5 Features to Elevate Your New Home
When you’re building a new home, it’s the finishing touches that turn a lovely house into your home. As a home builder on the Bass Coast for over 65 years, we’ve learned that a handful of well-chosen features can completely change how a home looks, feels and functions, and how much you enjoy living in it every single day.
Here are five of our favourites, along with the quality suppliers we trust to bring them to life in homes from Inverloch to Phillip Island and right across South Gippsland.
1. Smart home technology by Clipsal
Imagine dimming the lights, warming the house or switching on the porch light before you pull into the driveway, all from your phone. That’s everyday life with Clipsal, our smart home and electrical fittings supplier.
Clipsal has been a household name in Australian homes for generations, and for good reason. From beautifully finished switches and power points through to fully connected smart home systems, their range lets you tailor your home’s technology to the way your family actually lives. It’s one of those quality inclusions you don’t fully appreciate until you have it and then you wonder how you ever lived without it.
2. Lighting that sets the mood, by Beacon Lighting
Lighting is one of the most underrated features in any new home. Get it right and every room feels warmer, bigger and more inviting. That’s why we work with Beacon Lighting, our trusted lighting supplier.
Whether it’s statement pendants over the kitchen island, soft wall lights in the hallway or something special for the entertaining area, the Beacon Lighting range has a look for every style of home, coastal, contemporary or classic. Our team loves helping clients choose lighting during the design consultation, because it’s where a home’s personality really starts to shine (sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves).
3. Windows that frame the view, by Capeview Building Products
Living in coastal Victoria, our views deserve to be shown off, whether that’s rolling farmland in Leongatha or glimpses of the ocean at Cape Paterson. The right windows do exactly that, while filling your home with natural light and keeping it comfortable all year round.
Our windows are supplied by Capeview Building Products, a local Wonthaggi business we’ve worked with for decades. Like us, they’re part of this community, and their quality workmanship speaks for itself. Well-chosen windows make open plan living spaces feel even more generous and help create that indoor-outdoor connection we all love about life down here.
Double glazed windows are an automatic inclusion when building with Coldon Homes, with an option to upgrade to the Capeview Essential Range.
4. Skylights by Velux
If there’s one feature that surprises people most on their first walk-through, it’s skylights. A Velux skylight transforms a hallway, bathroom or kitchen, drawing beautiful natural light deep into the home and making even the smallest spaces feel bright and airy.
They’re a clever choice for energy efficiency too, reducing the need for lights during the day. We source ours from Velux, the world leader in skylights, because when something is set into your roof, quality matters. Once you’ve lived with that soft, natural light from above, there’s no going back.
5. Exposed kitchen shelving by the Capeview joinery team
The kitchen is the heart of every home, and exposed shelving is one of our favourite ways to give it warmth and character. It’s a beautiful spot to style your favourite ceramics, cookbooks and greenery, and it keeps everyday items right where you need them.
Our exposed shelving is crafted by the joinery team at Capeview Building Products, whose custom craftsmanship turns a functional kitchen into a stunning one. Because every Coldon home is tailored to its owners, your shelving can be designed to suit your kitchen, your style and your life. That’s the beauty of building with a flexible, family owned builder.
Ready to elevate your new home?
These five features have something in common: they’re all backed by quality suppliers we know and trust. After more than 65 years building homes across the Bass Coast and South Gippsland, from Wonthaggi to San Remo and everywhere in between, we’ve built relationships with the best in the business, so every detail of your home is in good hands.
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