Browse Forums Building A New House What the hell is "Hamptons Style" 19Oct 15, 2017 11:32 am Hillsbuilds Arcadelt, the volume builders seem to give a nod to this style by adding weatherboard cladding to upper floors, using colonial windows, adding maybe one forward facing gable and painting the contrast trim. Reading some of the threads of hamptons inspired designs, eg Dani's and WGB above, a lot of the designs are also restricted by estate covenants. So WGB had roof pitch restrictions, Dani I believe had gable restrictions. Others I know HAVE to include render or brick veneer. There is one thread of a build in Melbourne I think (can't remember the username) that built with Metricon and had heaps of variations to make their hamptons facade, so I suspect that would have added quite a bit to their final cost, would be interesting to know how much. My own build is a KDR in an established suburb, so no developer covenants only council restrictions. We are going the architect designed route due to various factors. I'll admit that when I describe the style to others I use the term hamptons although I'm only picking and choosing the bits that I like - so no shingles or mansard roof. I don't think I've ever even seen a house with shingles here! Actually, now that I think about it I think Aus hamptons style is very similar to the traditional Queenslanders. We also had restrictions on our front facade windows. We had to remove most of the window bars in the original design for them to approve it in our estate. We plan to add plantation shutters to all the windows on the facade so hopefully the lack of bars is negligible in the long run. Also A&L windows sells stick on bars if we wanted to pursue that down the track after the developer has moved on and not interested in our estate anymore. - View my blog at http://www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com |