External Colours

The external colour appointment with Metricon was a nightmare (which is not uncommon from other blogs I have read), We though we were prepared however realised that we each had very different ideas of what "we" wanted. And our consultant had other ideas again - such as that we cannot have a surfmist garage door as it will be too stark. After a heated discussion between ourselves we agreed to review our selections at home and finalised them shortly after. I'm not sure we have matched the correct tone of our colours however I figure the garage door and cladding colour can be changed after handover if they really look terrible against the bricks.

I used Metricon's Envisage tool to create a visual of what our facade will hopefully look like. While the design is not quite the same it's kind of similar.

Plantation Facade

Our Colours & Finishes using Envisage

On the left is our chosen facade - the Plantation. It's definitely got a coastal feel and I think our colours reflect this also - light bricks and timber facade features contrasted with the darker roof. We also need the dark roof to disguise sap and mess the local gum trees leave all over our roof.













Our selections are:-
Bricks - Austral Metropolis Alabaster with off white mortar and ironed joints
Downpipes/meterbox in Dulux Arava to match bricks
Roof/Gutters - Colorbond Woodland Grey
Fascia - Colorbond Surfmist
Cladding - Dulux Linseed
Timber on facade - Cabots Rich Walnut (front door/facade windows/gable slats)
Windows & stacker doors - Colorbond Surfmist
Garage door & rainwater tank - Colorbond Evening Haze