What to do with our mock Tudor external?
Hi everyone, I’m new to the site and I’m looking for help or inspiration for renovating the front external of our new house.
The house is around 30 years old and has a mock tudor exterior design.
Im not sure whether to remove it completely or update it somehow with a different colour - maybe anthracite or black, and maybe less of it e.g. just a feature at the top? Another idea
was to rerender and use cladding on parts. We are going to replace the windows, front door and facias as well as the guttering.
Can anyone recommend a way to play aroud with ideas and designs with an app or piece of software so that I could mock up some designs?
Thank you in advance.
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Patrina
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Comments (3)I'd clad instead of paint, give it a completely different, contemporary look! However, lots of colours work together very nicely, but all would involve rendering over the brick for maximum effect, because unless you do so, any colour you choose will compete with the red of the brick. In which case you are really limited to creams/ browns, beiges etc, and some greens. My personal favourite is picture 1...See MoreMock Tudor/Tudor revival Skirts/Arcs. Can somebody show me designs?
Comments (5)Although this house is being pigeon holed as Tudor revival it is really only a nod to that age since the surviving Tudor houses are massive and grand and have high ceilings, and battlements and stone mullion windows and ornate chimneys and of course these would all be inappropriate for this house. You most likely want to celebrate a design style and inject character into a property that is probably quite plain inside but you have to be careful about choosing a theme that in a room with average proportions doesn’t start to look like a parody of the look you like. So instead of saying there are Tudor elements to this house let’s try to emulate a baronial mansion instead consider what will sit comfortably in this house- I think you need to be looking at a plainer paired back elegance of arts and crafts interiors- this means something different to everyone but I think it means built in bookcases and cabinets, picture rails, unfussy cornice, wall panelling, scrubbed wood floors, panel doors, internal windows, glass light fittings, a mutated palate of colours, natural materials for soft furnishing, tiled hallways, simple bathrooms, shaker style kitchens, brick paths outside laid in a herringbone pattern, garden structures like summer houses and pergolas. I also think you can celebrate this style in a modern way- for instance there are lots of people who paint the exterior beams a pale grey and choose one of the many modern “heritage style” windows available now also in pale colours...See Moremock tudor house exterior renovation
Comments (6)Sorry I know this is of no help, but I really like the look of the house as it is. It looks well kept and very attractive. Are surrounding / neighbouring houses similar? Or is this on its own? There are some very skilled people on here who maybe able to mock something up showing lighter paint or have other ideas....See MoreMock tudor house needing external makeover!
Comments (8)This is a common dilemma on house. I think the easiest thing is to paint the wooden beams and window frames in either a pale grey or pale taupe and the render in a soft white. There are some trendy tudor buildings near where I live where the owners have done this. Here’s some ideas....See Moreminnie101
5 years agoHI. 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
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5 years agoI 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!
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5 years agoApologies 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?
Poppy D
5 years agoso 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.
Carolina
5 years agoOkay, attempted to render the porch and removed the render from the brick column. To tie in with the herringbone brick between the windows
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5 years agohello, we have a similar "mock tudor" style. the prev owner already painted the design to grey and white from brown amd cream, we have updated the door and window. Personally, I wouldn't removed it - there are lots of great ways to update it! lots of great ideas on this post xx
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3 years agoI 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.
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