Suggestions for modernising front of house
hello wonderful people,
we've been here 4 months and hate the look of the front, the kids call it 'the ugly house'
would love your help to decide which style of porch would look best. We will replace what's there with a larger more useful porch but can't decide on design, flat, pitched or gable end roof?
We will be replacing the windows (probably for grey) and would get new garage door also but unsure whether any render or cladding would suit the house to modernise it.
Also we face a main road and a service road so are very exposed and crave more privacy, I think we could have a fence placed on the side of drive not used for cars, about half way down (behind the existing front flower bed) with new modern flower bed. But hubby thinks that's a weird idea.
Any opinions or photoshop mock ups would be greatly appreciated as we're struggling to visualise our options.
thank you so much for your time.
Ruth
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Sonia
3 years agoI really like the brickwork on the left. The brickwork above the porch looks different. I love the look of pitched roof porches, unless you are going for a very modern look where a new flat roof porch can look smart. Here’s some ideas
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Comments (10)You've done a lovely job on the back extension, which seems to be a totally different property from the front. The trick would be to alter the front, making it more modern and in keeping with your new extension. 1. Replace the windows with more modern ones like at the rear. You'll probably find that the small upstairs window is on a landing and there isn't room to make it bigger. If there is room to the left of the front door as you face the house from the street, consider making this a floor to ceiling glass window and glass door combination http://www.urbanfront.co.uk/images/doors/Image/clearglass_jpg.jpg . The upstairs window should be aligned to the glass window below it. Match the front door to the garage door. http://www.thegaragedoorcentre.co.uk/UserFiles/Image/Hormann%20Front%20entrance%20Doors/anthracite_300.jpg The entrance porch roof can be replaced and extended across the front, up to the left hand window, with glass and steel similar to the lantern on the back extension. Lastly, the front could be landscaped with a path from the driveway through a contemporary, low maintenance garden. Since you have several Mediterranean type plants, you might consider that kind of look. Include a specimen tree to the far left and lose the overgrown shrub near the driveway....See MoreDesign ideas to modernise a front room.
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