Fair point - the rest of the house is painted white but I don't want to make a load of extra future painting for us so we're going with a brick finish rather than render.
Also we prefer the brick effect inside - kind of warehousey!
Just wavering between shades of red and yellow.
With it being round the back and covering most of the rear elevation we're not too concerned about the external contrast between painted and brick finish - but if we are horrified - we could always paint it!!!