hi there, from the photos the bricks look quite blonde so attaching a possible colour scheme good luck

don't paint brick, just make sure the pointing is secure and then a pressure clean and have a look at some of the Colour schemes for Mid Century homes, Greys and Dark Blues for the Cladding would be excellent but there's also a gorgeous Olive Green that could be interesting with the light bricks, dark grey gutters, white windows and a Lime Green or Orange coloured front door?

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Hi Von, Love you your house, as per the photo I posted your blond brick cleaned up, not painted and keeping all the white windows and doors as is, colourbond Shale grey for everything else would look lovely. That gives a pallet of 3 colours which I think is all that's needed. You could always add a timber pergola on the front of the house where your outdoor table setting is, that's a 4th colour but that's a good one

I was also going to say that you would have free range with picking a front door colour but it looks like they are mostly large glass, which is great, your house must be filled with light. No pressure on your Dulux colour consulant, looking forward to seeing that choice. cheers

The following photos are of a modern new build with interesting combinations,
light brick render,dark grey colourbond and timber cladding, windows
both white and steel colour, with a pop of green

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to respond. Your first photo siriuskey is the colour scheme I'd love to go with so good to hear that you'd think it would match with the blonde brick. I also like the shale grey roof idea butterflyroof and you're right that you don't see much of the roof at all (mainly when looking out the upstairs bedrooms). The olive green is definitely another possibility to look at oklouise and I've made a note to use 'mid-century' in search terms. Definitely plan to pressure clean bricks and a bit relieved to hear that leaving them is the better option. I'm still finding it hard to imagine a darker grey cladding like monument with the blonde brick debluc but it's certainly been suggested a few times so I'll keep searching for inspiration. Thanks again :)

(attached is a photo of a house near us that I like and that has a brownish tinge to the cladding that would hopefully work with our bricks as it seems to work with their sandstone - maybe dune colourbond?)

I would suggest going with warmer 'brownish' tones too ... the grey / blue-grey is all over the place. If you want to be brave think about tones like orche / or even rust - or if you want a softer look like in the image go for Dulux Sea Elephant (weird name but nice colour) - check out the new brown tones at https://www.dulux.com.au/colour/browns/popular 

You can stick with white for the trims - or a dark chocolate - and do a tangerine for the door. This will certainly stand out from the sea of black, white and grey homes and will highlight the soft gold bricks. :)

Good luck! :)

I would definitely be keeping your golden bricks, pressure clean and repoint where needed. Painted bricks always leads to further maintenance down the track, and nothing looks worse than paint coming off paint in ten years time. Don't let the Dulux colour consultant tell you to paint the bricks because at the end of the day Dulux wants to sell you more paint now, and then again in ten years!

Here are some photos of a similar aged home with a similar brick which has been offset nicely with Woodland Grey. The dramatic difference works nicely for a harmonious result, and the darkness of the doesn't look wishy-washy with the bricks.

Best of luck with your renovations,

Dr Retro

of Dr Retro House Calls