I don't know how hot it gets in Auckland in summer (I've only ever been to NZ in winter!) but if it gets hot, then go for a pale colour. Dark roofs should be kept for cold places!

Definite improvement over the purple! Don't know what it's like elsewhere, but this colour scheme is very popular in our area. A shame really, it's getting a tad "over-used" and leans a bit to the monotonous/depressing side when there's too much of it. A few houses, fine - too many, not so good.

Personally , I think the main colour is fine , the crisp white on the poles and most of the terrace is fine -- the two different 'sandy khahki' shades ( the window surrounds , and the planter ) looks out of date . I'd do both of them in charcoal , as well as the terrace base board and the upstairs downpipes . It looks like the barge board and the veranda are already a charcoal -- if not , then darken them up too . The mid grey on the steps etc is fine as is , it's hard to see in the photos but the front door looks like it might be a nice solid wooden one -- again , thats fine to me , but I'd do the door surround in a crisp white to make it more noticeable . The other brighter option would be to do the window surrounds , the door surround , the top barge board including the gables , the terrace base and probably the terrace top rail -- all in a bright sunshine yellow !

Hi, The other night we noticed the lower of two pipes extruding from the exterior wall was leaking. It is funny as it seems to do it mainly at night. i attached an image to this but it doesn't seem to load so here is an external link: https://ibb.co/Sx5JXB4 Does any one know what this pipe is and what might be causing it? We had a mains hot water pressure cylinder installed about 2 months ago in the bottom part of the house but not sure if it is related. Thank you for your time.