Help with front exterior
I'm looking for some advice/inspiration! We are shortly to start a complete renovation/double rear extension but I am really stuck as to what to do with the front of our house. I am not too keen on the colour of our brick but really hate the render even more. The rear extension I think we plan to finish in a K-Rend with anthracite aluminium windows/doors but I don't think I want to put aluminium windows at the front, was thinking maybe the UPVC flush wood grain effect windows but not sure whether I should stick with white or go for a colour. The front door is being moved to the middle of the house with a canopy. The garage and part of the side of the house is also covered in the render so whatever I end up doing, I guess will need to be done to the garage and side of the house too.
An ideas would be gratefully received as I am really terrible at visualising! I have attached some pictures/front elevation which I hope may help.
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PROLCCL Construction
2 years ago
Verity Oakes
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Comments (14)Hi Ispendl, Sorry took a bit longer than I thought it would. Thanks for the extra pictures. Your house is detached which is great news! Btw you are not limited by the 60's or the brick colour! And I'm glad you like contemporary. What I'm going to propose might seem a bit radical, but the changes are actually quite easy to do and not that expensive if you are thinking of changing out all the windows anyway. The large bedroom window should have above it a lintel that holds up the roof, and if the ground floor ceiling joist run parallel to the windows, everything below the lintel is removable (obviously you would make sure via a structural engineer.) So.... I would remove both windows and the walls below each one and replace with one large glazed wall, and replace remaining windows with single openings. I would also replace the sloped porch roof with a flat one. Finally I would render the whole front to get rid of the tired yellow brick colour (you could, if budget allows, add external insulation before you render) and add wood cladding to the new area created by removing the sloped roof, a nice solid wood door and a glazed garage door. Something a bit like this?...See MoreIdeas to improve front exterior of house?
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2 years ago- Verity Oakes thanked Jonathan
PROKingfisher Designs
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoMoving the door to the centre is a good move, there are a few other things you could do;
You could try cleaning the brick with a pressure washer which might make them a bit lighter.
Change the colour of the render to something nicer, an off white or a pastel colour could look fantastic.
Add some architectural features to the render, It would be impractical to remove it and get a good finish so you could instead add some stone style sills and quoins to the corners, they can all be retrofitted easily and make a big differance.
It's what I did for this house and the owner gets people stopping to ask what the colour is and neighbours saying its really made the house look good. (all the dark tan stonework is new, originally just a rendered box in a dull grey cream)
You could even change from adding a wooden porch to creating a stone one which can link to the window above and make a solid feature.
I redesign exteriors for clients as well as dong interior design using 3D digital modelling so they can see what its like before its done, Let me know if you'd like some more help :)Verity Oakes
2 years ago
Tim Baker
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