New Home Siding - Hardie or Wood for traditional home
Currently underway to begin building our forever home on the east end of Long Island. We are looking to achieve a somewhat modern version of a traditional New England/Cape Cod style home, with all white siding and white windows/trim. Our original goal wast to go with all white 4" lap/clapboard with a natural cedar shake roof as seen in some of the reference photos below. Our builder is strongly encouraging us to go with Hardieboard or similar both for cost savings and durability. We are concerned that this will lose the traditional feel we are going for but also was bit surprised that he is saying going with traditional wood could be 3-4 times the price of Hardie. We did see a nearby neighbor who told us they used Boral and we liked the look but they seem to have discontinued the traditional lap siding. Curious of others options and thoughts from those that may have used hardie or other similar engineered wood on a more traditional new england style home. Thanks in advance!
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