a house exterior that won’t date...

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We are planning to do a massive renovation of our house, including the exterior. We are in the design stages with the architect at the moment and I’ve been thinking about exteriors.

Around our way, smooth white render and grey windows are all the rage. I think they look ok, but quite soulless, but also that they are going to be the brown windows of the future and in 30 years time everyone will be ripping them out!

I want our house exterior to have interest and texture but not be gimicky. I’m sure when people designed their ‘modern’ houses in the 60s they were the height of fashion but now look what we think of them! Whereas the much older cottages have stood the test of time and are still attractive to plenty of people. How do you achieve a timeless look?

The spardash on our late 70/early 80s house was falling off and had weathered to dark grey with algae and age, so we had it removed and rendered it smooth. It has transformed a rather ugly duckling into a much more handsome house, though the facade and windows are unchanged. It now looks modernist and rather chic.

Mildura it’s a small world! They have done a lovely make over but just not convinced it will look as aesthetically pleasing in 10 years or so, it’s very of the moment. Yes that company have done some amazing transformations, it just goes to show what an ordinary house can look like in the right hands.

If it's coastal I would render and paint white, with some window boxes. I'm not sure about panels and agree with @BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo many are too of the moment and may be regarded as worse than pebbledash before too long!