Alternatives to Z-Stone Stone cladding?

[Andehh]

We are looking at cladding on an otherwise whit rendered, black windowed, bungalow. Wife doesn't like wood cladding & i don't like the idea of it fading in time.

 

We are therefore looking at ''slate'' cladding. We have found Z Stone we like, but it is slightly too 'light grey' when I want something closer to 'black' - i think. Z Stone is in the build spec, I just want to make sure we dont overlook something else out there.

 

Has anyone come across anything worth suggesting please?

 

 

 

thank you,

[JohnMo]

We used real stone cladding, they do a black slate.

 

https://www.realstonecladding.co.uk/black-slate