Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Grey, grey or grey 2Jun 06, 2021 1:57 pm Unfortunately grey seems to be the color of the year or something. We're not with volume builder and even their inclusions consist of various grey tiles. I think the only other option they have is latte, which is also grey if you ask me (but don't tell my wife I said that). All the display houses we go to are also usually various shades of grey and white. Re: Grey, grey or grey 3Jun 06, 2021 2:05 pm strannik Unfortunately grey seems to be the color of the year or something. We're not with volume builder and even their inclusions consist of various grey tiles. I think the only other option they have is latte, which is also grey if you ask me (but don't tell my wife I said that). All the display houses we go to are also usually various shades of grey and white. It actually blows my mind that every single new build has exactly the same colour palette 🤦🏼♀️, lifeless and dull when there’s no variation. Re: Grey, grey or grey 4Jun 06, 2021 5:01 pm Hear hear! Totally agree. We are with a smaller builder and all their options are grey. We were luckily able to design our own colour scheme (provided we stuck with the same ranges they use) but without designer help so hoping we’ve done a good job. Re: Grey, grey or grey 6Jun 06, 2021 5:12 pm BanjoDan Hear hear! Totally agree. We are with a smaller builder and all their options are grey. We were luckily able to design our own colour scheme (provided we stuck with the same ranges they use) but without designer help so hoping we’ve done a good job. Oh that sounds great! I’d love to see what you’ve come up with if you feel like sharing 😁 Re: Grey, grey or grey 7Jun 06, 2021 5:40 pm Yaznco Have any volume builders ever offered anything other than grey, white and more grey in the standard inclusions?? Yes, they certainly have...they use to offer champagne/pink and before that they offered orange and before that they offered mission brown. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Grey, grey or grey 8Jun 06, 2021 8:21 pm Yaznco BanjoDan Hear hear! Totally agree. We are with a smaller builder and all their options are grey. We were luckily able to design our own colour scheme (provided we stuck with the same ranges they use) but without designer help so hoping we’ve done a good job. Oh that sounds great! I’d love to see what you’ve come up with if you feel like sharing 😁 Here's where we ended up (thought I had a rendering but apparently I don't). It's quite different to most of the stuff being built at the moment but fits in well with all the housing around us. Plus our ascetic is very much late 90s brick veneer... Roof: Colorbond Pale Eucalypt Fascia/Gutters: Paperbark Garage: Pale Eucalypt Bricks: Austral Access Ruby No render. Re: Grey, grey or grey 9Jun 06, 2021 11:11 pm SaveH2O Yaznco Have any volume builders ever offered anything other than grey, white and more grey in the standard inclusions?? Yes, they certainly have...they use to offer champagne/pink and before that they offered orange and before that they offered mission brown. 😂😂 yes, you’re absolutely right!! Re: Grey, grey or grey 10Jun 06, 2021 11:18 pm BanjoDan Yaznco BanjoDan Hear hear! Totally agree. We are with a smaller builder and all their options are grey. We were luckily able to design our own colour scheme (provided we stuck with the same ranges they use) but without designer help so hoping we’ve done a good job. Oh that sounds great! I’d love to see what you’ve come up with if you feel like sharing 😁 Here's where we ended up (thought I had a rendering but apparently I don't). It's quite different to most of the stuff being built at the moment but fits in well with all the housing around us. Plus our ascetic is very much late 90s brick veneer... Roof: Colorbond Pale Eucalypt Fascia/Gutters: Paperbark Garage: Pale Eucalypt Bricks: Austral Access Ruby No render. I LOVE pale eucalypt, it’s beautiful. Are you building a modern facade or something more traditional? Please post pictures when you’re done, I’d love to see it. Re: Grey, grey or grey 11Jun 06, 2021 11:29 pm Yaznco I LOVE pale eucalypt, it’s beautiful. Are you building a modern facade or something more traditional? Please post pictures when you’re done, I’d love to see it. Quite traditional really. Unfortunately we are still a long way off. Our Council are painful and it’s taken over 12 mths so far for Council Approval. Looks like at least another month or two before we start. |