Need to update this 90s exterior and increase the curb appeal! Help!
kristine l
3 years ago
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kristine l
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How to increase curb appeal? Please help :)
Comments (16)We sold our house last year so I feel your pain. Fortunately ours sold after about a week on the market. If I were a buyer for yours, here's what I would like to see: The existing landscape in front looks bare. I'm not wanting to see dirt. I would DEFINITELY fill in that space with dark mulch (the dark brown kind, not the red/cedar kind) and put in some easy peasy fillers. Do the same for the bush on the left - mound up some dark mulch around it. That will help ground it & differentiate between grass & shrubbery. Center the garage light if you can reasonably. I would not go to the extent of tearing down siding to move it. (It's weird your electrician didn't center it to begin with, I'm guessing an oversight, too bad!) Bring the red shutter color in somewhere else. Would shutters fit on any other windows? I can't tell the margin space from the picture. Maybe some red landscaping? I'm not sure here... I don't want to see the front door red. Red shutters, red brick, red door is a bit much IMO. Maybe a dark green, or a deep blue. It looks like your porch gets good shade so you shouldn't have to worry about instant fading dark colors. Something to help it stand out rather than blend in. I think the garage door color is fine. I prefer either white garage doors when the trim is white, 2nd choice is house color. Add some color around the house, even if you do a quick fix (like pansies/early spring flowers in pots, rather than taking the time/effort of digging them into the ground). I'd prefer in pots so that I could "visualize" the possibilities instead of thinking about all the work it's going to take to dig up those flowers I wouldn't have picked for that spot. :) I would do something along the left side of the house. It appears that lot is still open, so I'm assuming that side is highly visible and if your potential buyers approach from that side, a blank side wall might be a turnoff. Maybe three white lattices (the kind with stakes you just poke in the ground) with potted plants in front of them... If you have some outdoor furniture, I think a set of chairs with a small table between them would look great under the two small windows on the right. If you don't have any, I would look into borrowing some from friends, or maybe even investing in a low cost set that you can reuse in your next place. I would also be tempted to put something inexpensive and green on iehter side of the front door. Maybe some potted ferns. Do you have house numbers? If not, I would add some nice house numbers. We received two offers, and our house numbers (iron fron RH) were something that both couples commented on. They said it instantly made the house classier than those next to it (who had used your regular builder grade scrolly black numbers). I dunno how true this tends to be, but it's some of the feedback we got....See MoreExterior BORING, need help to improve curb appeal!
Comments (9)Love the house. Will the new roof be gray? Lots of color options with gray roofs. Is the brick shown all of it? If so, I'd probably remove it since it's not adding much interest. I don't have color recs for the gray siding. You just have to get sample cans to test some out. Personally, I wouldn't go too dark. A soft, dove gray would be pretty with white trim. Tons of options for door color, including red. Your shutters are actually too small for the double windows. Each shutter should be half the window's width. Up to you but a wide trim around the windows would be another choice. One thing you might think about is a garage door with windows across the top that mimic the panes in your other windows. Would be really nice....See MoreNeed help!!! updating curb appeal with outdated yellow brick
Comments (3)Show a series of slightly overlapping pictures that pan from left to right, taken from the same, central location at a moderate distance away from the house front. Show a wide enough pan that we see the neighboring houses....See MoreDesign Dilemma- update exterior colour scheme for curb appeal
Comments (11)If the goal is to upgrade the curb appeal, I would look to landscaping because your house colours are mostly working as is. That said, you're showing the Gentek samples which I'm assuming are for the soffit. The soffit doesn't actually show so I'm not sure why you're starting there. They help bounce light into your windows, so going with the lightest colour that goes with your lightest bricks (NOT white) would be a direction for the soffits. The door and siding are an entirely different matter. The brown that you have now on the siding goes perfectly with the darkest brown bricks. Just refresh it. The thing that looks out of place is the overly white vinyl windows and door. I'm guessing the windows can not be painted so that leaves the door . (If the windows could be painted, a beige colour that tied back into the brick would be the idea. ) The front door could/should be a different colour than the siding. The natural wood tone suggested by Freedomplace1 would work with your brick if you changed the door, but probably not as a paint colour. What were you thinking for the door?...See Morekristine l
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