What could I do to the outside of this house to make it more 'attractive'?

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Here it is. Nice and big but twice as ugly. Any ideas of how I could make that look nicer on the outside? The inside is obviously dreadful as there are no pics at all ......................

Paint it white and have some roses or wisteria around the door. Cottage that bad boy up! Maybe change the windows if you can afford it too?

I would change the windows. Build some sort of porch so it looks less square shaped.

Get rid of the concrete drive and some nice planting at different heights.

Omfg at the price!!!

I rather like it. I like symmetrical double fronted houses. The front door seems too small, so if that could be made bigger and a load of roses planted round it that would improve it enormously.

As would general planting in the front garden.

I think it looks nice and solid.

Just some landscaping roundabout to soften it would be fine, hanging baskets by the door etc. I personally wouldn't do much beyond that. I'd be careful of trying to turn it into something it's not

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If the front wall is to stay it needs something growing up at the front or plants that grow over the top.

Nicer door, wider if possible and a proper porch built on, change windows if possible, you could paint it if you wanted, however definitely agree planting and climbers would help to soften it.

I would keep it red brick but have the brickwork cleaned, I think it's the garden & drive that look ugly rather than the actual house.

The front garden and drive area needs relaying - more grass and stone, not concrete, a path to the front door, a nicer gate and a new front door. We did this to ours and it made a massive difference.

I would also add a few rambling roses or clematis and some terracotta pots of geraniums etc to soften the brick.

I've seen much uglier houses and it's a gorgeous loation.

Those windows that smallpeople linked to are gorgeous, I want some now. Just asking my decorator dh about what how you'd go about doing a first time paint job on exterior never been painted brick. He said first it would need a coat of Plyalite (thin it to 40% with turps, it's an oil based primer masonry paint which will help prevent peeling and flaking) then 2 coats of masonry paint, he likes Dulux Weathershield, Leyland and Johnstones, he said to stay away from B&Q's own brand of masonry paint.

I'll just show him the pic and get him to give a ballpark figure of what he'd charge, we're up north though so I can guarantee that he'll be cheaper than what you'd expect from local quotes.

Put a porch over the front door. Grow climbers around the outside. Weed the drive and sort out the garden. I like the house, it looks spacious with lots of potential.

Paint it and you've got to paint it for ever more and Georgian or Victorian windows in a house like that are just wrong imo.

You could also knock down the wall surrounding the house and sort out the driveway..

Gobsmacked at the price! Wow! I love it.

I really like it, don't paint it, just clean the brickwork. It's a great shape, just needs softening by doing the garden and putting in new windows.
Gorgeous!

Right he reckons £350 for materials

Plyalite is £50 per gallon and you'd need 4 gallons

10 gallons turps

2.5 litres undercoat & 2.5 litres undercoat and gloss for soffits and downspouts

He said that he'd price it at £2000.

Failing that I'd just get those nice new windows and a gorgeous front door and have the brickwork cleaned, honestly think it would look better painted a shade of off white or cream though. I'd definitely want a trellis archway over the gate with privet hedges trained over it. Roses around the front door and loads of gorgeous stuff planted, absolutely gorgeous house.

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I really like the house just as it is. Looks like a "proper" house, you know how kids draw them! I'd want to change the windows though, they are ugly and I'd need at least upstairs to have proper big openings (for fire escapes) before I'd want to live there.

I agree it's the garden and drive that needs sorting.

I think the bricks look modern and cheap so I'd paint it: probably a cream colour and yes to some (non-damaging) climbing plants. Yes to new windows and how about a wooden gate? Horrible paving, so remove that and add a lot more planting and it will be belting.

I don't think that having the paintwork cleaned would be cheaper than having it painted and I think those bricks might look bloody awful with some of the patina of age taken off them - they'll be really orange.

Worrying that there are no interior pictures...

We have done a few houses ourselves.

I'd render and paint the exterior french grey or similar. Think Farrow and Ball colours but mixed cheaply with other paints. If you look at the street view there are other painted houses close by so it would fit in. Also change the windows to wooden painted ones. Change the front gate to something that matches the newly painted wooden front door. Paint or replace the pink drain pipes. Gravel (light creamish colour) round where the 70's slabs are.

Inside. Lots of wooden floors, original fires/doors and also knock through to creat a larger kitchen diner.

I'm another that thinks you don't need to do too much. I think it's the little inset door that is making it look odd, so I'd sort this. I'd go for a 'proper' front door, not a glass thing, and I'd build it out a tiny bit, and get rid of that odd arch.

AGree also that softening up the front area - maybe remove the wall, definitely get rid of the concrete, and add some planting to make it more inviting.

I'd want to look at the windows and window-sills also.

I think it could be a complete stunner by the way but not in it's present state.

What Yfronts said ^^

White or cream render, porch, windows with square leading, gravel drive, lots of plants, lovely solid composite front door. Could be lovely and would then go better with the lovely views!

If you want to change the appearance radically, you could look at having it clad with white or grey tongue and groove to give it a New England feel. You'd probably want to add a porch at the front and have new windows. Try Googling "weatherboarding" and select images to see what I mean.