thanks to those who have posted comments. I never understood how everyone raved about Lustrous Elm on this forum when it went into their homes - that was until I…

Thanks Michelle.
We went for our external colour selections tonight and I feel sick. At this point in time we have chosen:
Roof: Ironstone
Gutters: Ironstone
Fascia: Surfmist
Garage: Surfmist
Front door: Ironstone
Downpipes: Solver Hamersley
Render to…

Hi All,
Well we did our kitchen selections last week and since then I have discovered the gorgeous Lustrous Elm and am set on changing our selections - we just obviously…

Hi Michelle,
Sorry for the delay in response, we have been internet-less for the last week! Of course the week I have to do selections and not internet!...I really like the…

Yes, I think I will ask PGH as perhaps there are different batches - I know people have posted of batch differences before with other bricks.
Thanks heaps for your help…

Yes so sorry I did mean shale grey.
The pics of each of the brick colours are below:
Grange
Oyster
Here are some pics of them on houses:
Grange (half bricked)
Oyster (as you can see…

Thanks Michelle - sorry I am new to posting pics.
Lets try again...

Please let me know if still no luck - thanks!

Hi Michelle and other forumites,
I have posted this message in Building a New Home, but as Michelle you are the revered guru on all things colour I thought I should…

Hi All,
We need to decide our external colour selection in a bit of a hurry and do not have the time to drive around and check out other houses as…

Thanks. I have now tried to upload using ImageShack. Hopefully this works...

Hi All,
This is a what would you do query...we are trying to decide what size bi-parting sliding doors to have between our living and alfresco area. We currently have 2400…

Thanks SK, that is a good idea. I will give that a go!
Only thing is that it this will be our main bathroom, not our ensuite, ie. the future…

Hi,
We are having a shower/shampoo niche in our main shower. The shower is 900 x 900 with tiling to 2000. The niche will be 40 x 40. Our builder has…