Help required ugly house
Hi can someone help me before I make the biggest purchase of my life / the house we are considering to buy looks like this one - and I don’t like it - has anyone (on a budget ) managed to transform something similar and does any one have any pictures - the Potential this house has is off the scale but I’m used to living in a period house that’s got kerb appear and I’m struggling with this - thank you !
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kazzh
3 years agoThe layout looks really good, no dinky box rooms and flows well. Masses of potential to open up the living spaces, both internally and also to what is hopefully a garden with potential. But........yes, the kerbside let's it down. I am wondering if it would be possible to add a length of porch/ verandah with some good solid uprights to make it more interesting, sort of in the manner of American architecture. It wouldn't need to have the whole broad step up to the porch look - some wide flagstone paving as the base, good solid square supports, some lantern lights either side of the door, a roofline which still allows light in , so maybe not too deep. It could be full length or across the width of the dormer.... The pic is the whole nine yards, but i was looking for something with a dormer to give a general example
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