The key to champagne on a beer budget is planning. Find the look you want, and then find a way to do it cheaper.
1 Pop on Pintrest and here on Houzz and search colourbond exteriors, save anything that catches your eye.

2. Stalk the Builders websites ie Metricon, Porters. They pay money to have their exteriors designed and find something that appeals to you.
3. Create you own mood board to consolidate your ideas.
4. Consider going plain on the facade with a kick arse garden. That will give your house a real personality.
5. Once you’ve gathered all your ideas, if you’re still unsure spend a few hundred dollars and have an on-site colour consultation.

thanks bigreader. I have been doing all this. Any thoughts on cladding the front section around the window for me?
I love gardening but this is a small block, only setback 5m.

Post some of the ideas you’ve collected and we can suggest how they could work for you. 5m is enough for a central feature shrub and plantings.

i think its keeping the roof a lighter colour that's giving me grief.

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Shale grey, Windspray and Basalt are the roof colours I like the most so far. I'm open to ideas but

any you like with the red bricks you mentioned above

Ironstone is nice too. too dark for perth?

I love the terracewa. Lots of articulation wnd colour variation. and and a mainly light colour scheme to reflect the sun rather that abort, so light roof is essential.
Maybe look for a design where the roof is not so prominent, They photos may not be taken at pedestrian height so go look at display villages

And if you don’t like surfmist, maybe try Dune.

I'm looking at the picture , and I'm trying to work everything out . What stage are you at ?

Which walls will be red brick ? Are any colourbond , or is that just the roof ?

Just in that picture , I can't imagine the red brick suited anywhere there . The left of the garage door , and that splitter wall , would look okay in the brick , but I'm gathering it would be both cheaper and also better suited to do both of those in a fibrocement board , maybe rendered and painted ?

The door is just plain boring -- Maybe , just maybe , that wall to the left in the brick would be okay , but it would be difficult to tie it in . Do the flashest door you can afford , but personally I'd like a wider doorway , with glass down 1 side or similar .

Likewise , I'd do a matching garage door . The other thing though is around the window -- I'd do that in a shiplap board -- personally I prefer real painted timber rather than anything fake -- there's places you can save costs , but even a whole house is less than 420k different in price -- that bit around the window shouldn't be $1000 different !

Maybe that gets a discussion going . . . . . . .

I'm at waiting on contracts stage. The front door won't look like this at all. It is 1020 wide. Can't be any wider. This block is only 12.5m frontage.
I think I agree with doing the shiplap. I'll just use the redbrick for the rear of house I think.

How do I figure out the colours and materials used in these terracewa homes

Colourbond is currently only being used for the roof and the garage. Render or face bricks to front. hopefully I can change the render to shiplap around the front windows. Do you think the window should be a bit bigger?

you are all being so helpful. Thank you all so much. Doing this on my own is a double edged sword.

Without knowing colours its hard to really know , and as far as the window , it looks like it is sliding panels ? A larger window IMO would need to be fixed panels , and it also depends what is inside -- a lounge with a larger window is fine if you don't need the wall space , but a bedroom pretty much says you are an exhibitionist haha ( only joking , but you know what I mean hopefully ) .

Looking at your design pics , the offwhite and charcoals are trendy and nice ( and not freakin grey ! ) -- one idea for the front may be to do the triangular section of the eve in charcoal 'battens' set 20-30cm forward of the wall , and then off-white either textured finish or shiplap .

Another idea that may work ( depending on interior ceiling ) may be a a smaller triangle window above the door , and a nice timber or 'interesting' door ( say 3 or 4 glass panels in the door ) , and maybe a matching garage door in the same timber ? Just ideas -- the final choice is yours . . . . . .

ha ha its a theatre room ( that we probably won't use much) This is a 3 bed house. I made this a small theatre or 4th bed for resale or guests

This facade is the one I love. but you could change the timber struts and entry steps to feature brick. Which will be less maintenance but higher install cost.