ᐅ Single-family home facade design, feedback and ideas, broom finish plaster

Created on: 28 Jun 2020 15:04
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mini_g!
Happy Sunday everyone!

We’re starting the implementation of our project next week. The excavation for the foundation pit will begin. Here is the discussion about it: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/neubau-efh-ca-174-m-grundriss-architekt.32936/
Soon we will have to make decisions about the exterior design—such as color, texture, and window color. I’d like to ask for your opinion again.

Since it’s difficult to summarize everything, I’ll try to describe it more “emotionally.” We want the house to be a bit different. Inside, some special features are planned. On the ground floor, there is only one door—to the guest toilet. All other openings are full height, reaching the ceiling. One wall will be made of exposed concrete, and we want to keep the ceiling concrete as well.
On the upper floor, the roof is open. Instead of drywall with sprayed plaster, we are considering using Heraklith/Heradesign panels on the ceiling.

For the exterior, we also want the house to stand out from the common styles found in both new developments and older neighborhoods in our area. In new residential areas, the standard is gray or black bricks, a rather fine white plaster façade, and windows in anthracite gray / RAL 7016. Occasionally there is a bay window in dark tones and some wooden elements. Deviations from this are already unusual.
In older neighborhoods, you usually find red bricks with white façades and windows.

Currently, our ideas are as follows:
  • Creaton Magnum bricks in copper red engobed finish
  • Eaves underside in light gray HPL, with no visible rafters or purlins
    • For example, Fundermax 0741NT (Birch Grey)
  • Façade with broom-finish plaster in a gray shade with a slightly earthy tone
    • Example of broom finish: Google search “weberFassade besenstrich essen”
  • Window reveals smoothly plastered, same color as façade
  • Base plaster either matching the rest of the façade or offset, smooth and slightly darker
  • Windows in gray, for example RAL 7039
  • Carport still unclear, possibly matching the color of the eaves underside
    • Cladding with rhombus-profile boards

I’ve tried to visualize this as attached. What does the community think?
Are there any concepts for how to ideally put together an exterior design? Do you have alternative suggestions, especially for façade color? Are you aware of other examples of broom-finish façades?

Best regards! mini_g!

P.S. No one with a white façade and gray bricks should feel offended. It’s very possible we will fall back on that—it is a beautiful combination!

Northeast view of a gray house with a red roof, terrace, and two wooden garages.
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Nordlys
5 Jul 2020 22:25
It only looks green if there is polystyrene underneath.
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mini_g!
5 Jul 2020 22:37
So, clinker brick would be a highlight here, as it’s really rare in this area. I don’t think real clinker bricks even exist here, only thin brick slips. But that would mean a completely different wall construction, and it wouldn’t fit our aesthetic at all.

Regarding algae growth, I definitely want to raise some critical questions. We are building without external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) / external wall insulation. However, I’m concerned that water might tend to accumulate in the horizontal grooves...

Anyway, I’m glad to see some progress in this topic, including both positive and negative feedback.

Have a great start to the week! mini_g!
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ypg
5 Jul 2020 22:43
Nordlys schrieb:

It only looks green if there's polystyrene underneath.

Nope... we once had a spray-on render (or something similar) on the old house. Over time, it developed a greenish sheen on the north-facing side. Spores were able to grow on the protrusions.
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nordanney
5 Jul 2020 23:11
ypg schrieb:

In 10 years, it turns green, just like any rough textured plaster.
That happens with any plaster whose final coating wasn't high quality (although even those can accumulate something). Depending on the exposure to weather, it can't really be avoided. Not even with brickwork. Maybe with a curtain wall facade (but not wood, as that also requires maintenance)?
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PyneBite
5 Jul 2020 23:18
ypg schrieb:

It eventually showed a green shimmer on the north side.
How about a moss facade? It’s quite trendy as an image or interior wall.
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mini_g! schrieb:

I don't think genuine clinker bricks even exist, at most thin brick slips. But that would mean the entire wall structure is incorrect.
Read it three times, didn't understand it once.
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