Help understanding what my builder did???
Holly Nicole
5 years ago
My builder changed the way the front porch peak looks and I feel like it doesn’t stand out now or like look craftsman like. What are anyone else’s thought and how could I make it more craftsman like? The last picture is the front porch peak we were wanting. He said he needed to put the shingles on it for drainage but I didn’t think it would change so much....
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5 years agoThis is how it was and then he changed it....it had an overhang here and the original plans had an overhang.
Holly Nicole
5 years agoqueenvictorian
5 years agoOP check this out:
This is a period Craftsman house plan. That peaked dormer gable looks an awful lot like the peak on your porch.
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5 years agoIt's hard for me to give an opinion without seeing the original plans for the house. Did you have an architect that designed the house, then a contractor who built from your plans? Or did your contractor prepare plans from the 'dream home' idea? The porch on the dream home is barrell-vaulted and extends much further than the verandah towards the street. Your house's porch is in line with the verandah. It's just a different design - it looks fine to me. If you didn't approve the change then you have an issue with the builder. I'd have liked the columns to be more robust. The Arts and Crafts (or Craftsman) style is affected by the scale of the columns and the shortness of their stone base. I would paint the door 'woodstain' if it's textured. These are matters of opinion. On my house I wasn't happy with the colours: too many shades of beige. I'll fix it after I do some landscaping.
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