Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 10, 2012 11:01 pm Okay, I'll be completely blunt - I have no idea about colour palettes or coordination. So, I'm hoping to be pointed in the right direction here. Please! Our build will have a colorbond roof with face brick. DH and I mutually agree on three colorbond colours - windspray, dune and bushland. DH also likes woodland grey, I like jasper. We're not totally opposed to those colours either. I don't want a red brick, nor do I want a cream/yellow brick. Would like something in taupe/grey/blue. DH doesn't want to go too dark. Flush off-white mortar. We're seen some PHG bricks. Some of the styles we are considering include Cement, Mild Steel, Da Vinci, Mews Blend, The Olgas, Kimberley and Pebble (although this is getting outside our price range). We'll hopefully get to see some Boral bricks this coming week sometime. Too many choices, too hard to coordinate!!!! Arrrggghhhh!!! Anyway, with what I have told you so far, what do you think? Anything that definitely jumps out at you? Anything that screams "OMG, they have just *no* idea and this would be a crime against humanity, I need to stop them NOW"? Thanks! Peta 2010, June : Land bought (1700sqm, battleaxe block). That's it so far! We're in the design phase .... Re: selection of external finishes 3Mar 10, 2012 11:28 pm Are the houses on either side close? What colour façade do they have? Re: selection of external finishes 4Mar 10, 2012 11:38 pm nglbuilder Are the houses on either side close? What colour façade do they have? Nope, we are on a battleaxe block, so you drive up a long driveway to us. Pretty much can't see any of the neighbours houses, so we don't have to worry about neighbourhood character appeal or street frontage. 2010, June : Land bought (1700sqm, battleaxe block). That's it so far! We're in the design phase .... Re: selection of external finishes 6Mar 11, 2012 9:07 pm l'm building at present,l have bushland ---love it.l think all but three brick selections would go with bushland(ones that don't)4-6-7.lf you have a look on my thread the pic taking from driveway is close to roof colour Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 4956 Hi there, we have classic cream gutters, fascia’s, roller door and undercover carport. We are are going to paint the roof a terracotta orange colour. After some… 0 1173 id suggest getting an engineer to give you an opinion rather than a builder. 1 11901 |