To think pebbledash actually looks really nice?

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It’s one of those things people on property shows always react to as if it’s hideous but I really like it! Although I think white pebbledash looks better than brown. Reminds me of my Grandma’s house by the sea.

I expect, like most things, it will come back into fashion.

Dark grey cladding seems popular around here at the moment, and I’m sure that will look dated soon.

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My house and all the houses in the area are pebbledashed. None of them are brown although they're not all the same shade. My row and the houses diagonally opposite are light grey. Other houses across the road are darker grey/beigey. Outside of the older town centre I think pretty much everywhere is pebbledashed here, apart from some of the very new houses being built.

We have it.

Initially I did say I'd not even look inside a house with pebbledash. Then this property came up and inside it is everything and more that we could want in a home. Almost double the space we thought we could get in this area. So the pebbledash didn't matter any more.

Plus, I'm inside. I can't see it

Round here it’s something that people did in the 80s/90s when they had brought their council houses. So I always associate it with people wanting to show off a bit but looking quite horrible.

It looks awful in general but when you start getting the black mold markings underneath the windows and guttering (which are impossible to shift) then it looks really really awful. Plus, it bloody hurts when you scrape your arm/leg against it.

We have it all over our house and normally, I am not a fan. But we live on top of a hill in rural Scotland and get absolutely blasted by the weather and it protects the house very well.

@Soddingsoda it was popular around 1920. It was used to cover up bad paintwork. It was cheap and easy.

It's hideous. We rendered over it on our first house. The house we live in now has it as well but has so many layers of paint that I forget it's pebble dash. Would still prefer it to be smooth though. For one thing, it's more difficult to paint and traps dirt.

It's utterly foul.

Everywhere here has it - we're rural and coastal though so it exists to serve a purpose - it's not designed to look pretty!

This is a tyical house in the street I grew up in.

I expect, like most things, it will come back into fashion

I don’t think so. It was never a fashion thing in the first place. It’s a practical step to give a house weather protection and cover shoddy brickwork.

No one ever did it because it was fashionable

I don't generally like pebbledash but that's lovely!

I had to google pebble dash. It’s rough cast.

Like everything it ages and needs upkeep. Re-roughcasting makes house look smart.

What’s lovely?

It'll be a period feature and back in fashion soon. A lot of 1930's houses have pebbledash. I love 1930's style, stain glass window doors, art deco features especially fireplaces and of course pebbledash. I am a big fan

The 1950s built house I grew up in had pebbledash. Detached in an affluent area, certainly didn't scream ex council house.

We have it, it's horrible. Our house is ex council and every house around us is the same so at least were in good company! It would cost thousands to have it redone. We prioritised a new roof instead.

@Ginfordinner My house is very similar, built in 1925. Only difference is the pebble dash is painted. All the houses in our road are similar with lots of stained glass. All bar two of the houses are "between the wars" and solidly built. We are in a seaside town and it looks fab!

YANBU OP. I like it too.

Makes me think of my grandparents seaside town!

My next door neighbour had it removed, looks good now!

I think its hideous too but it's a good thing for you if you like it as you should be able to find a corker of a house fairly cheaply if its covered in it!

Depends to some extent on the colour - I’ve seen a greyish type which looks all right, but that sort of dirty tan colour is always horrible.

It all looks a million times better when painted.

You only have to compare two otherwise identical houses in the same street.

I hate unpainted pebbledash. It looks like the earth vomited on your house. I have pebbledash painted white, and I'm still not keen on that.