Need Help with Curb Appeal - Split Level
We have a long-faced split level. I have looked at multiple articles on how to add curb appeal but just can’t imagine or see it working for our house. I would love to add a screened-in front porch but don’t think this house would support such design. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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houssaon
3 years agoThe trees on the right need to be pruned so that they are not dropping debris on the roof. The roof needs to be cleaned. I would replace the leader on the porch with a pretty rain chain.
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Summit · More InfoI would paint the house a darker color. A sage green or a warm gray would be nice.
Since you have the lower level windows I would not plant any thing along the foundation. An island bed anchored with an ornamental tree would be attractive. Right now all of your pretty flowers are hiding the walkway.HU-101401625 thanked houssaon
PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
3 years agoI think I'd beef up that portico. The posts are out of proportion with the rest of the house. And I think a siding color and trim color that works better with that orange brick would help. Lastly, get some trees in that front yard. It needs more landscaping.
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Comments (9)HI! I'm NO techie -- but hope these hints might help! 1)Create a free account and album at Photobucket and upload your photos. 2)Then simply move your cursor over each of the uploaded photos -- and four codes will appear. 3)Click on the HTML code -- and COPY on your system. 4)Then open a message here at GWHD -- and PASTE your photo into the body of the message. 5)Add details around each photo - budget? timeline? Garden Zone? (check for your Garden Zone online on the Web) -- always helps us to help you! Jan...See MoreHelp!! Split level home needs serious exterior updating & curb appeal
Comments (15)Budget and building codes permitting, you could recreate your entry. You might ... Remove the first floor roof from above the front stoop -- everything from the brick to the garage. Create a new forward facing gable roof over that area beginning at the ridge of the upstairs -- at least at that height or even above it -- and extending the roof of that forward facing gable to a point at least twelve feet in front of the downstairs exterior wall. About six feet of this will be your new front entry foyer with your front door moved to the new exterior wall facing the road. The rest will be your new front porch. Alternately, you could extend the forward facing gable roof only six or eight feet beyond the front exterior of your home to create your new entry foyer and then add a shed roof with two hip corners for your new front porch. You'll be enlarging the upstairs room on the left by extending the floor of that upstairs room into the vaulted ceiling space above your new porch; then you can move the original window to that new upstairs exterior wall of your forward facing gable. What front door and front porch post style you use will help define/redefine you home. You could also add an arbor across your garage that coordinates with the posts you use for your new porch....See More1964 split level curb appeal
Comments (8)A craftsman home is much more stylish to begin with than a split level ranch. Good landscaping can always improve upon what's there, but it can't always cover every architectural deficiency. Here, the right half of the house is going to be hard to deal with and probably require hiding quite a bit with foliage....See MoreIdeas needed for 70s split level bungalow with no curb appeal
Comments (19)I would not tack on some kind of modern glass and metal nor cable rails. This house is from the 1970s. Lean into that and don't try to make it something its not. Unless you use the deck a lot, I would remove it altogether and put a nice picture window in instead of the doors. If you use it, make it into a balcony with some nice bistro seating. Remove the stairs, put in some simple french doors, replace the rails with a simple metal design that is period appropriate and will blend with the rest of the house. Get some simple planter boxes and fill them with some nice annuals. I am seeing some red or warm colors. I also like the idea of a breezeway, pergola or some kind of covered walkway. Check out some of the MCM mass built houses in Palm Springs for inspiration. There are a lot of covered entrances to keep the hot desert sun off your head on the way into the house. Agree that the yard needs some landscaping help. Agree with some sculpted evergreens, Houses will tell you what they want to be. This is a loud, proud split level. Don't make the mistake that so many do and try to make the house conform to some trend or modern ideal. Let the vernacular of the house speak and enhance it with appropriate updates or restorations. I actually kind of like the quirky nature of this house....See More
PROCelery. Visualization, Rendering images
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI think you can do porch not covering the windows.
Some visual?
I am not sure this kind of porch works with your house.HU-101401625 thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering imagesHU-101401625
3 years agopartim
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHU-101401625
3 years agoI am so thankful to all of you. Our budget is $8k. The brick is in the front of the house only. The roof will be replaced in 3-5 years so it’s short lived. The siding is vinyl and matches the front of the house. The garage and front doors are both paintable. I don’t love the brick but don’t want to paint it as I don’t want it to lose its absorption properties. We don’t have a porch but celerygirl provided an example of what we could do which I really like. The good thing about all of this is we really do need to have our sidewalk/steps redone!!!
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
3 years agoThe home is not really the style that can support a porch, but you could make your entrance better and get more light into your home at the same time.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoYou might be interested in the before and after on this thread. They painted the orange brick on the front of their house.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5907414/orange-brick-help
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