Good evening everyone,
my husband and I have been discussing for some time now which color our house’s exterior should be. It is a single-story house with a (converted) pitched roof, with the eaves side facing the street. The options are:
1. “Standard new build color combination”: roof, windows (and front door) anthracite, facade white
2. Roof anthracite, windows (and front door) white, facade gray. Similar to the example shown (found on the Pinterest page of Contract Vario)
Here are the advantages I identified for both options:
1: More premium appearance?
Standard look, generally preferred? – Higher resale value?
Dark front door less prone to showing dirt
2: Cheaper (white windows cost us about 20% less)
Facade may appear cleaner for longer?
Windows don’t heat up as much (popping/cracking – which we experienced in our last house with dark windows)
More eye-catching look
What are your thoughts?
my husband and I have been discussing for some time now which color our house’s exterior should be. It is a single-story house with a (converted) pitched roof, with the eaves side facing the street. The options are:
1. “Standard new build color combination”: roof, windows (and front door) anthracite, facade white
2. Roof anthracite, windows (and front door) white, facade gray. Similar to the example shown (found on the Pinterest page of Contract Vario)
Here are the advantages I identified for both options:
1: More premium appearance?
Standard look, generally preferred? – Higher resale value?
Dark front door less prone to showing dirt
2: Cheaper (white windows cost us about 20% less)
Facade may appear cleaner for longer?
Windows don’t heat up as much (popping/cracking – which we experienced in our last house with dark windows)
More eye-catching look
What are your thoughts?
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Pinkiponk10 Feb 2020 11:34hausnrplus25 schrieb:
- White facade and wooden windows/door – we like the look, but we preferred low-maintenance PVC window framesI assume you have looked at PVC windows with wood effect? I’m asking because I personally like light wood finishes and hope that the frames will require less cleaning than white ones. We will probably decide based on the additional cost.P
Pinkiponk10 Feb 2020 11:42Pinky0301 schrieb:
Unfortunately, all the male friends prefer the standard combination, so it would be even harder to convince my husband.Are there not practical reasons in favor of your option? I assume that a white plaster facade gets dirty-looking faster than a light gray one. Our current house is light gray, and although the facade dates back to 1950, there is little visible color difference. It would be different with white.Müllerin schrieb:
How about a green roof?
@fragg, is there a photo somewhere?Here’s just a rather old one for now.
fragg schrieb:
Just a rather old one, quickly.
The house has a "coastal look," with a beach behind it — would it fit? Lots of greenery around, which for me doesn’t create a smooth transition, but if you like it, then that’s what matters!
Curly schrieb:
No, definitely not as fast as a red roof. We built our first house 18 years ago with red brass roof tiles, supposedly with some kind of “star-coated” finish to prevent moss, dirt, etc. After 5-10 years, it started to get dirty, while other roofs in the same new development that are anthracite look much better. Now the red roof is really dirty, and for our second house, we chose a glossy burgundy roof. We would have preferred anthracite, but it wasn’t allowed.
Best regards,
Sabine That was most likely because the others had roof tiles, not roofing shingles. It probably has nothing to do with the color.
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