Help!! Split level home needs serious exterior updating & curb appeal
Tina OBrien
4 years ago
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Split Level Needs Curb Appeal
Comments (2)Speaking as a landscaper ... remove the dying hedge between the driveway and the house. The shrubs to the left of the door look OK. The white, tan and brick color scheme is anemic. For fastest improvement, paint the shutters, any other trim, porch columns and the garage door a rust you select from the bricks. That will make the garage door less prominent and tie the parts together. Railings would make the porch area more emphatic, but they also restrict traffic to a skinny strip. I would make a larger entry area/path (of brick laid on sand?) that is outside that skinny concrete strip. Make it big enough to sit on, put plants on, and handle a group of carolers at Christmas. Post this in the Design section of the garden forum and you will get some advice on improving the landscaping. For starters, like a house starts decorating at the entry hall, landscapes start at the curb....See MoreNeed Help with Curb Appeal - Split Level
Comments (15)Would not paint brick. If you want it darker, then you might consider staining it, keeping the grout visible (or painting it gray grout color after staining is complete). Perhaps you could add your screened porch on the back -- perhaps even wrapping it around the side of the house for more area. You could move all those plants, etc., to the side yard and then build at least an open front porch centered between the two downstairs windows (preferably with a concrete floor and at least 6' - 8' deep), keeping the barely sloped shed roof you add on each side of the existing roof beneath that smaller upstairs window. Do use the same roofing material all the way across -- perhaps metal roofing. When get your porch in place, then you could address the sidewalk and landscaping....See MoreHome is in need of some serious curb appeal!
Comments (3)I feel like because you have a front door already. This should be a sliding glass door. Or French doors. That will solve a lot of the prob 😊 After that I’d probably paint. ( White?) Pave the driveway. And update the walkways and lighting. This house has so so much potential! Love it....See MorePlease help with split level curb appeal
Comments (9)Great house but the foundation is really ugly and the one supporting the brick columns between the scalloped fencing seems silly. So, there's a big demo project right off the bat, along with the mushroom shrubs that are failing to adequately hide the foundation. Looks like you have some vestigial elements on the side that need to go as well: the skinny walk to the gate and the shutters on the window you're concerned about and the large window. Since there is no garage, I would be tempted to remove the front parking pad and develop a garage or carport in the same MCM vibe on the side if you can gain permission to put a drive there. That might be a way you can recycle the brick columns. You already have a door on the side, so it makes more sense to come in on a daily basis through that door. It will also allow for totally new landscaping and better curb appeal in front of the home....See MoreCreative Visual Concepts, Kevin Strader
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