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Recovering the exterior of this terraced house

4 years ago

Hi all,

Looking for some (Budget) friendly ideas to recover the rather sad looking exterior of this house. One of the previous owners decided it was a good idea to paint the brickwork white, even though it has white cladding on the top half.

Doesn’t look great, from what I can tell it’s been there a good number of years and anything I’ve tried to get the paint off with fails.

Am thinking either a fresh coat of white and get over it or try a different colour? Grey? Alternatively a more expensive router of paint it white and change the white cladding for a different colour to give it a new look?

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Jules Mc

4 years ago

I would paint the brick between you and next door, and under the window the same colour as your front door (dark grey?). Also the red-ish front step. I'd leave the brick porch post white until the rest was done and then see if it needed to be the samecout for balance or kept white. If in good condition I'd leave the wood cladding on the porch as is, the wood adds warmth, like the photo below (just for the colours, obviously a very different style). A wooden planter by the porch to match and new outside light would finish the look.
There are some clever people on here who kindly do mock ups for people but a crisper photo might be helpful. Good luck

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Michael Mann
Original Author
4 years ago
Attached is a poor photo (Will try to add better shortly) but can see the white brickwork on the lower part of the house, same front and back also.
User
4 years ago
Hi, I face a similar problem with my porch. It was enclosed and the internal walls painted white. Paint seems to be impossible to remove and I can't decide on the best approach now that the porch is open. I see you've got some brown/wood cladding on your porch, so I think I would continue that on the painted walls. Modern anthracite cladding might look better though.
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Hi Christinaloch I think you are right be concerned with the price quoted. it is far too high, so dont accept the quote. Looking at your bay, it seems that the decision to add the door and the roof probably happened as a result of the removal of the windows caused damage to the piers and resulted in the change. going forward and from my look at the windows above the bay. there might be some movement in the timber bressamer that probably is still in place above the bay. this will need to be replaced as part of the works. quite often the foundations to the front of houses around the bay are inadequate and are mere footings even shallower than the rest of the main walls. you may have to provide a full foundation , especially if you are in a shrinkable clay, which is normal for much of london. the construction of the brickwork and forming the walls is a relatively straightforward process and not 30k. I would probably put work at demolition 2k temp propping 800 new steel 600 excavate fdns 4k brickwork 1.2k former to windows 500 windows 6k render 1k int plaster 800 insulation roof timbers 1k roof/slates/ batten 1k gutter 250 this should cover interior sundries. so a budget of 15-20k all in as a maximum. I have just thrown figures at it without checking but this price is for a high end professional job careie out with proper skilled tradesmen, not a jobbing builder. I have priced windows as a timber sliding sashes with hardwood cills and double glazed units, so v traditional. you can probably get cheaper if you want to cut the budget. hope this gives you a real idea, but please dont waste your money on the quote you were given. best Rowland
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Jules Mc
4 years ago
Samecout = same colour 🙄
Sonia
4 years ago
On a George Clarke home tv programme I saw where it was decided to paint a bricked area dark grey. It was going to be clad but budget didn’t allow. I was surprised but it really looked good, very smart, rather like Jules’s pic. So to recap, I would paint the brick dark grey, as well as the brownish cladding by the front door. I really like the white cladding, it has a New England vibe and looks smart.
Michael Mann
Original Author
4 years ago
Can’t believe so many people commented so quickly, thank you guys really appreciate it. The damn white brick work has been bugging me since getting the keys so now have some ideas to tackle it with.

I think Grey Brickwork is the way to go for sure on reflection on comments and I hadn’t thought about painting the wood cladding that’s definitely a cheaper option than replacing it all, it’s not in terrible condition itself so some sanding and painting should retrieve it and add that vintage style light would be great.

Painting the Step to match was not even something I’d thought of either but so obvious now you said it. Right, am off to try and find materials (Which is proving a little difficult in the COVID times!)
Sonia
4 years ago
Good luck!
Jules Mc
4 years ago
Good luck!

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