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Here is our Padlet - a summary of what we are considering for cladding the exterior of our house and garage (garage will likely just be stained board and baton with tiled roof to match house, may use a splash of colour or contrast?).

We are relocating a non-earthquake effected house (quite similar to our Lower Moutere house) onto a 5000 sm section on the outskirts of Darfield.  It will cost us $100K to put it on site (plus pad), then we plan to spend a max of $200Kish renovating/cladding etc. Todd will forward the floor plan and a couple of photos for you of it.

Please have a look and read - then we would really appreciate your advice on the following:
-what cladding? where to contrast and what with?
-what colour for stain and joinery?
-how would you do a covered walkway feature between garage and house that is cost effective?
-we will email the floor plan and a couple of photos of the house we are relocating.  We are using a similar style floor plan to our LM house - so if you can just cast your eye over it and see if the dimensions of the living rooms are right and the size and shapes of the living room/scullery/laundry doors and windows are correct (will double glaze rest of the house but to existing sized windows).  We have got one 'constraint' with design and that is the neighbour has the biggest/ugliest shed ever on the boundary that our dining room end of the house looks out on.  So we aren't sure what to do here window/doorwise.  I was thinking window seat in the dining room that you can sit at the table at and then big window or corner sliding door out to front and side (sounds expensive though)?  Wondering whether it is silly having both living room sliding doors opening out to the same direction?

Thanks so much for your help

Cheers
Nic and Todd

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Have the ends of the house a contrasting material/colour (could even frame the ends so they look like this as have to reclad?)

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Have the outcrop off the living room in a different material/colour

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Having the outdoor entrance contrasting material/colour

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Something to welcome people to the front door - with a divider down the middle or a funky storage unit attached to the front as a feature, so we can put our shoes/coats/bags (crap) behind it/in it as we walk out of the garage.  It will also act as a barrier and privacy for the 4th bedroom.  Was thinking the divider cladding/privacy wall should be in keeping with house cladding - board and batten/brick/other alternative???

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Simple form with a privacy wall

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I like them all!! I marked up the plans (in another email) before looking at the padlet post so there could be some overlap.
Cladding raises issues and multiple claddings raise the risk matrix of the house so your designer may comment. I'd brick the bay window as you need a bigger footing for brick veneer and its not too far to fall in an earthquake so you will avoid the expenses of the whole house having increased footing; put a durable cladding to the sun-burnt North and West (maybe vertical corr or Freemans 'Alpine Tray' in colorsteel 'Flaxpod')  and on the South same coloured board and batten (use Lawson Cypress?) using Resene Lumbersider 'Cool Colours' Flaxpod. Ditto for garage. Cedar with honey coloured cedar oil to link and entry AND to the alfresco gable Living-Dining wall if you are able to do it.
For colour panels I like the idea of using them INSIDE the link. NZ UV is too much for that stuff.
Windows could have oiled cedar 'architrave surrounds' for a neat contrast.
If you are going conc slab then you could put polystyrene under it and polish it in the link- entry-lounge-living- laundry areas with rugs  and carpet in beds and hall?
And....spanner in works...would it be economic to build new from scratch? I'll shut up there!
cheers
Leigh

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We are thinking of a simple design that is aesthetically pleasing for visitors to the entrance door, but also functional to keep dry. Probably all made out of wood and stained.

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Our ideas for exterior cladding are revolving around keeping the metal tile roof (we were going to re-roof but too expensive) but likely painting it (as it is a light green at present). We are wanting to clad as cheaply as possible but want to have some features in it.
Options we have come up with:
-make features of the external entrance space and the outcrop piece of the living area by using a different cladding on these

AND/OR: making features of the end two walls.

Main cladding - are thinking board and batten in a dark stain with dark joinery and roof to match this.

Contrast - with either recycled red brick or cedar or brightly painted board or an alternate colour stained board and batten (likely cedar colour)

We are looking for what looks good and is cost effective.

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Contrast option 1 -Brightly painted board as features in entrance/living outcrop

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Contrast option 1 -Brightly painted board as features in entrance/living outcrop

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Thoughts are that this will be cheapest option and a good way to break up the darkness of the roof/board and baton/joinery. My concerns are that this might be too modern for the tile roof.

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Here you can see a small brightly coloured green contrast on the outside wall out the window.

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Recycled red brick we thought went well with the board and baton, plus also goes well with a tiled roof.
Options for this:
-Ends of the house
AND/OR
-Entrance and living area outcrop

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We like the contrast of brick and wood (however we would use board and baton)

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Was wondering if we used brick as a feature on the end walls if they could be finished like this right hand wall so they look like a separate end chunky block wall - not sure how this would look with our roof line and overhanging eaves?

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If we used them we would want them to be rustic like this wall

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Like the dark stain with the red brick

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Like the contemporary look of this red brick by using modern joinery within it

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Like the feature of this red brick wall

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Or concrete bricks - however we think these are too modern with the tile roof.

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I love this feature end wall and this is where I got the idea of red brick (which I actually don't really like normally).  The quirky window helps, however some contemporary windows should do the same? I am thinking that the red brick will look ok with the tile roof (seems most tile roofed houses are brick?)

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Option 3 - Cedar (but worried about the cost of it)

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Option 3 - Cedar (but worried about the cost of it)

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We love the colour of cedar with the dark stained board and batton - however concerned at the cost of the cedar.  Can we get the same effect with using a cedar stained board and baton?

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Question around painting or staining board and baton

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Question around painting or staining board and baton

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Do we paint the board and baton so it is softer finish

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Do we go for painted board and baton?

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OUR ORIGINAL IDEA: Cladding and roofing in dark colour steel run vertically, with matching coloured windows and doors.

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OUR ORIGINAL IDEA: Cladding and roofing in dark colour steel run vertically, with matching coloured windows and doors.

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THIS WAS OUR ORIGINAL IDEA - RE-ROOF AND GO FOR A BARN STYLE LOOK - HOWEVER TOO EXPENSIVE.
But I thought it might help give an idea of the style we like?

Use board and batton to contrast in places to add detail - at the entrance door, on the each end of the house, maybe onto garage also.

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Entrance door in wood feature - one of our ideas for our entrance

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Another feature we like

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This is where I got the idea of contrasting ends of the house - we are recladding it so could make the ends look like this by extending the walls to match the roof overhang. Would you do board and baton like this along sides and alternating red brick ends or vis versa? Or could you do this with something other than cedar as it is so expensive?