Thanks Anne and I will look at pale grey given the maintenance considerations. I have already paid for a colour consultant who was great but the Reckless grey she suggested for the house render and basalt gutters/fascia and front wall were too grey when we had the render samples put on and while it had a modern look, it was not giving the beach/coastal feel. I will head back into our inspirations paint store this morning to see if I can find the warm grey colours that have the most similar colour make up to Dune, and go from there. Anne you don't happen to know the dulux colour most close in composition to Colorbond Dune so I know where to start? Thanks again and I would love to hear from anyone who has got a dune roof and hear if they tried light coloured gutters and what render colours they have used on their walls.

When choosing an exterior paint, make sure you take into consideration which way you house is facing, which angle the sun travels above your house, and also the weather seasons as well. This can actually make or break your exterior paint job to your house, as this is a highly expensive and time consuming job, and can ultimately effect the value of your home in a negative way. You may have to go down the road of trial and error by just painting a very small area of the exterior of your house and examining during the day (and year) to find out what suits well!

I'm going to be completely different . You have the burnt orange tiles , and the grey render , being the colours that are not worth changing IMO . I'd redo the charcoal fence stain , and it looks like the garage door is already okay in that colour . I'd do the uprights and the barge board above the veranda in charcoal ( the garage door surround is already in that tone , and looks good IMO ) , and the square 'caps' of the veranda in burnt orange , and the small shade/roof over the left hand window also in the burnt orange

Hi Caz Your house has a lot of character. To freshen it up I would look at painting it white. Resene Triple Black White. It's a beautiful soft white but not creamy. The red guttering, which you decided not to touch, I would paint a grey with a green edge. Perhaps look at Resene Half Gravel or Resene Tapa. What I'm trying to do is find a dark colour that blends with your existing roof colour. For all the beautiful fillagree work, (what appears to currently be painted a shade of yellow) and poles, use a paler neutral with a green undertone like Resene Ash/Half Ash. If you want to accentuate the details on the poles or those corner pieces, you can double the strength that is used on the poles i.e. If you used Resene Ash, use Resene Double Ash. Have a play around and decide what colour intensity you like for all the details but don't go too dark, just so you can see a contrast. I think having the beautiful red tiles on the porch is fine and you don't necessarily need to keep the red on the guttering as it is drawing the eye to look at it. That scheme will freshen the house up beautifully. No pictures of front door but a glossy dark grey colour, similar to the colour in the porch tiles will tie it together. It will look beautiful. Would love to see more pictures.