Help! Struggling to uniform front of our Victorian terrace.
Hi,
Really would appreciate some help. We're about to renovate the facade and front garden of our house but we are struggling to choose finishes/styles and colours.
Currently the front is an awful mis-match of styles from different eras: white PVC porch plus a mix of original brickwork and modern render on the facade where the bay window has previously been removed. We want to retain as much original character as we can with sympathetic additions but space is very tight to rebuild a double brick-built porch with insulation etc.
Our builder suggested blockwork and render for the porch, with a pitched/tiled roof. He is also suggesting rendering the whole bottom half of the house with Ceresit (polished render) to tie the porch in. I'm worried about how this will look as the render is quite grainy - worried it will spoil the facade of the house even further.
The only definite decision we've made is to change the red brick front wall to a wooden picket fence, thought not sure what to do on the pub side. Also suggestions on colours for house, fencing, new door would be great as I don't have a great design eye and am struggling to see whole picture. We are on a main road so dirt shows up a lot on the current cream. Thanks so much!
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Comments (17)Hi all, Thank you so much for your posts and ideas. I really appreciate it! Well 6 years have passed and we still haven’t made any structural changes as we started a family instead! But we think we’re ready to make some changes now (just when its become more expensive than ever to do structural works!) A few things I forgot to mention in my original post is that the roof is a butterfly/London roof so its not a traditional pitched roof and would be expensive to make convert it. Plus we had to unexpectedly replace the entite roof this year because it was causing problems and didn’t have the time to think about a conversion due to the urgency 😫. The front door is next to the lounge (floor plan is upside down 🙃) I think we’re thinking of a ground floor extension now but ideally i’d love to separate out the 3rd bedroom so it has its own entrance and possibly make it bigger. The third bedroom is at a split level from the 2nd bedroom ie you have to go down 3 steps. But the roof above the 3rd bedroom is pitched and i’m wondering if its possible to extend into it and make it a study/4th bedroom. The pesky stairs still seem to be a problem! RE: John Botham thanks for your advice to be cautious as the layout differs so greatly to other properties on the street. Any advice, ideas or similar problems solved very much appreciated! many thanks SJ...See Moreblank canvas in a Victorian terrace
Comments (11)Hi Sophie. It's a lovely house. I might be inclined to continue the grey paint. Perhaps on the window ŵall to frame the shutters and also in the left alcove of the dining room but try it just up to the pillar. I would pull the mustard chair out of the alcove so it's kind of angled to the left of the fire. Move the footstool in front of that fire and add a small table and lamp in the alcove. If you're keen on a beni rug perhaps a cowhide in front of that fire. I'd also pull the dining table out so its under the light. Do you have benches both sides as chairs might be nice on one? Living room, I might go for a round mirror in silver to tie in with the other but add a large vase of some faux greenery/flowers on the left of the mantle which will tie in with the tiles, Do you have pics of the other side of the room and alcove measurement re layout and tv unit? Does the tv actually fit in the alcove? I do like your existing coffee table as it ties in all the white, if not I'd use a trunk. You could use chandeliers for the room or something contemporary perhaps with texture. What style are you after?...See MoreVictorian Terrace Dining Room
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Comments (36)Hi there! I’d love to hear what you are using the under the stair spaces for. It looks like the bike could fit under the stairs near main entrance comfortably. You then could use the current bike area for the utility i.e. muddy stuff mops and sports equipment. As such you would need to install shelves to add on the storage space. I’d like to agree with Minipie that, if you really love for the bike area to remain as is, as I feel you might, the next best position for the utility is in the basement. The basement offers several advantages as compared to hiving off a space on G.F, especially when you consider the available space which you’d require to store all the stuff you said. I imagine sports equipment for example would need quite a generous area. I like the idea of a cosier retiring area for the library and I would really recommend an alterations for that. As for a pantry usable from the kitchen, options look really limited but I’d know what you think about moving the toilet across to the opposite void area, and then converting the new space to a pantry. It’s both proximal to the kitchen island, and will also not complicate the plumbing process, since you also want to introduce a sink in there. Hope this is useful! If you need more guidance, feel free to drop me a line or check out our site: www.betterspace.co...See More
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6 years agoYour neighbours on the right seem to have a nice colour choice, how about colouring the brick fence dark and the rest of the house light grey ? And I would have wisteria tree growing to give a bit of life to your front garden
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