Help! How to modernise / increase curb appeal on my 1970s dormer house
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Comments (10)Just for the record I think this is a lovely looking mid century property and i feel it benefits from the shape of the chimney and the dormer window. Without them you'd have a featureless aspect! Even if you retain the white windows, (because that's a huge job), I would definitely change your front door to something that isn't PVC. White PVC doors date properties, but not in a charming way. If you have a hefty budget then horizontal wood cladding (or that faux wood porcelain stuff, that's already greyed) would elongate the walls and make it look wonderful. Might try a mock up on my old laptop....See MoreHelp with exterior of house, facade needs more curb appeal!
Comments (24)I think you need to weigh up if there is a profit benefit by building a front gable. You might well increase the square footage by 10% which could be enough to add value particularly if it gives you enough room for an extra room like an ensuite. It may be worth consulting an estate agent to get an opinion- where I live there are some roads where improving the kerb appeal and square footage would easily add more than the cost of improvements...See MoreRenovating a 1960's 3 bed semi - help with layout and kerb appeal!
Comments (65)Hi all, Thank you so much for all the helpful comments and suggestions, and sorry that it's taken me so long to respond - house renovation and work have been keeping us on our toes! This has become a long post, so a quick reminder - we were looking to renovate and rewire our 60s house to update it and also make it more wheelchair friendly downstairs for when my mother-in-law comes to visit. We employed an architect and came up with what turned out to be an 'aspirational' design (much more than the budget!) so we ended up deciding to split things into two stages: Stage One to add a downstairs wetroom for accessibility, remove chimney throughout and add a porch Stage Two to do the extension across the rear, removing the conservatory to open out a large kitchen/diner and add a utility room The layout below shows both Stages One and Two as complete. Bits shown in red are existing walls which have been/will be removed (apart from the wall in red in the seating area below which is between the existing kitchen and dining room - that's a mistake). So.....the building work is now done - hurray! Stage One is complete, we are much poorer, and we now need to decorate the whole house :-) Some before and after photos below - please bear with the terrible photography skills. The rooms aren't big enough to allow for expansive photos!: We've re-plastered throughout, apart from in the kitchen and upstairs bathroom, as we'll deal with those later. Current challenge is deciding how on earth to pick paint colours and flooring throughout.... Anyway - hopefully that gives you a sense of where we've got to. Best wishes...See MoreKerb appeal help
Comments (4)Before removing the inner door and changing the Porch door, i'd check to see if the Porch wall is thick enough to become the only 'outside' wall. Most of those porches were built as entrances with porch across, therefore, the walls are for the most part not thick enough to have cavities for insulation etc, thus you may make the house cold by removing the inner door. I would re-instate the door as it would have been built, more like the one above. You could also think about extending the porch, along Jonathan's idea above. Or make the whole thing more prominent right across....See More- 9 years ago
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