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?
Pinkiponk schrieb:
I assume you have looked at uPVC windows with wood finish? I ask because I personally like light wood finishes and hope that the frames will require less cleaning than white frames. We will probably decide based on the additional cost. hausnrplus25 schrieb:
Are there uPVC windows with wood finish?! When the time comes, we might look into it again. So far, we only know wooden frames, wood-aluminum combinations, or uPVC—usually in white or colored coatings—but brown coatings just look like brown coatings, not like wood^^
Regards We have windows from Aluplast in the Sheffield Oak light finish. If you don’t know, you can’t tell. Experts only notice it at the mitered corners.
The facade colors are from Farrow & Ball: "Jitney" (a sandy tone) and "De Nimes" (a fairly dark blue-gray). The roof tiles are Braas Tegalit in Granite.
This is definitely not a mainstream choice, but neither white nor gray windows or facades were options for us. Honestly, I’m completely fed up with those uniform new housing developments. Life is colorful! I don’t understand how most people want to live their lives in colorless blocks. Just my opinion
MadameP schrieb:
We have windows from Aluplast in Sheffield Oak light finish. If you don’t know it, you wouldn’t notice. Experts can only tell by looking at the mitered corners.Why don’t you post a photo?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
MadameP schrieb:
The render hasn’t been applied yet!Joker. Most of the photos look familiar to me already, but I was specifically referring to the mentioned miter joint details. I already know how houses with windows look. Pinky0301 schrieb:
Does anyone know how this compares to a real wooden door?Please clarify your question—what exactly do you want to know?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Pinkiponk11 Feb 2020 14:41MadameP schrieb:
...I would also like light wood finishes for the windows and French doors and hope the additional cost remains reasonable. In any case, I’m already looking forward to having to clean the window frames less often.Similar topics