Hi, I like the overall concept of the darkish grey, it suits the home. I am a colour consultant and have been working with the Dulux range for 17 years and you are on the right track with the Guild Grey. The Dulux Signature will give you a dark blue house. Another option if Simone Weil which is just a bit lighter than the Guild Grey, if you find that one too dark. Sample pots and A4 brush outs onto white cardboard are the best way to decide, because computer programs give an overall impression of the "look" but are not accurate with colour choices, you can't beat the human eye. All the best, it's going to look great.

Oh Boy! This is where I come into my own. A few years ago my daughter was working in England and I was driving her small red hot pulsar to the shopping centre to buy coffee (six cans of 500gms). I saw toilet paper was on special so I bought 480 rolls. The only problem was there was not enough rom for the toilet paper and the two dogs, so I left the dogs at the shops and took the paper home and then went back for the dogs. When we had used all that toilet paper I kept my eyes open for when they were on special again and bought 600 rolls - no problem this time because I did not take the dogs. Next time it was 720 rolls and two trips to the shop to pick them up. It should have been 840 rolls the last time but a sudden burst of common-sense saw me buy only 480 and I am regretting it already because more than half of them have gone. So 960 here I come.

I love the colorbond website for external colour ideas, it is a great site giving heaps of options that really work. I may be stating the obvious but I'm just wondering do you own the entire unit complex ? Most Body Corporate's are very strict with changes to external appearance.

I hope these help, it’s been a few years and this 30 year old basic beach house is hardy plank not weatherboard so we could have gone neutral to hide that but I wanted to something more fun. We are 400m from the beach overlooking the bay and valley and I like that it’s fresh and different without trying to hard. We invested a lot refurbishing, new mill board deck, complete interiors and so on.