ᐅ Exterior House Color Design / Color Coordination – Experiences?

Nordlys schrieb:

If the rock garden dies and greenery takes its place, all the better.

Currently, our city administration offers a funding program for redesigning rock gardens.

How long the individual builders debated before ultimately choosing white/anthracite is, of course, unknown to me. However, I try (more or less successfully) to stick to the "KIS" principle (Keep it Simple). For me, this also means not overthinking things that work for many or almost everyone else, but simply doing them the same way. Often, the development plan also specifies a particular color (for example, roof tiles in our case). If they had to be red, the choice of facade, windows, doors, or exterior blinds would probably have been different. But as I’ve mentioned before, I’m never a reference point here due to a lack of (color) sensitivity.

Today, for example, I visited the stonemason to select interior window sills. Ten minutes later, we were already on our way back. I like to make these decisions quickly, especially when I hear other good suggestions (the stonemason’s proposal was acceptable).

chrisw81 schrieb:

A townhouse can look really good, but with a one-and-a-half-story house, you can actually do something different.

I actually think the opposite: a standardized gable roof house with a plaster finish looks more modern than a brick-clad suburban house. Townhouses with plaster are the budget version of a classic old-school townhouse – a fresh coat of paint or brick gives the house much more value.
But what is this really about? Most forum users or homebuilders on a budget choose white plaster with anthracite-colored windows because it’s cheaper than colored brick with white windows. White on white is rather plain, and even those building affordably want a bit of accent. And as long as planning permission allows, they usually go with the low-cost package offered by the general contractor.

ypg schrieb:

Stucco city villas are the budget version of a traditional old-school city villa – a fresh paint or brick veneer adds much more value to the house.

The substitution villa is generally the cheaper alternative to the city villa ;-) and the latter traditionally featured stucco (and plaster molding), as well as a risalit instead of a cross-gable.

ypg schrieb:

Even those building on a budget want a bit of accent.

Anyone who really wanted that would just have to apply the motto “golden ratio instead of symmetry” (completely without extra cost)!

ypg schrieb:

Most forum members or homebuilders who need to watch their budget opt for white stucco with anthracite-colored windows because it is cheaper than colored brick veneer with white windows.

A window film in maize yellow, lilac, or burgundy wouldn’t cost more than anthracite. On average, a window fitter has seven similarly priced alternatives to the “standard” plain white typical for multi-story residential developers: usually distributed as “five color shades and two wood-effect finishes.” Nobody has to choose anthracite due to a lack of upper-class affiliation.

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11ant schrieb:

A wrap in maize yellow, lilac, or burgundy wouldn’t be more expensive than anthracite.

Unfortunately, it actually is—at least with some window suppliers. Anthracite is very popular, so it’s produced in large quantities and can be manufactured more cheaply, and pricing reflects that, even though the effort is exactly the same as for sky blue wrap. Maize yellow wrap is probably already brittle when it arrives from storage due to long shelf life before rarely being used. The warehouse manager even gets paid extra for digging it out from the very back, top shelf. True story. 🙂

Myrna_Loy schrieb:

I would only use a light stain – otherwise, the facades develop a very lively color gradient over time due to washing out and natural weathering, reminiscent of grown-out bleaching.

We appreciate the aging process, the natural imperfection within well-planned design. Of course, it won’t be completely uniform. I still really like the hair analogy.

ypg schrieb:

A standardized gable roof house looks more contemporary with plaster than a brick veneer suburban house. Town villas with plaster are the budget alternative to authentic old-school town villas – a fresh coat of paint or brick cladding adds a lot of value to the house.

I agree.

Even the more cost-effective plaster version can have accents, for example through color-contrasting trim.
I also find shutters visually very appealing – whether traditional with hinges or as sliding elements. By the way, the latter can be built quite affordably as a DIY project – manufacturer prices seem rather high to me.