Prepare for the colors/gallery appointment

Do you have a Gallery/Colors appointment soon and no clue where to start ?

Building an home is not an easy thing. Its takes lot of energy and patience to put together all the things needed for it. If you have gallery appointment soon then congratulations!!!.  You are half way through the journey. You have decided on other major things such as where to build i.e location, and what to build i.e floor plan and size and type of the house.


Me and my partner are going through this process now and we have just finished the gallery appointment today and I thought I will share our experience in this article.

Preparation for the big day:

There are so many things to decide, so normally the colors appointment with the major builders will last entire day.  You will have so many options and so many decisions to be made on that day. More home work you do, the less stressful it is going to be. Here are the few tips.

• Budget :  Go with the budget in mind.  The amount you are willing to spent. 

• Important vs Nice to have :  In terms of addons and upgrades,  If you are from an area where it is going to be cold for most part of the year, Heating system may be necessary for you than having Feature FACADE. So work out !!.

• Pictures:   I am sure, you have visited display homes during floor plan selection phase. If you have taken pictures during those visits, they will come in handy now.  Pictures of interior, exterior,  bathrooms , kitchens, bed rooms  everything or anything will give an inspiration at this crucial stage.  

Below are things you need to decided on, 

•  Electrical plan: Down lights, power points, TV points,  Heating and Cooling outlets how many of them, where exactly you want them in your home.  My suggestion here is,   don't comprise on power points as they generally will not cost much and you will see the benefit of them in the long run.

•  Floors : Below are few flooring options for the house.

• Laminate ,Vynl, Wood for the timber look. 
• Different Carpets.
• Different Tiles.

• Bathroom, kitchen tiles:  This is one of the area, we have not paid much attention to during our home work and ended up spending lot of time on the colors day.   So, please keep that in mind as well.

• Cupboards, benchtop colors and handles:   If kitchen is the center of the home, you will have to pay extra attention on deciding the colors for the area.   

• Bricks, mortar, renders :  Have you thought about exterior look of the house, if not its the time!!. You have to choose colors for bricks, mortar, render. 

•  Doors, locks :  You will also have to decide on the passway and entrance door models and colors and you can add locking system to them if you want to. 

There are  definitely other things as well, but above lists give you an idea on the items and having an opinion on them will help you on the big day.