Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Oct 05, 2010 11:25 am Hi Michelle and others, Just want to get your opinion on my exterior colours. We based the colours on this house, although I really find it hard to work out what colours they used... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our house will look more like the image below except we have a third brick pier on the far right corner adjoining the house and hence, a bit of a verandah in front of the room on the right. So there will be a timber beam going across the top of the front room like on the main entry (adjoining the third brick pier and main entry verandah). Also our house is narrower (13.9m wide) without the window adjacent the garage. The garage is right next to the front entry verandah... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Externals Roof - Wattyl Colorbond Surfmist Gutters – Wattyl Colorbond Surfmist Fascia – Wattyl Colorbond Shale Grey Downpipes – Wattyl Colorbond Surfmist Eaves – Some shade of white Soffit to underside of Eaves, Verandas & Portico’s – Not sure what this is. I assume it’s like the eaves so white Beams / Rafters – There will be varnished timber beams around the top of the two verandahs adjoining the brick piers Masonry Walls – Render to front of house: Wattyl Alabaster. Rendered brick piers: Wattyl Gravel Chip. Austral Nougat brick to sides and back of the house. Windows - White Doors - White As you can probably tell, I'm in love with Surfmist. I'd wanted to keep the colours light so the house doesn't get too hot. Any opinions would be appreciated. Theresa Re: External colour advice...please 3Oct 06, 2010 11:08 am I am looking at similar colours and think the main colours they have used are colorbond surfmist and colorbond ironstone for the feature columns. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 3419 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 3054 I was being kind to the builder. With the amount charged for the upgrade the builder is probably charging closer to 100% margin. There are a few variables as I… 5 13046 |