One of the biggest reasons we cut the upstairs was to free up enough money to get a tile roof. We longed for a cream house with a dark tile roof. We went to see our color options on the way to ice skating one Saturday.
Unfortunately they were closed. We just looked from the gate and decided we wanted the top right option on the first pallet of clay S tiles. We couldn’t read the name, so I just told my builder it was the darkest option out there. Real precise I know.
He said it was Dark Bordeaux. It’s the same tile that’s on the roof of his office building. I looked at it, and I said that doesn’t look right. It has too much brown. He said it was the darkest option we had.
I got a text about a week later asking what color the tile roof was going to be. I said check with Daniel (our builder) he knows. I was at my doctor’s office for a typical baby check up, and I just couldn’t get over the feeling that I needed to check on the tile color again.
I called the roof supply store. The lady went to check on the board for the color. It was Charcoal (right), and she told me it was a newer color choice. I texted that info along but decided to swing by the store just to double check. Sure enough Charcoal was what we wanted. Whew, seriously bullet dodged right?
Then this showed up at the house about the time I was meeting the electrician. Immediately I knew it wasn’t right. It was gray like concrete gray.
I checked the tag. Birchwood?? What?!? Of course they were just unloading the last pallet of tile roof when I showed up. At least it wasn’t going up on the roof yet. I immediately went to my builder and told him the roof was wrong. His face fell. Y’all this is an expensive mistake. And we weren’t about to just roll with the wrong roof color after we sacrificed our entire upstairs finish out for it.
Our builder got on the phone and fixed it, so up went the correct tile roof. Pretty charcoal. Here’s the bump + project picture to track the progress. (Obviously we are very behind on the house progress blogging since Beckett is now a month old!)
Yep there’s brick too. Ignore the color. Remember we are painting it!
With the tile roof and the foam insulation, the house was noticeably cooler during the last of our extremely hot Texas days. Aren’t you excited for us to move in and tell you all about how low our electrical bills are? Yeah me too.
Ooh I love the color you picked! I actually like how it looks with the brick. What color are you painting it?
We are thinking a cream/off white. It’s been very difficult to find the right color. Probably because I know if I hate it I won’t be repainting it myself!
This is such a beautiful roof color. I would have stood my ground too. It’s going to look amazing with the cream painted brick. Yum!!
Can’t wait to hear what you electric bill is going to be next August
Haha I’d like to see what it is in December!
What a hassle! I’m glad you got the right tile though. The important thing is to get it right!
Yes thank goodness we caught it early!
Looks great! We had an S tile roof on our old condo but it was a faded terra cotta color. Your charcoal color is muuuchhh better!
I’m also excited to see what your electric bill is going to be! We’re getting solar panels installed in a few months so we’ll have to compare
When we stayed at Hotel San Jose in Austin for my maternity pics, we wished we had gone with a reddish terra cotta roof and done an avocado green on the house. Their check in building is like that and it looks pretty amazing!
Ooooo solar panels! We will definitely have to compare. I mean we both live in 100+ degree weather in the summer, so it will really just be a win that we aren’t melting!
oooh dreamy charcoal! and how cute were you! you still are, but i mean with the bump! 😉
Haha thanks for the clarification there! 😉 It is a really dreamy roof which I originally didn’t think was necessary. Silly me.
oh man it doesnt hurt to double triple check these things! that is for sure!
I feel like you could teach us a few lessons on that business! 😉 It happened so early in the project that we’ve really been diligent about checking and communicating things. Of course there’s always moments where things are misunderstood but I think that’s just with everything. As long as it’s nothing major and can be fixed on someone else dime without loosing any time I’m okay with it. (Notice all the requirements there…it’s my way appearing to be agreeable.)
It’s all starting to look amazing, and I really like your choice for roof…I’m from FL after all. Goes to show you, you can’t trust the English to Spanish translations 😉
Thank you! It really makes the house look impressive. At first it was difficult for me to think something double in price would be worth it, but it definitely is. Without a tile roof, this house would have an entirely different look which is a weird thing to think about!
Are you guys getting corbels for the roof overhang? That was a nice $5000 suprise in our bid:) Who knew 75 pieces of little wood could be so ridiculously expensive! Just so you know we are eyeballing the same exterior color scheme:) Thank God you guys are three hours North so we don’t have to change to a fire engine red roof!
No corbels for us. We went with another expensive route to add some architectural detail.
I wish it would have only cost $5000, but it’s a more prominent feature. Check the elevation and see if you can figure it out. Go look at Hotel San Jose for some inspiration. Seriously if we would have stayed there before we had already made most of our decisions things would have been different. I’m still happy with our decisions, but it was nice to see some real life inspiration too.
Okay sister! I give up. Pray tell what expensive architectual feature is lurking on your stucco, tile roofed home. My eyeballs are crossed from staring at the San Jose Hotel for so long. I hope we don’t to copy you guys:)
Ah first problem it’s painted brick! There’s only stucco in the back patio area. 😉 You’ll have to be patient and wait for that blog post! They aren’t quite finished with that part yet, so not sure when we will be able to post it. Hopefully soon!
If you do copy us just know that we copied someone else, so no biggie!
So, when I was looking at the picture, I saw the roof first (of course — because it’s magnificent!) and I swear my eyes created this stucco mirage:) Or maybe I just already have the painted brick vision in my head and translated it into stucco…who knows?!?!? Anyway, yes, I will wait for the big reveal but just so you know it won’t be patient waiting.:) Can’t wait to see this house in person!
P.S. cute belly:)
I can’t wait to see it with the white- what a beautiful combination!!
I can’t wait either. That brick makes me cringe a little each time I see it. It’s more pink than it looks in the photo, so it’s pretty awful.
Good choice on the charcoal! Me likey. Which I know is one of your biggest concerns. 😛
Your house is looking stunning already!
It was THE biggest concern. Whew. So glad you approve. I should start sending the decision over to you first thing. Silly me!
Thank you. It looks even better now that’s it’s slightly more finished. Just can’t wait to paint that brick, so it will really start looking finished!
OMG I can’t even think about them putting up the wrong tiled roof. Thank God that didn’t happen. I love tiled roofs so much and they always make me think of home/Germany.
It would have been a disaster. Also I’m an ugly crier so that would just make it worse!
Oh I LOVE that! We have hardly any tile roofs around here, so I always love them. A really perfect colour choice.
Thank you! There aren’t many tile roofs around here either unless the style of the house dictates it. In Texas it’s mainly ranch style homes, so tile roofs just don’t fit. Our neighborhood is nearly all tile roofs with the exception of the 2 ranch homes and 1 tutor style.