Plain front of house
We have a 1980's bungalow with fantastic views. The front of the house though is very plain. I have had the paths around the house paved which has made some improvement but the house still looks ver flat. I was wondering whether some sort of wood cladding around the door slightly projecting off the wall may give it some depth and character. The back of the house is fine it's just the front that's very flat and plain. Any ideas welcome but on a budget. Thank you.
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Ricky Watkins
3 months agoCarol Cameron
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Comments (31)Hi Malley. Thank you for asking my advice! For what it's worth here goes; I agree with you that no extension of the front window is needed, the oak framed porch with A frame exposed, extending further out as per celery girls input with wisteria and box plants looks great. Regarding colour, I'm afraid I disagree about the brown windows, to me they scream 80's developer taste and are very dating and clash with the red. If you are going to go to the expense of replacing the windows to enlarge the apertures I would consider grey or grey/green grey/blue, these will all tone nicely with the red brick, white would be too harsh. Love the idea of the juliette window BTW. Do a search in Houzz for red bricks and grey windows, you will get a lot of images to think about. I'm not sure I agree that adding solar panels to the roof will be an improvement, yes they will break up those tiles, but they are not a thing of beauty are they, could they be on the rear instead? If budget did allow, after you have done your extension, windows etc I would look into the cost of replacing those roof tiles with slate as again I think they are dating, but agree with Daisy that it would probably be expensive and would not increase value on the house. Best of luck!...See MoreFront Room Shelving around fireplace in home with picture rail
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3 months agoCarol Cameron
3 months agoCarol Cameron
3 months ago
Sonia
3 months agoAt first I thought a porch as they can really improve the frontage of a plain house but I noticed the roof is quite low. I then spotted these porches which would work with rendering, cladding and a low roof?
Carol Cameron
3 months ago
PROSPS Stairs
3 months agoWe're experts in stairs. And seen your staircase entrance group we could advise you to add some lights and wooden cladding to stairs. It'll change the look dramatically.
Just one example by us.
Carol Cameron
3 months ago
Ricky Watkins