ᐅ Facade Design – Planning a Single-Family Home

The planning is mostly complete, but I’m having trouble deciding on the facade. I would appreciate any suggestions and creative ideas.

So far, I have been thinking about a wood-plaster combination facade. Weathered diamond-pattern cladding for the bay window on the ground floor, the entrance area, and garage front, with the rest of the house covered in white plaster (not bright white).
A minimal roof overhang on all sides with verge flashings and flat roof tiles.
I prefer a minimalist style with clear structures and am now worried that our design might end up looking like a standard single-family house.
I’m open to suggestions, but it should stay within the budget. A full diamond-pattern cladding for the entire house is no longer feasible.
The planning is attached.

I don’t see any rhombuses there, just straight lines (?)

In terms of building composition, it may be typical of 2016, but it’s definitely not generic. The framing around the small windows seems like a sufficient accent to me.

I would rather invest the money for additional decorations in landscaping, as that adds more value.

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The rhombus cladding could only be roughly indicated by the draftsman. I would also make it much lighter, for example: Durapatina Lava gray.

But thank you very much for the feedback. A well-designed garden really makes a big difference. That’s true.
I’ve also considered painting the entire house gray and choosing windows with a wood-look finish. However, real wood windows would be too expensive, and I’m quite uncertain whether uPVC windows with a wood-look finish are convincing.

Well, first of all, thanks for the prompt to learn more. I looked it up. From the visual perspective, these are basically "battens," somewhat narrower than profile boards, and the name comes from their cross-section. At first, I had imagined something like wooden shingles, with individual shingles set on their points.

Instead, I would prefer to create color blocks and leave "gaps" between the "beams" of the color blocks at the spacing shown in the drawing. Approximately 4 or 5 cm (about 1½ to 2 inches) wide, similar to painter’s tape width.

Possibly even in different colors: one for the bay window, another for the corner between the front door and garage, and one that is just a little lighter than the window frames in the area of the small windows.

flusskiesel schrieb:
and whether plastic windows in wood finishes are convincing, I am very uncertain

Oh no, I’m convinced only to avoid them entirely for aesthetic reasons.

What color should the windows be then?

flusskiesel schrieb:
I had also thought about painting the entire house grey

Just don’t forget with all these grey paint ideas: in photos during summer it may look quite elegant, but during the dull, wet months that grey just becomes too much.

So at least the corner between the front door and garage—the arrival side when coming home—should be designed as a friendlier welcome. Usually, the terrace side is seen more from the outside in summer (unless you see it first when coming home).

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In my opinion, the gable windows do not look minimalist but rather ordinary. However, they should match the interior design. Therefore, I would set aside the unpleasant thought of something generic or standard.

Brief regards

Yes, the gable windows are indeed quite common, but the rooms behind them (children’s room and bathroom) do need natural light.
The window frames will be dark gray. When selecting finishes, I will also consider wood-look windows, but even in 2017, I’m not convinced that they really look good.
Attached is the floor plan of the house.
What do you think of the wooden cladding in image 7 (lava gray)?