Thanks for the reply @patrina. Can i ask what you did instead?

HI. It's a nice house. Is the house one of a few in the street of similar design? If so, personally I might keep the design, just use a light neutral on the beams and I think an off white/light neutral for windows would really brighten it up (with plain glass). Perhaps use a bright colour for the front door as it's a little lost ATM and you could add a potted plant, porch light etc

This one shows a before and after (although obviously a 30s build!)

Thank you - great ideas @minnie101 it’s a self build house so there are some others with mock Tudor but no house the same as this. I am wanting to get rid of the brown rosewood colours. I was also wondering ab trying to do something with the front brick aspect above the pitch as there’s no real feature to it.

I do like the herringbone brick as it Is now however if you put in light windows i think it's going to look a bit odd with the contrast and being off centre so would probably render it?

Ah it’s not a very clear photo. The brick isnt hearringbone, it’s just standard brick work. That’s what I was meaning about there’s not really a feature to it. Does anyone have any suggestions of a way to play around with design on an app or software so you can mock up some images?

I found the Redrow Heritage homes a good source of inspiration for my mock tudor home. We ended up moving before we made any alterations though so I can't show you a before and after sorry!

In my layman's eyes it's the front red brick part that's what's really holding it back from looking great. It looks a bit like a (later) add on and has no real aesthetic connection to the otherwise lovely house.

Is it perhaps an idea to mimic the look of the left hand side of the building on that front part? That way you can keep the Tudor look but update it all as in Minnie's photos.

I wondered if it was originally a double garage?

Thanks for all of the replies. It was never a garage. We’ve got the original plans and it was just designed like that for whatever reason. I dont really want to add more mock Tudor to the building. I think it needs an aspect of the brickwork but It’s just how to make it more attractive.

Apologies for the awful photoshop - I have no idea which app/software to use. But I was thinking of developing it in some way like this? What do you think?

so I’ve been having a bit more of a play around. Would be so interested to hear opinionsif anyone as time? Thanks so much in advance.

Your photoshopping is much better than mine :) if you're going for a modern look with the windows I prefer the first one and 2nd on the right on the 2nd set as I don't think the beams look quite right. It might be interesting to see how it looks with the front rendered and cladding extended to ground level

Here's a couple mockups with cladding:

Okay, attempted to render the porch and removed the render from the brick column. To tie in with the herringbone brick between the windows

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to help. I love seeing other ideas and interpretations.

Prove it, Jo! :)

I'd love to see how this finished up. We are looking at new windows and doors and possible removing faux tudor effect too

Really like what you've done here Jo - great look. At the moment our house is very similar to your first image with the brown windows/door and black/white tudor mock. Are the windows/door and wood fascia all done in dark grey or anthracite grey? I like the grey windows - now thinking that to accommodate them i may need a dark grey finish on the wood.

Hi Ian - the windows and door are anthracite and the wood is a dark grey - it does match well but not sure on the exact colour as it was done by the previous owner!

Thanks ... think i'm going to go down that route ;-)

I love this! I’m really wanting add Tudor cladding to our garage and I love the way you have all photoshopped to see it before you do it. How do I do this? I’m thinking render and Tudor cladding above the garage and rendered within the porch area. We’ve just had the garage door painted and I feel it needs something extra. a couple of houses on the street have Tudor cladding so it wouldn’t look out of place.

How did you do your house in the end? would love to see some more photos off you and anyone who has or is thinking of doing something similar. We’re having our rotten mock black tudor boards replaced with upvc anthracite grained boards and white upvc boards behind them to make it maintenence free.