Here is the old house..lower cedar undergoing clean and is now all oiled. Window trims on right painted in dune. Ok. So had heart attack yesterday. Roof painter came out. I am at work. He and my son decided to ‘colormatch’ my already woodland grey painted posts and decide ....yes it’s armour grey....I had told both days earlier woodland grey...now have an armour grey roof which is same as windspray...don’t know whether to laugh or cry..more cry actually. Heart was set on woodland grey and dune trims. But I did really like your windspray..so confused now what to do....any help would be appreciated.

I'd be going back to the architect/designer and asking why the vent wasn't on the plans then armed with that info, I'd be asking your Turkey of a Supervisor why if it wasn't on the plans he didn't flag and insist on being given the EXACT code that he's referencing (including the details so that you can review yourself) as last time you checked YOU WERE THE CLIENT - It's a shame you've had this happen - your home looks as though it will be stunning, but others have said it wont be so noticeable when the building is done completely. The placement kind of makes sense since heat rises so you'd want it to be as close to the highest point for maximum effectiveness but you should have been aware. Check on the builders itemized estimate to make sure that you didn't miss it by accident so that if you did accidentally miss that one line item on a list of a million you able to prepare your argument accordingly.

is it too late to put the tin plate and foam beneath the original vent so they still look original but don't admit any draughts??

Not that it overly matters , but I just looked on Google Maps Street View , and our old beach place looks like the cedar shingles are still original -- theres none that look modern or replaced , they appear to have all aged evenly , and getting close on 50 years ! A couple of interesting things to me though -- it has been split into 3 flats -- well , there are 3 slots of the letterbox ( No idea how the doors , kitchens , plumbing , etc work , pretty sure it only had an entrance and a back door , both at ground level , and one stairs , when we had it ) -- and it was officially 3 bedrooms , and only 2 showers , 2 toilets from memory , although there was a 3 door garage downstairs and we'd have up to 20 people in total -- those camp beds and the like spread on the floor , cars and boats parked outside when busy . The garage has been converted into one flat , cars park in front and to the left side now , but I'd say its now 3 relatively compact places . And I was wrong about the roof -- it is a flat silver on Google Maps ( so almost certainly galvanised iron ) , with several skylight windows . I remember the skylights -- I always assumed the roof was cedar though .