We love Woodlea!

Yes, we do! Last month, Woodlea gave us another reason to be excited about our new home and community. All land purchasers were invited to a VIP Twilight Event where they launched the opening of the display village, the first park and playground and the cafe. 

The event was well organised and no budget was spared with the free food and drinks. They served tables of bagels, doughnuts and sweets and lollies. Guests can also line up on the food trucks scattered everywhere serving tacos, burgers, pizza and crepes. There's no reason to be thirsty with the bottled water they provide upon entry and the hot and cold drinks bar around.

Woodlea also made sure that everyone will find the entertainment they dig with the many activities around for the young and old alike. There were ferris wheel and octopus rides and street entertainers everywhere for the young ones and of course, the playground and park itself.

 Live music and then a cooking demonstration with Good Chef, Bad Chef host Adrian Richardson were held inside the Woodlea tent.   

The highlight of the night was the spectacular fireworks. No words can describe and no picture can capture the magic that the fireworks brought to the event!

It was a night to be remembered and Woodlea didn't fail to impress and excite the new community. 

We love Woodlea! Yes, we do!

Colour Browse at Spectra Showroom

Last Saturday, we went for our colour browse appointment at Carlisle Homes' Spectra Selection Centre. It's our first time to visit the showroom and we were looking forward to seeing the actual samples from the Spectra book.

The showroom was sure to impress any guests the moment they step in the reception area with the automated sign in system, the comfortable waiting area and the awards display wall.

We arrived early for our appointment and we needed to wait for a few minutes, we were offered drinks while waiting but we declined. Not long after, we met their staff. We had our showroom tour where it was explained to us which are included in our build and which are upgrades and how to access their different samples, some of which are hidden in drawers. We found the selections very daunting and overwhelming even though we came prepared. We also thought that it would be simple selection for us because we would just copy the external colours and design of the display home Riva 29 with Ramsay facade in Berwick Waters and the internal colour and design of Amberley 27 in Woodlea. 

 

We didn't get much information about upgrades prices as we thought we would this day and we're told that we'll know the cost after the colour selection stage. We were given brochures though about the design specifications of Riva 29 (Ramsay facade) and Amberley 27. We also reminded the representative to make sure that they correct our selected facade from Riviera to Ramsay. When we got home, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was also given a file with costings on it. 

Elmer and I also realised that we need to make another round of display homes visit again, this time to get more detailed designs ideas especially with the ensuite and bathroom tiling and the cabinetry and benchtop stones colours. 

   

The Ramsay Facade on Amberley 27

When we signed up with Carlisle Homes, they have an ongoing promotion where we can choose any facade with no additional cost.

These are the choices:

Given this free reign, we naturally selected and checked out the most expensive ones. The first on our list was the Sahara facade:

The artist impression of Sahara facade

Actual Sahara facade on display at Rosenthal Estate, Sunbury

Even though this was the most expensive facade in the choices, I wasn't very impressed. I thought it doesn't look modern enough for my taste and the it looks dark and dreary for me.

Our other choices:

The Hartley Facade

The actual Hartley facade on display at Harpley Estate, Werribee

The Montana Facade

The actual facade on display at The Address in Point Cook

The Riviera Facade

The display in Tullialan Estate, Cranbourne North

And the last but not the least, the one we chose to go with Amberley 27 is the Ramsay Facade.

We will copy the colour and accents of the display home in Berwick Waters exactly as it was displayed and as shown in this photo.

We thought that this facade has a very funky look and modern appeal and the colour scheme also goes with the recommended colour palette for our lot which was in the wetlands area.

Here is Woodlea's recommended colour palette:

Amberley 27 is the ONE!

After much ado, visiting numerous display homes in Werribee, Point Cook, Taylors Hills, Plumpton, Mernda, Berwick Waters and Clyde North and talking to different builders such as Metricon, Boutique Homes, Mimosa Homes, Porter Davies and Carlisle Homes, we finally decided to build the home we first fell in love with and signed up with Carlisle Homes for Amberley 27.

We love this design for the following reasons:

• It's an exact fit to our lot. When we met with Carlisle Homes for house siting, it felt like the stars were all aligned and that our Gilderton Esplanade lot and Amberley 27 were a match made in heaven. Perfect fit!

• It's the perfect  house size for the four of us.
• The light filled, open plan design was just amazing.

• It ticked all the boxes on our house selection criteria.
• We just felt like this is the ONE for us! We did a lot of visit to other display homes, but I think at the back of our mind Elmer and I knew that we were just going through the motion and we already found our ONE!

Some photos of Amberley 27 from the display home:

Having selected our house design, next task is to select our facade.