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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally like the look of hardiboard siding especially when it is painted a nice color that complements the brick. I also like houses that are painted all over the same color (brick + siding). That can look really nice if done well. Brick additions can look good if done well but often there is a mismatch between old and new brick and that looks really bad to me. My eye goes right to the dividing line between old and new and I don't even notice anything else.[/quote]

Not all siding is equal, and when trying to mach old brick with new brick siding it is bound to fail and just look like you  did not have a good designer. Look at some siding additions on Houzz and you will find some nice ones. [b]Just stay well away from the vinyl[/b]. [/quote]

Vinyl siding is not the worst thing on earth. DCUM snobs are so obnoxious. Everyone on earth cannot afford Hardieplank siding or an all brick/stone house. Houses with vinyl siding are not all terrible.[/quote]

+1 I am as snobby as they come and could care less if the house has vinyl or hardi on some parts of it. I mean have you looked at hardi, it's basically plastic made to look like wood, which to me is worse than vinyl which at least isn't trying to be something it's not. My DH, our architect, and everyone under the sun is insisting we replace all our vinyl (which has been on the house since god knows when, completely problem and maintenance free) with hardi and I'm all, well I'd much rather use that money to do inset cabinets in the kitchen....

But anyway, I'm going back and forth on our one-story addition in hardi or brick, I think brick because we are going with turf for our small soggy backyard, so plastic planks and plastic grass might be a bridge too far. For the front facade I'd love to use the bricks they are taking off the back and reuse them so at least in the front it's a perfect match. We won't need a lot of bricks, just two small vertical sections and about under the windows. I think I may push for that, despite the costs... but if it's 10k maybe not. 
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Either you don't know what plastic is or you have never held hardiplank, because hardi is most certainly not 'basically plastic.'[/quote]

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