How to brighten up an ex-council house
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Ex-council house, drab exterior - how to modernise?
Comments (1)Painting the brickwork white would work well with the other properties and the top cladding being black. Can you remove some of the outside tiles to add soft landscaping? I would remove at least 2 rows of the path around the house and plant lots of evergreen shrubs which would make the whole area much more inviting....See MoreExterior design on a ex council home
Comments (36)White and brick is a classic and you really can't go wrong with it. But it does look a bit old and faded. Try looking up companies that do brick cleaning and sand blasting and perhaps reponting in a colour. (they mix the colour to match the bricks or another colour. The thin lines, when viewed from far, can alter the perceived colour of the bricks.- For example if you wanted a ';yellow brick house' but you 're stuck with brown, repointing in yellow will pick up the yellow tones in the brown brick and it will be yellow. Same goes for the other colours found in the brick. examine which colours are present in your current brick closely. Use a magnifying glass if you have to! You will be amazed and all the colours present in there. Then sandblast and have fun. Do this before you change the windows, as sand blasting can be damaging to the upvc, and then repoint after replacing windows. Depending on the colour the walls come out- Ask for samples on a north and south walls- then choose a black frame (for example with black poinitng) or white with the lighter colours. After a decade or two, then I would look at rendering, but for the moment, try the conservative route since the rendered look can't easily be reversed...See MoreFloor plan of ex local council flat
Comments (12)Thanks guys, I’m a leaseholder and I’ll indeed get a professional to get building reg and planning permission, however I’m seeing ideas and looking into possibilities. If if I can’t make it work, I have to sell up and move, not enjoying this space currently. Mahis wife thanks for the floor plan. I have to have the bifold door from the new living room because the kitchen side is more cramped. Ill try try and take photos to show....See MoreWhat Lies Beneath..? Original floor of 1920s ex Council house
Comments (5)Thank you! Imagine if there was solid oak under this tatty laminate! Somehow it seems unlikely, with it having been public housing. The story goes that they were running out of money to finish this estate which is why a lot of the attics were not divided up, ie, no party walls between them. There are a couple of airbricks in the front wall at what would be below floor level so that's exciting. I've no idea what to do next! Thanks again....See Morehortonhearsawho2013
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