How much for timber framed windows for this fugly house?

[Kitsmummy]

Hello helpful people, I'm really keen on this house which is lovely inside but unfortunately very fugly from the outside? I'm wondering roughly how much it might cost to replace the leaded pvcu windows on the front with some simple timber framed ones? Not sash I guess as the windows are a bit short and dumpy, but something quite simple that I'd perhaps paint.

Obviously the porch and garage is absolutely beautiful and needs nothing doing to it

lovely house which will be mine

I don't know the cost but thought this might bump it for you!

Lovely cottage. I think that after you buy it, see if they really continue to annoy you iyswim. I have done that after buying an old cottage, lived with the windows as just never had the money to change them, eventually sold it on with the awful windows and the new people never commented on them.

The windows are quite shallow so it might be tricky to get a window that really puts the cottage in proportion.

The porch to me isn't quite right, but not sure how you can change it as the entrance is on the left with steps going down to the parking. I think if the porch was forward facing in stone matching the cottage, same roof tiles etc and a lovely Farrow & Ball cottage colour front door ( muted greenish grey colour, can't remember the name), it would look much more cottagey and prettier.

Maybe others will come along with more ideas :)

I think if you can't afford wood then grey pvc could blend with the stone and be very economical Otherwise I would think about 5k as they look quite small and would only have one opener

Lovely cottage , can just see it with wooden painted windows. What colour do you fancy? White or would you be adventurous and go for a colour? There is a lovely conversion near us with pale grey painted windows. I have seen Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath on windows which looks nice too.

I am not an expert but based on the costs for our timber double glazed windows ( which I love ) I would say £5000+.

Just had another look at your house, beautiful on the inside and a stunning setting, worth changing the windows for!

Thanks for all the responses, glad you like the house; it's not mine yet but I hope it will be...it's been on the market since February and not sold- my house is going on the market in a week's time so finger's crossed for a quick sale.

Didn't realise it would be as much as £5k for the windows though, I was kind of hoping it might be around £3k but I've obviously way underestimated! I think I'd probably paint them Hardwick White, Elephants Breath or similar, or perhaps a teal blue if I was feeling crazy. Do you think a door canopy like this would work in place of the hideous porch? canopy and then I could put a nice old front door in to match the windows.

Noddy, I've never seen grey PVC, I will check it out, thank you

I would be looking to split the windows vertically rather than horizontally - that will immediately improve their proportions.

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I think the canopy is better looking than the porch, but obviously not as functional (which I imagine was their aim in adding it). I agree that splitting the windows vertically rather than horizontally would definitely be a big improvement. (and also explains why I wanted to tilt my head when looking at the windows - they seem "wrong way" IYSWIM).

Best of luck to you on getting it - it's a lovely property.

I agree Mistlethrush. I could grow ivy or Virginia creeper all over the garage (need the storage otherwise I'd just knock it down) and could I perhaps face the extension bit in stone like the original part of the cottage I wonder?

Those grey windows are great Noddy, I really didn't know they existed until now!

Alice, I agree not as practical but as I no longer have a husband to dictate practicality to me that won't be a concern

Kit lol. As good a reason as any. But honestly, I can only assume they added it for their own practical reasons, but that doesn't mean you need to leave it there. (trust me, I find myself redoing or getting rid of loads of things that were here when I moved in!!)

I took great pains to remove all the ivy from my house, as I'd been told by numerous sources that it's not great for the walls . Whether that's true or not, I don't know, but I have noticed that it attracts all sorts of spiders and brings them right up to my window. So the ivy, she is gone!

Would it work to make the garage look like the tan section on the right side of the picture, so it matches? Less expensive, I would think than putting additional stone work on it, even if it is just surface work.

You want casement windows I think, not sash.

It is lovely inside and what a beautiful garden.

Is the garage, tan side bit and porch rendered. If so what do you think it would look like if those bits were painted?maybe off white?

I like the canopy and if you don't need the practicality it would look prettier.
I do love the idea of changing the outside of a house cosmetically, it seems like such a fun project and so much easier than having to knock down walls and changing the inside.

Perhaps you could take some photos of the house and try doing a cutting/sticking/colouring exercise to try out some of the ideas.

How about a planted up roof on that garage? Would depend how strong it was I suppose?

I think the porch canopy would look great.

Porch canopy is a very good idea, eventually you could put a pitch roof on the garage?

If the windows you really want are above budget you could paint the PVC as a temporary measure.

Amazing ideas everyone, thank you. God I want this house! As soon as mine is on the market I'll link it here so you can pull it apart advise me if I need to make any changes

Quick update, my house sold in a week!!! So fugly house is mine and hopefully I should be in in 6 weeks. Going to start with the windows/porch/front door and repainting the yellow ish part of the house a creamy colour.

Am also going to look into a living roof on the garage but if not a go-er will probably put a pitched roof on it in a couple of years and will be growing a creeper over it.

So thanks again for all your fantastic ideas, hopefully I can put them into practice now!

What a lovely house - and for less than £250k! Good luck with your move, OP.

Great news OP, that house is lovely!

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If you scroll down to cottage style casement windows they look to be about the right proportion and would make it look prettier.

I would change the windows and then choose a grey colour from the stone and paint the garage and porch before doing anything more expensive and see how it looks. Personally I would keep the porch but put a prettier front door on it - and then paint that and the garage door a lovely farrow and ball greyish blue

Lovely house

OOh those windows would be lovely. Even the porch would look prettier with those and you could add a nice wooden front door (I know the £££!!!)

Lovely cottage.

I suggest you leave the porch, it is a useful feature. You can make it pretty by changing the window, painting the wall white, and putting a large blue pot on the ledge just outside, with a climber trailing on the wall, going over and around the window.... Like Jasmin which is evergreen, not too rampant, and with pretty scented flowers, or Solanum with lovely lilac flowers.

Must the windows be timber, or could they be UPVC "copies" of the timber styles used elsewhere in your street?

Congratulations! Lovely house!

Definitely the porch is ok, Quint has great idea about it and those windows noddy linked to are great.

Exciting! Good luck with it.

Ps you are right..ivy is not a great thing for brickwork.