Which porch? (See profile pics.....)

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We are planning to build a solid porch at the front of our house as we need coat/shoe storage etc.

The architect has give us two options - flat or slightly pitched roof.

I know what I think, but I'd be interested in a few other people's opinions...

(Be gentle though please... I'm already beginning to get stressed over it!)

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I reckon a pitched roof is always better than a flat one though

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I would go with the pitch as well - looks like it belongs more than the flat roof one which looks like it was tagged on afterwards (which it will be !).

Also less maintenance problems with pitch roof compared the flat I think.

Pitched roof, the flat one looks a bit 1970's.

Pitched, definitely

pitched definitely - it l'll cost more though

The pitched looks better IMO...

..and in one of our previous houses, someone had added a flat-roofed porch which leaked incessantly, fixed it at least 3 times the 5 years we were there.

Yup, definitely pitched. Could you utilize the (tiny) roof space for storage? Every square inch counts .

Pitched roof definitely.

another one for pitched

or the opposite, could you have exposed beams, my friend has beautiful oak ceiling/beams in something similar

Pitched. The flat roof looks like a cheap add on.

Hope that helps.

Pitched

Oh yes Plum, that does look great doesn't it!

pitched, deffo. It'll cost more but it'll look more expensive and less like a 'bolt on' as well as the less leaky aspects

Thank you, thank you...

Yes I agree - I prefer the pitched absolutely and agree with the comments about add-ons/ flat leaking etc.

When we first discussed it DH preferred the flat and just couldn't 'see' why it was wrong, wrong, wrong - that's why I got the architect to draw them both up, although it cost a bit more.

We showed our 7-year-old DS and asked which looked better and he said, "it's obvious, Mummy, that one (pitched) is miles better.."
"Why?" we asked

"Because it fits in with the rest of the house - it's like a mini-roof, oh, and the other one looks like a public toilet.."

Phew! Thankfully DH has conceded....although is still waffling on that 'it didn't look so bad on the B&W line drawings, blah, blah'. Pah - why can't he just say 'OK - I was wrong...' ?

pitched

and rofl at your ds