Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 18, 2009 5:49 pm Hi there, I'll be building with PD, and the house will be the Queenstown 30. I've chosen the Malvern facade, but now the question is which colours to use. My block is a corner block and on one side is a stacked stone wall (entrance to the estate). On the other side, the neighbour has that same type of stacked stone on his pillars. Basically, I would like the colours of my house to match the colours in this stacked stone, which consist of shades of beige, brown, grey, and blue. Refer to these images to see what I mean. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I have looked at other PD homes with Malvern facades, and have included some below: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking at the ones with red bricks, I am steering away from them since they would not fit the colour scheme I am after. The darker brown bricks seem OK, but I would prefer a lighter brick. Below is a house which I believe has the Austral Newport brick, which seems like a nice colour. Basically, this facade looks like a pretty good combination of what I am looking for... except, that I don’t want any timber-looking window frames, front door, garage, etc. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So, the question is... what colours could I use for the window frames, front door, and garage. From the above photo, I like the render colour, and the colour used for the mouldings. I guess the dark roof gives the house the grey/blue colour, the bricks give the brown colours, the mouldings give the beige colour. I guess some grey could be thrown into the mix? Anyway, just juggling some ideas at the moment. I know there is a limited number of colours available for window aluminium frames – woodland grey, silver, paperbark are some that I can recall. I wonder if woodland grey window frames would work? Otherwise, maybe paperbark, which would hopefully be different enough from the beigy colour if the mouldings which surround the windows? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Pete Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 2Jun 19, 2009 1:34 am Personally I think that using the paperbark colour for the windows might work best so that they blend well with the mouldings. There are 2 houses that you have posted photos of that have gone with that concept and I think it works well. I don't know that the woodland grey would work as well as it might be bring in too many colours. For the garage you probably have 2 options, either the paperbark colour to light up the whole look or the colour that best matches with your roof which will be more like the last photo. I'd probably go the darker colour but either would work. Abit of photoshop work could help you see it all. There are a couple of people on the forum who are pretty good at mocking up facades. I have seen some great ones done by d@n. If you post a thread called something like "Photoshop help required" will a photo of each of the bricks, tiles, garage doors, renders that you are considering he often comes to the rescue. Good luck with your choices. Our custom build with Rossdale http://hazehome.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17630 Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 3Jun 19, 2009 10:08 am Hi again, woodvillesouth, thanks for your ideas. Speaking of Photoshop, last night I tried putting together a few different colour combinations. Thanks to another thread, I was able to find a good picture of a PD house (looks like Queenstown) with a Malvern facade. I scanned in the Newport bricks, and also used the Colorbond colours as the colours for the roof, render, windows, etc. You can see the different combinations here: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ What do you think? For the Paperbark-rendered version (with light windows), the reason why the window frames and render (which are both Paperbark) appear different is because I obtained the colours from two different sources: The window frame colours are from Canbterbury Windows: http://www.canterburywindows.com.au/TimberHardwareOptions/PowdercoatingOptions.aspx The render colours are from the Colourbond series: http://www.bgc.com.au/steel/s_06/06_colours.html Not sure if they should really appear as the same colour in reality. I guess so. I will try some putting together some examples using a Paperbark garage, and maybe even a darker colour for the garage too. What do you think about colour options for the front door? Thanks! Pete Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 4Jun 19, 2009 10:45 am Pete, this is a hard one. But another thing to consider is that the windows can be seen from inside. We knew our internals would be grey/charcoal/greens so we definitely wanted black windows. Once that was set, we had a starting point to work around. Just remember that with your render and moulding paint, the options are endless. You're not just limited to colorbond colours. I'm not sure about the mouldings, but with the render you can choose Dulux colours with PD. Have you upgraded your guttering, fascia and downpipes to colorbond? If not and you are going with painted zincalume (standard) you can also use almost any colour. You are only limited to the colorbond palette if you have actually upgraded to the colorbond. Have you been into Hopetoun? They have heaps of different render samples on the wall. You might see something you love and be able to go from there. I guess what I'm saying is that I think you need a set starting point to work from. Here's a pic from the Austral website.... Newport with Jasper garage and what looks like Dune render. http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/joles_photo/newport1.jpg They have used Jasper windows which I know aren't an option for you.... but I'd used black in it's place. So what about: Charcoal roof Black windows Dune (or similar) render Jasper garage door Jasper front door For guttering and fascia you could do Dune fascia, Monument guttering All Jasper All Monument with Jasper downpipes. But one thing I'd definitely be doing is upgrading the mortar to off white. It looks stunning with those bricks. Hope I've made sense and haven't made your head spin even more. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 5Jun 21, 2009 1:56 am Hi Joles, Thanks for your great suggestions. Some interesting points you have made. Yep, I totally see your point about the windows being visible from the inside. Since my interior colours will be mostly browny, I guess woodland grey window frames wouldn't be a great match. I want to avoid using black, so that leaves me with Paperbark, Jasper, and the light creamy colours (Primrose it might be?). I haven't decided on whether I will upgrade to colorbond guttering, downpipes, and fascia, but I guess there will be enough colours to choose from even if I do upgrade and therefore need to stick to the colorbond colours. I've been to Hopetoun and checked out the wall of render colours. Some nice ones there, although I was unable to find the colour Bringo (which is the render colour used on the Illoura, which is the last photo in my first post). This house is an ex-display home, so the staff at Hopetoun were able to also tell me that the colour for the mouldings is Chino. The guttering and fascia are both Pepper. The roof is Sambuca. Speaking of colours, I was unable to find any reference to Bringo anywhere - not even on the Internet??? Thanks for the photo and reference to the Austral web site. It's great to see a real photo of Newport bricks together with Jasper garage door, Jasper front door, and even Jasper window frames and sliding door. Your suggestion of using Jasper sounds great. I think it's just the right shade to use for the garage door and front door, since it's lighter than the roof, but darker than the render. I think it's a pretty good alternative to having stained timber in those areas, since I want to avoid timber. Yep, I sure will upgrade the mortar to off-white. Do you suggest a flush finsih (or ironed is another one) as opposed to raked? By the way, here are some colour samples I have put together, that include Jasper as the colour for the front door, garage door, and window frames. Since I don't want to have black, what do you think of Jasper for the window frames? I have also shown the 3 different combinations of guttering and fascia you suggested... Fascia: Jasper Guttering: Jasper Mouldings: Paperbark Render: (some colour I just came up with, between Paperbark and Jasper) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fascia: Dune Guttering: Monument Mouldings: Classic Cream Render: Dune Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fascia: Monument Guttering: Monument Mouldings: Classic Cream Render: Dune Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once again, thanks for your ideas. Cheers, Pete Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 6Jun 21, 2009 9:52 am Can you have Jasper window frames?? I'm also with Prestige and I don't think that colour was an option for us for windows. Your first facade looks great! Maybe you could do Paperbark windows and everything else Jasper as in your first facade? Or you could change just the fascia to Paperbark to tie in with the windows and leave the guttering, downpipes, garage doors and front door as Jasper. That would look great! I'm sure you'll find a render colour that is half way between the two. Your consultant at your Hopetoun appointment will be able to help you with that. Stonecrop, Gnu Tan, Prairie Dust or Camel Train look like they could work. I'd defintely go flush white mortar, but I'm biasd because that's what I'm having. Perhaps you could PM a moderator and they could put this thread in Michelle's Interior Decorating Lounge? She sometimes misses posts in here and she'll be able to give you a lot more advice than I can. I'm just guessing. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 7Jun 21, 2009 11:35 am HI Joles, Good question about Jasper window frames. In the brochures, it's not listed among the 8 colours. At Hopetoun, I saw Jasper on the wall displaying the window frames, and it also appeared right next to that area, where the garage door colours were being displayed. I will have to ask later this week, when I have my colour appointment with them. In any case, Paperbark for window frames looks good. Below is a sample house (yes, that's what mine will look like to due to the 5m extension in width) showing your suggestion (Window frames, fascia, and mouldings are all in Paperbark, and render is in Prairie Dust): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I know it's hard to visualize the exact colours, but it gives a rough guide. Yes, I do recall seeing some of those colours you mention - Stonecrop and Camel Train are ones that I actually jotted down on paper when I was at Hopetoun!!! Thanks again! Pete Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 8Feb 10, 2010 8:11 pm Hi Pete, Thanks for all the information about the Porter Davis facades. We are also keen on the Malvern style which is not available. Would you be able to upload the photos again as the link seems to have expired. Regards Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 9Feb 10, 2010 9:59 pm LisaMaree Hi Pete, Thanks for all the information about the Porter Davis facades. We are also keen on the Malvern style which is not available. Would you be able to upload the photos again as the link seems to have expired. Regards Hi LisaMaree, We are about to start our build with PD (Hayman 34) with the Malvern facade. Our build has been going on since last Feb hence why we have the facade. If you go to our thread 'PD Hayman 34 - Folly or not' where I've posted a pick of the Malvern facade if you are interested. PD Hayman 34 H1 Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29460&start=0 Blog http://miazfolly.blogspot.com Tiles 25/3/09 Colors 6/4/09 Tender 7/5/09 Contract 28/5/09 Land 16/11/09 Re: Building PD Queenstown - advice needed on colour 10Feb 10, 2010 10:06 pm Mia's Folly LisaMaree Hi Pete, Thanks for all the information about the Porter Davis facades. We are also keen on the Malvern style which is not available. Would you be able to upload the photos again as the link seems to have expired. Regards Hi LisaMaree, We are about to start our build with PD (Hayman 34) with the Malvern facade. Our build has been going on since last Feb hence why we have the facade. If you go to our thread 'PD Hayman 34 - Folly or not' where I've posted a pick of the Malvern facade if you are interested. ^^ That was one of my favourite facades too, but we decided to get the free one (which was called traditional) and spend the money elsewhere on the build. I hope the get a move on with your house soon. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. 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