Does it have to be that color brick?

Yes, I’ve already ordered the brick.

White

Gray. Not as busy looking.

White, the gray looks like it’s dirty.

Left.

It only looks dirty because you're comparing it right next to the white (which won't stay that bright). I prefer the subtleness of the gray. But what do you care what anyone else would select? It's $3500 more, but out of what total? $500,000? $1,000,000? $3,500,000?

White for sure!!

When the white mortar ages grey, you can always re-paint it white.

I'd pick the grey and go on vacation with the money I saved.

What does the house look like?

Robbin, that’s my mentality, yes, 3,500 doesn’t seem like much when you take into account the overall cost, however I refuse to have that mentality. This is the exterior elevation.

I like the gray. With the white emphasizing each brick it seems like it would look busy.

What material will the treatments over the windows be and what color?

Left and considering how long it should last it really isn’t that much money over time. Go with what you will like for the longest time.

The gray appears still wet to me. Mortar will continue to dry and lighten for quite a while. I'd do the gray for a more subtle transition brick to mortar. The buff is too stark IMO.

With your house, gray (portland cement?) mortar is more appropriate in my view.

Gray.

Now that I see the house, I change my vote to gray.

Gray.

And please complement your designer on the well done elevation and overall design.

Gray. It's nice to see a all brick house for a change. Quality.

Gray. And you should post more pics of this project. It’s precisely the well proportioned, not overly floofed and potato headed, restrained type of facade that should be more common. Unfortunately, it isn’t. Posters could learn a lot about what to say yes to, and what to say no to.

Thanks all for the really helpful insights. I believe I will let the mortar dry a bit more and see how that gray lightens, this image was after just 2 days of cold rainy conditions.

Good plan

Pretty house. Congrats.

Absolutely the gray. it will dry lighter.

I like the grey.

The gray mortar on the right hasn‘t fully cured. It WILL lighten over time. I had it with Boral Old Overton brick on a previous house and it was far lighter than your example but certainly not as light as the white. The white mortar will look too busy with as much brick as you have on your house.

@spitaki10 if you're having a lot of rain your mock up needs time to dry for sure. A few sunny dry days should give you a good idea. In the future it will get wet with rain and look somewhat darker till it dries again although our mortar has never looked as dark as it was during construction even with soaking wind driven rain.