To think these houses will soon look dated?

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Our neighbour has a detached 1930s red brick house that he slapped grey rendering over, outside uplighters, plantation shutters and grey pvc windows.
AIBU for thinking this will be the avocado baths of the future that many people dislike?

Swear I’ve only ever thought it was a verb

The coloured silicone render is much better because you don’t ever have to paint it. It’s coloured all the way through. Those houses aren’t ever changing colour…

I don’t mind it and it can always be repainted.

This is what I always think about anything modern. Whats modern now looks shit in 20 years, like all those horrible 1960/70s new towns. They are as ugly as hell now. Architecture post war is a bloody disgrace.

I can’t imagine covering a house in silicone is any good for it at all.

They didn't render it to insulate did they? We are facing the fact that no matter how charming our mid century brickwork, it's only a nine inch solid wall.

The silicone renders are excellent. Anti fungal, no need to ever paint, can be jet washed clean. They’re very good. I’m not sure why you think they’d be a problem on a house designed to have render on it.

I think it already is.

Currently house hunting and houses with frontages like this are so disappointing.

I was brought up by a mother who was obsessed with things dating, so at the grand old age of 58 I still would not dream od buying any big ticket items in anything other than a neutral colour or doing anything to my house that changes anything drastically from the original. I am a member of a kitchen Facebook page, and just about every photo on there features cavernous extentions with massive bifold doors, blue units, massive islands with barstools and 3 pendant lights above them and herringbone wood floors.
Everyon sseems to think there kitchen is unique and they are all the same and, I think, will date horribly. Another trend seems to be bronze/gold taps - surely if you are old enough to spend £20k+ on a kitchen, you are old enough to remember how quickly these dated last time round
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I personally don’t give a shit if something dates. Life is too short, if you like something just go ahead and do it/buy it. You can always change things again, move out or just put up with it. Jeez, live for the moment 🙌.

I'm not so sure. We kept the original frontage of our 1920s arts and craft cottage but the back was a mishmash of little windows and pokey rooms. Building out with bifold doors the length of the back has hugely opened up the living space. It's wonderful to have all that light.

Am I about to make an expensive mistake? I've got the final visit from the 'window man' coming In a couple of days. I had decided in agate grey windows on the front of the house. That's the pale greeny grey. With an Irish oak composite front door (no long handle! I couldn't afford it!).

Wili I regret it? This is a lot of money for me and I'm a single mum so I can't discuss with anyone else really. Not a period house. Rural ex council with yellow brick and small windows. It's bloody fugly as it is now.

I always think rendering and cladding is hiding something.

A house that was empty for ten years on my road as subject to fighting in a horrible divorce was sold. It was amazing how much it deteriorated because it wasn’t lived in. I know it had terrible damp issues, they also filled in a window with just breeze blocks and then rendered all over the house.

Well sure, but that's the same with anything. Which is why so many of the original features we treasure so highly in early 1900s houses were ripped out. That's just the nature of fashion and trends....

If you like them get them. I personally can't stand the fake cottage white UPVC windows that basically every single house in the UK has, and would much prefer bigger and less fussy windows. Windows trends definitely need an update.

I like to see brick houses show off their bricks.

So do I. If they are nice bricks. But if the house is built from awful bricks your only option is to cover them. Those textured yellow and brown bricks that were used by house builders such as Wimpey in the 80s are a prime example.

No I don’t think you are. I think that combination will look lovely. I would love to see the magnificent timeless never dating houses of all the people on here

Do you only need to please yourself, or others? If you care about what people think of your house, or if you plan to sell soon, then you can see from the thread grey is a bad idea. If it's just for you then go for it!

I don't care what people think and I don't plan to sell, so I'm decorating my house to my taste with no care what others think.

That sounds lovely to me. Stick with what you like and want, I don't see these going out of date anytime soon.

Most of which I bet have white upvc window and door frames.

Which personally I think just look cheap, even if they are the standard go to.

I even prefer my neighbour's slightly dated brown window and door frames to white!

I quite like Chartwell Green, I've seen it on houses for over 20 years and it always looks amazing.

TikTok influencers are telling everyone to paint their internal woodwork black now, which feels like a mistake to me.

Watched one this morning who was wallpapering her ceilings. Like my gran had in the 70s. I've done too many renovations that involved the backbreaking labour of removing wallpaper from ceilings to ever do it myself.

Maybe I've just reached an age where it all feels futile. Everything dates and looks awful, just a few years after it initially looked amazing.

@donttellmehesalive I was reading an article today with a renovation influencer telling us not to forget about the fifth wall and to consider papering it!

We have a very old papered ceiling that has been painted fairly recently. I am going to be very trendy without trying!

I think they can be lovely. But it does increase heating costs.