Monument

We (well actually Rozita) have spent a huge amount of time researching and choosing features, styles and materials for the house. The hardest choice so far has been the roof material. We started with no idea and then went driving and surfing (online). We must have covered 100s of kilometers, visiting far-away tile factories and various suburbs that had lots of relevant houses to look at.

There are two main choices in Australia – tiles (concrete and terracotta) and steel (Colourbond). We flipped between them on a regular basis – steel fades less and is less damage-prone but tile is more traditional and quieter in the rain.

We almost decided on tile until we found out how much the tiler would charge which focused our attention on steel. Now we had to choose the colour. We drove around for weeks looking at roofs. The colours changed with the time of day, weather and view-point so when we found a colour we liked we had to knock on their door to ask them what it was. It wasn’t much easier online either as you can’t trust your monitor colours (unless you calibrate it).

Anyway, we decided on Monument.