Colours are so personal but please don't render...the house will lose it's original charm and look like every other new build. In the meantime, would you consider something lighter for the roof to reflect heat and complement the bricks eg Colorbond Evening Haze with Colourbond Jasper for gutters and white eaves and fascia...another cheap brightener would be to paint the old footpath to match

Well I kinda like it the way it is but I think just go with what you think fits☺️

I love a dark charcoal roof with red bricks.

Why does your roof need painting? Personally the only money I'd spend on any exterior that didn't need something fixing would be on double glazed windows and also perhaps eaves for weather protection

Some awning ideas

Cute house! I think a painted roof would actually provide needed contrast to the facade, at the moment everything looks kinda the same brick/terracotta colour. Perhaps also paint the small brick wall at the front and plant some greenery in front of it. I agree with Oskuee about the windows and awning, could really modernise and finish it! :-)

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Why paint the roof? Anything painted will eventually need repainting. Personally I like a mellow terracotta roof, fits age of house. A dark roof will make your house hotter too.
If it is better presentation you are aiming for have you thought of replacing the concrete path with nicer paving and landscaping so your entry is more obvious and welcoming ( assume it is down the side in the middle of the house). More green in a lusher garden will also tone down all the red of the house. Might get more bang for your buck. All the best.

I agree with the don't paint argument. Use the money elswhere to create contrast as in suggestions above. Please don't render as you will lose the charm of your cottage.

I like it as is.

I'd spend the money on landscaping, including replacing the path and maybe installing a traditional awning over the large window (or even replacing that window since it doesn't seem to quite match the façade).

No no no...haeph as hit it. No paint, change the window back to original, research the roof tiles and if they are not original that is where I would spend my money as well. Wrong house for "tin". If you have left over funds then I would employ a reparable pointer and have the facade brought back to new. Leave the timber as white, as was always meant to be. Nothing worse than seeing people try to bring houses "in to now"with a lick of paint. Tacky. This is a great example of a house that has not had too much done to it destroying its original integrity. Good repointing is not cheap though, just had a quote of $70000 to do a heritage building I'm in the process of cleaning up at the moment.

Thanks for everyones comments. There has been a lot of interesting ideas. just to clarify. this is a cement tile roof, not terracotta . our quote was for repointing the ridges and painting the exisitng roof a colourbond colour - not replacing it with a tin roof. its in a beachside suburb and surrounding houses are multi million dollar houses that are rendered. while i would love to keep the homes integrity, i think resale value is in rendering . the bricks on the side of the house are in poor repair ( mortar is crumbling ) hence the reason to render not repoint ( due to cost ! ). ill update on roof colour soon x

I think you will loose the character of your beautiful house if you paint the roof. the mixture of new and old may not work. Why not just add some colour in the guttering and facias, then focus on the landscaping.

I'm also of the opinion that painting the roof seems a little bit unnecessary and would not really add much.

Cleaning it, and the brick walls would go a long way to refresh this cute home as well as lanscaping and making sure the windows matches each other in style.

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I think your best bet is to ensure that your home remains unique in comparison to the "multi million dollar houses that are rendered".

Trying to copy the "style" of multi million dollar houses in renovating this modest, but adorable, home probably won't produce the results you're after.

Restore the facade.

Don't render as you'll loose the fabulous brickwork. Just re-point it. Do maintenance on the roof as needed. I'd pressure clean then see what it comes up like. If it's still a bit ordinary then paint it. I would do a bit of investigating on other original colour schemes before choosing charcoal, even though I admit the charcoal does look really good!

By the way we render as we don't want to pay brickies to really use their craft so we buy cheap bricks and render. Render does look fine when used as a feature rather than a whole facade.

Don't compete with neighbours make your house more desirable by keeping its character. I would however consider spending some good money on the landscaping. There are some superb gardens on these wonderful homes around the inner suburbs of Melbourne for example and would work great with yours.

The house is great, clean the bricks, change the colour of the grout and use charcoal as the contrast colour on the windows, guttering and new footpath and it will look sensational but don't change the roof unless it is required. good luck - it would be great to see the finished product.

Jasper with black F and Gs. We have a red brick house and we went with these colours after Cyclone Larry damaged our roof in FNQ and it seems to tone down the 'redness' of the bricks and it looks classy too.

If you have the bricks repointed with off white it will really freshen them up. I like the window and colour to the right but the left window needs a more substancial frame to match. Roof looks great.

No need to render, use a paint with some sand in it eg Porters rough stone paint allows you to change the colour but still keep the beautiful texture and character of the bricks. Much cheaper and shows that it is real brick not blueboard!

I would strongly suggest keeping the red brick of the walls and fence intact. I would brighten the facade with jarrah detail and paint the roof charcoal. We have a red brick house with this combination and it looks very decent - modernised without being compromised. Jarrah adds the expensive 'Australiana' touch. You could also use ironbark.