Shall I paint my house navy?

[Kentuki]

It’s a 30s semi in leafy zone 5.

We are having it re rendered as it’s a mix of pebble dash, brick and smooth render. Going for smooth render all over. Windows are white UPVC.

Very tempted to go for a navy paint or another colour (any suggestions?). Has anyone done it, or have any views?

I’d love to have a pink house.

Can you break the one colour up a bit? Top half with timber or any other material? Sometimes rendered houses all in one colour can look a bit 'much'. Navy sounds nice but maybe not for the whole house.

I lived in a seaside town where there were Victorian villas of every hue. There was one navy house and it looked absolutely awful. Sorry. It was just too dark, heavy, and seemed out of place, looming out of the trees in the garden. Yet I have seen navy wooden houses in the US and thought they looked amazing.

I don't think blue of any shade works very well outside in the UK, the quality of light is quite cold compared to places like the mediterranean.

Looks ace in a street of coloured houses . In a suburban leafy zone ....

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These are in Bristol

Sorry it's very dark.

I don’t think such a dark colour would look good

Take a look at the exterior of this house - I think it looks very heavy

www.bhg.com/home-improvement/remodeling/before-and-after/cozy-family-colonial/

I'd say no.

Have you seen this?www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6838319/Couple-1920s-home-80-000-face-lift-painting-black-orange.html

Our neighbours have done it and I love it. They have done windows and stonework white. Only issue is painters didn’t paint faded black down pipe and it looks very scruffy against the navy. Go for it!
Another house nearby had done charcoal grey with same coloured windows and its looks fab too, especially with green spring leaves contrasting with it.

Yes do it!
@DespairingHomeowner I think that house looks great and actually colonials are often dark.

There’s a house near us which has been painted dark grey top to bottom - and it looks.... ahem... horrendous. I’d be cautious of going too dark personally, also may show up wear and tear much more readily I would have thought.

@MyHusbandTheIdiot

There’s a house near us which has been painted dark grey top to bottom - and it looks.... ahem... horrendous. I’d be cautious of going too dark personally, also may show up wear and tear much more readily I would have thought.

We've got one nearby

It looks dire.

Do it, it will be better than all the miserable drab grey springing up everywhere. If done nicely with attention to detail it'll look really smart.

There are houses painted grey around here. They look so dreary.

There's one near us that is navy, it has a lot of white to contrast it and looks neat and tidy. There's another thats a slate blue - bit lighter - and it looks amazing - not too dark, but clearly different and really smart with the white.

Look on street view at this row of houses in London www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107191190#/

Thanks all. I am rethinking as at the back we are three stories, which is all render, and I think three stories of navy looming over us in the garden might be a bit much. I am just not in to this off white yellowy all the houses seem to be. Pure white?

Save yourself some money and leave the brickwork as is and smooth out the pebbledash?

A mix of materials can look good.

You could always paint the door navy???