Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 09, 2020 12:20 am Hello, Planning to build a beautiful house but I am totally confused about which brick colour I should choose!? Lot of houses I see these days are using dark colour brick with grey colour mortar to make house aesthetically appealing is this the trend? Am I wrong if I chose a light colour brick? I am basically building through Henley. I think they are pretty good. We build the house as our asset so that when we retire we can sell and use the money to fund our retirement... hence I am seeking your guidance. Kindly guide me Many Thanks Re: Exterior brick colour and mortar colour 2Aug 13, 2020 7:07 pm We are also building with Henley. We have chosen Mannagum from Austral bricks. Still undecided about the mortar though. Hope this helps. Exterior brick colour and mortar colour 3May 22, 2021 12:40 am [quote="ilovebighouse"] Am I wrong if I chose a light colour brick? [/quote:] Not at all. It's your house at the end of the day so chose what you like best. You'll be the one who looks at it every day when you come home. Trends change over time so no matter what you chose it will likely go in and out of fashion. We have gone with a darker brick colour for our build but im pretty sure the in-thing at the moment is the Hampton style anyway. Follow my build here: https://www.instagram.com/ivy5custom Hi all, I am currently building through Simmonds and stuck deciding on my exterior cement roof titles and brick colours. The front and fascade of the house is a pretty… 0 3116 Recently I moved to a 30 year old house and found within few months there are small brown nests in the brick mortar and few small round holes in few places of brick… 0 24477 Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 4860 |