Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 23, 2014 2:11 am Hi Everyone! I have just signed up to build my first home and will be having Prestart anytime now. My problem is however, after spending hours starring at the solver and colorbond brochures and even buying a couple sample pots I still can't make up my mind. Here is what I have so far (I will try to work out how to load a picture of my frontage later): Roof, garage and fascia: colorbond surfmist Gutters: colorbond ironstone Down pipes: match the colour of the render surface Stone cladding: calcite something from lite stone austral bricks Window frames: white Front door: wood stained Feature render: colorbond ironstone Main render: ????????? I like all these colours individually however I am not sure if they are going to tie together well or what my main render should be. Currently I am thinking a light grey (dark enough to separate it from white but without darkening the house, a silver possibly). Also the builder has stated that I can only choose from the solver exterior range. Does anyone have any advice, horror stories or pics of similar colour schemes???? Thank you so much in advance Re: HELP Please! I can't decide on exterior colours 2Oct 23, 2014 2:27 am I have managed to get a picture of my frontage as my avatar (I couldn't work out any other way to upload a pic off my laptop). Basically the stone cladding is going around the planter box and column. The feature render is going on the wall with the three windows (wrapping around to the side walls too). Re: HELP Please! I can't decide on exterior colours 3Oct 23, 2014 7:01 pm ive choosen a paint selection like yours so would love to see pics too, here is mine: windows: white roof/garge: colourbond surfmist feature render: fossile creek gutters/down pipes: fossile creek main render: colourbond shale grey I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6615 Hi all, I am currently building through Simmonds and stuck deciding on my exterior cement roof titles and brick colours. The front and fascade of the house is a pretty… 0 2729 1 341 |