Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth

Sneak peek! Went over to the house today to spray some weeds and have another squizzy, and lo and behold they've started on the external render! I'm am positively squeeing my little heart out! The renderers had just arrived as we got there - they wanted to take advantage of the good weather before the rain sets in again.

After all the doubt and second guessing the colour of the render, I think it looks great! Here are some pics of the rendering in progress. (Sorry for the poor quality)

Render in the garage, looking all fancy now:
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Out the back, still looking like a bush shed with all the corrugated iron:
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Renderers hard at work doing the front:
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Down the side of the house:
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And I'll head this question off at the pass, here are the external colours:

Roof & gutters: Surfmist
Fascia: Monument
Window frames: Charcoal Lustre
Render: Dulux Dieskau

I was really worried that the Dieskau (pronounced die-ess-cow - I know, I had problems too!) would look too purple, as the renderers had left us a sample board to check the colour. When we propped it up against the house, I could clearly see the purple, though hubby didn't. He said it was maybe because the undercoat was a yellow colour, which accentuates purple as they are opposites on the colour wheel. But then when I got him to hold it high up against the eave, it looked a lot better. Can't wait to see it finished!

I forgot to add, totally unrelated, I have a funny little story on my blog:
http://www.ecohomestyle.com.au/tiles-and-timber-flooring-a-comedy-of-errors/