Fiber cement panels

https://www.jameshardie.com.au/productrange/hardieplank-weatherboard

No pictures but: just use rendered and painted brick where weatherboards are and use another low brick wall with sill capping to create the wainscot wall look. I would use perhaps a recycled face brick or use stone as per picture. Weatherboard to gable ends or shingles perhaps.

Just don't paint it all the same colour as you'll lose the effect. A google search found quite a few versions of the look you're after.

MD why would you use bricks when there are look alikes in metal and fibre board? would they be classified as not to be used in Scotts area, bricks would look fine but if you still want whats in the photo? wait to hear back from Scott on that one

It is a very American/Canadian looking home. Are you in Australia?

it is dreamer it follows the popular hamptons style that everyone is doing

siriuskey - rendering over fibre cement board tends to crack after a few years. Render board (foam panels) work ok. Hebel panels also ok.

Hard to give too much info without knowing what the covenant says.

A lot of sites have covenants such as a percentage of face brick/rendered brick/weatherboard. Some also say no corrugated steel for cladding. Unfortunately this why so many new subdivisions have houses all looking similar, but thats another story.

I would highly recommend looking at Accoya. You can clad your walls with it and it is warranted for 50 years above ground and has a 70 year minimum service life. It is also environmentally friendly and farmed from renewable sources.

MB, sorry my suggestion was to use look alike weather boards not panels which was miss leading, they can look great but then I'am not sure if they are aceptable

siriuskey - all good, my interpretation of the post is limited weatherboard; even if not actual weatherboards of timber. I did one recently where they had 80% brick facade with 40% render or stone or a combination of both render and stone. They also had a sidetone of preference to include incidental timber to porch/articulation zone.....