Cladding or render to front of bungelow conversion?
Hi All - first post here so hopefully in the right area!
We are just embarking on our first major project - converting and extending our three bed bungalow to create and additional two bedrooms and chalet gable fronted look.
Where the architect initially draw the plans, he had cedar cladding on the gable end for the top floor - we've subsequently changed the design a little to add a garage onto the side.
Below is my (very) crude drawing of what the overall shape will look like - the dilemma is whether to have horizontal cladding on the gable end or have it all smooth rendered?
Two things concern me with horizontal cladding:
1) it may visually 'stretch' what is already a very wide frontage
2) i've heard that the tannins leach our of the wood over time - so if you have painted/rendered ares underneath these are often stained.
but will just off white render be a little plain over the relatively large area?
Architect is pretty old school, and hand draws still - so i've not got a sketch up model to play around with and i have the fear about whichever one we go for we'll think ' aw -wish we'd done XXXX...' which is the reason for seeking the counsel of you good people as a third opinion!
Here is his elevation sketch - with the cladding in place - what we're struggling with is visualizing how it will actually look in the flesh.
We are going for a modern look with new slate roof and anthracite alu-clad windows & have something akin to the below in mind as a 'look' we are trying to achieve:
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6 years agoTim
6 years agoThanks for the ideAs & comments -
What’s slightly missed from the elevation pic is that the garage is kinda obscured from view.
Unfortunately, the foundations (for the garage) are also poured, so we’re not likely to be able to split it from the main house at this stage.
I think we will go for the full height wood cladding for the main gable end - just a matter of picking the right wood & look!
Bit of a quagmire at the moment:
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6 years ago Tim
6 years agoOK - so have been playing around a little with the sketches and come up with the below -
the dormer on the side actually has to have a high level window (for neighbours privacy) so i think the pitched option may be feasible, which would allow us to emulate the cladding on the main gable end.
I just need to talk to the builder about how much and the architect as to whether will need (yet another!) planning app to cover it?
One other point - the roof is to be grey slate, am imagining that the dormer side would look best with something different from either the cedar wood or slates...
it also set back c. 5m from the front of the house, so won't be as stark as the below..
maybe render that white along with the remainder of the downstairs?
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