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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hope the pictures post

With trim: 
[img]https://www.houzz.com/photo/126202-greenlake-custom-home-craftsman-exterior-seattle[/img]

Trimless: 
[img]https://images.finehomebuilding.com/app/uploads/2013/02/30123534/DSC_0126.jpg[/img]

Source: https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2013/02/14/modern-hardie-siding-details-w-exterior-rigid-foam[/quote]

The trimless photo looks like the contractors walked off the job site leaving the house unfinished because the owner forgot to pay them.

Unless your house is concrete or Spanish revival stucco, you need trim.[/quote]

+1, I don't get the preference for trimless on this style of house. Trim would improve its appearance! Especially since, like a lot of modern houses, the windows look too small for the scale of the home. That's one of the consequences of supercharging square feet like we do in the US -- unless you can afford the upgrade to larger-than-standard doors and windows, it winds up looking weird. But at least trim mitigates this somewhat, especially if you use paint colors to your advantage (the paint and surface selection on the house in the photo also exacerbates problems with the home's scale and proportions).[/quote]

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