Versatile and elegant, Hebel allows modern homeowners to stay on trend by helping to achieve a beautifully rendered facade.

Trends come and go, but the quality is forever. From traditional Hamptons to cutting-edge contemporary looks, we have a wide range of facade styles that are driven by quality and design.

 

Boutique Homes Senior Designer, Rob Nguyen, highlights that the Hamptons style is still popular along with its sibling – the American coastal look. The versatility of Hebel means that it’s easy to create a stunning facade for both these popular styles.

‘The main benefits of using Hebel are shorter build times, compared to brick veneer construction, and getting a really clean and consistent smooth finish with crisp edges. We use Hebel for external rendered walls, on facades and around the rest of the home,’ Rob says. ‘We also offer the Hebel PowerFloor product that provides a 75mm thick solid first floor structure that feels as firm as a concrete slab and prevents noise transfer from upstairs to downstairs.’

‘Hebel is great for achieving a nice rendered finish on a wall,’ Rob explains. ‘And rendered walls are quite common with the Hamptons style. You can build a full Hebel house that’s inspired by the Hamptons style, although you’ll probably want to include some cladding such as weatherboard to complete the look.’

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While the Hamptons look has been in demand with Australian homeowners for a few years now, Rob says that the style shows no sign of waning in popularity.

‘We’re finding that the traditional styles are still very popular, including our Hamptons, Southampton and Greyson facades, which are all available with rendered Hebel walls.’

‘I’ve noticed a resurgence in demand for modern and contemporary facades in the last year or so, again using Hebel to achieve that smooth appearance that’s often in demand with more streamlined styles,’ explains Rob.

‘The contemporary style has less weatherboard cladding. Instead, it incorporates different types of cladding such as vertical groove panels,’ says Rob. ‘And the style does lean quite easily towards large rendered walls in light colours to keep to that modernist aesthetic.’

‘Light-coloured rendered walls are always on trend with contemporary designs, and Hebel allows us to provide this look with a very smooth, consistent, and sharp render finish.’

‘I think that light and fresh look is quite timeless; people like it,’ says Rob. ‘Medium greys are becoming a bit more popular as well; more the warm sort of greys rather than the browns. Over time, homeowners swing between the browns and greys but we’re still in the greys at the moment, albeit towards the warmer side.’

‘Mixed material facades continue to grow in popularity, often a mix of render, weatherboard and brick,’ adds Rob. ‘Although try to limit your designs to no more than three types of materials on the exterior – any more than that and it can get quite busy and complicated.’

About Hebel

Hebel is a strong, versatile, high-performance building product made from Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). As Australia’s only manufacturer of AAC, CSR Hebel has over 30 years of experience meaning you can be assured you are getting a high-quality product with the technical expertise to back it up. Available in blocks and panels, Hebel is easy to handle and quick to build with. Hebel panels contain anti-corrosion steel reinforcement for added strength and are available in a range of lengths for applications including walls, floors and external cladding.

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