Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 08, 2010 12:34 am Hello All, We have looked at more bricks than I care to Admit .... all that we seem to agree on is the Symmetry range Portman bricks at Austral. Has anyone built their hame with these bricks?? We would love to see some exterior pictures if you did or get some advice from you. Thanks Claudia Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 3Apr 08, 2010 12:56 pm Hi, YesAustral has given us 2 addresses, One was for a set of townhouses and the other one has roof and gutter etc... so diffrent to what we were thinking of selecting. It seems odd but there were only two houses on the list so I was hoping to get some additional ideas from looking at what window colours can go with it and possible external render colours. Perhaps it is not a very popular brick yet. Thanks Claudia Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 4Apr 08, 2010 5:15 pm Hi Claudia, We are using Austral Symmetry albeit a different colour - Symmetry Asphalt. And along with that we chose Stone Beige windows ... Actually I found the same thing as you - that Symmetry range in itself is not that popular as of yet. But we are keeping out fingers crosses that Symmetry Asphalt will look good ! Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 5Apr 08, 2010 8:51 pm Hello Rupz, We have our fingers crossed too . We took a while to decide between your colour (Asphalt) and ours (Portland). We like both these bricks and liked the symmetry range look. I guess we may just have to wait and hope that it turns out the way we think. Have a great day. Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 6Apr 08, 2010 9:24 pm Not sure where you are, nor what roofing material you are planning to use, but we happened to drop into a Colourbond office last week (at Homeworld Kellyville) and discovered they offer a free meeting to assist you in deciding what colour colourbond to use for your house, and they also assist with window frame colours and render colours. Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 8May 31, 2010 3:54 pm Claudia We have our fingers crossed too . We took a while to decide between your colour (Asphalt) and ours (Portland). We like both these bricks and liked the symmetry range look. I guess we may just have to wait and hope that it turns out the way we think. We LOVE the symmetry range and were deciding between those two colours we ended up choosing the Portland too. Haven't started building yet, hope we've made the right choice! Our roof & garage are colorbond in surfmist and we've gone for greys and whites in the rest of the exterior. http://www.shireimpression.blogspot.com Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 9May 31, 2010 5:31 pm Hello tackerbam Nice to hear that someone else chose the same brick. We have selected charcoal roof tiles and monument (charcoal) gutters, Jasper for the fascia and wood (look alike) for the garage. Fingers crossed that it looks good at the end. Our windows are silver. We have not started to build yet, just picked the colours last week. Where are you guys building at stonecutters where are you building? Re: BRICK Choice.....CAN'T CHOOSE!!! HELP 10Mar 19, 2012 9:25 am Hi Guys! I know this topic is a little outdated, but I am about to start building in Kellyville, and cannot decide between those two colours....if possible, would love to view any pictures you may have so I can get some perspective on what the colours look like on a "larger scale". Any help would be much appreciated!! 2 8359 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12127 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7226 |