HELP! Curb Appeal + resale advice
Rachel Spratt
3 years ago
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Comments (7)Actually it doesn't bother me. And I do love your red door. Making that brown too, I feel would make it a bit blend. But what you need for curb appeal is some extra landscaping. Something with height in it to start with. So I would put a nice cherry tree, that blooms so abundantly in spring, in your front yard. Say about 8 feet away from the street and also from the driveway to the garage. So it would be in line with the pole supporting the porch, or a bit to the side of it, but then of course near the street. To each side of the house, but also a bit away from it, say 9 to 15 feet depending on how much land you own, I'd plant groups of three rhododendrons in different bloom colors, that stay green in wintertime and grow to not become larger than 6 feet over time. Then add a hedge around your yard to sort of be the frame around the picture. I'd say let it grow up to about 4 feet, not higher at the front yard. You could go for a different one around the other three sides of the house and go up to 6 feet there. Actually you could make a bit of hedge that springs sideways as to block the view to what lies behind. So you'll get privacy in the back yard and have a nice separated front yard too. I am really not so fond of those giant concrete blocks as a pathway. You could improve a lot by placing something like this instead: Some kind of 'art' above the garage door to fill up that big empty space, might do it good too. You could even hang up the 'grateful' sign, you have standing at the porch. That sure is a nice statement. Something not too small. Maybe even a nice stone pattern, that combines well with the stones at the bottom? Be sure it goes well with the (new) driveway as well. Hope you'll have lots of fun on your curb appeal project. In line with your sign: be blessed and be a blessing....See MoreSide-of-House Front Door - Curb Appeal Advice (+ Landscaping/ Walkway)
Comments (15)I think that solving the main problems is going to boil down to two things: the walk; and the making the entrance visible. The walk should definitely be wider - 5' could be a goal, maybe wider near the stoop - and then it should make a better connection with the drive. I don't think this means to necessarily cut across the lawn with it. Given that the yard is small, you could widen the drive a bit with whatever the walk material is, continue on by widening the city sidewalk with the same material, and then turn the corner with the walk, heading to the entrance ... in effect bordering the yard with a "U"-shape "invitation" that extends from the drive to the entrance. (The portions adjacent drive and city walk would not be the same width as the main walk to the entrance. They would be like decorative borders.) When it comes to the portion of walk that heads toward the entrance, I think it would be beneficial to pull it away from the neighbor's drive and incorporate and "S"-curve into it. That way, room for a SMALL tree could be created between the walk and neighbor's drive. It would also have the benefit of making it look like it belongs to your property without any question. Note how entrances are typically clearly marked by some type of enlarged, often raised, paved area, and a roofed covering that offers shelter from the elements. I think you need to create such a structure over the walk, in the front yard, near to the house. It would be the obvious first "entrance" that people reach when approaching the house. But after they've reached it there would be no question about where they would continue to in order to reach the actual house entrance. The structure could be a very nice arbor, or it could be more architectural in nature (such as with brick columns and an actual roof.) BTW, I don't think there's the first thing wrong with your yellow brick. Maybe you're bored of it and that is the driving force behind staining it. But I think it would be a mistake, or highly inefficient at the least, to attempt to change it to another color. If the brick was flat out ugly I'd be all for it. But it's not. You might end up creating, after spending a lot of money and effort, something that is not near as nice. If you could replace the top panel of the garage door with one that has windows all the way across, that would resolve the boring quality of the existing door. There seem to be two main approaches to planting: smother the house with hedges; and smother the house with a variety of all kinds of plants strewn in a randomish fashion. You might consider "matching" shrubs to windows (like steps would be "matched" to a door) as the main shrubs of the landscape scheme. Perennials and annuals can be fit around them in some artistic scheme, keeping it simple preferably. I would plan on keeping shrubs below the window sill height. I would hunt for a spot for another small tree at the right side of the house. (We can't see that area.)...See MoreLooking for advice to help curb appeal
Comments (6)You have a very attractive house! Simple changes will make it fabulous. I would replace the " Victorian" front door with something more appropriate. Do not paint the brick/stone. Lighten up the shutter color ( I cannot tell what color the house is). Window treatments should look good from both the inside and the outside. Pretty curtains would be great. Then tackle the landscaping. Some curvy foundation beds will make a huge difference. When you feel like spending more money :) , you could beef up the porch posts....See MoreHelp needed with facade and curb appeal. Thanks for any advice.
Comments (3)Nice little cottage. I would play up that aspect. Right now the entire house looks sort of washed out. I would paint the main body of the house a deeper color, blue, gray, etc., the windows white and take the railing down and beef up the columns. Then paint the door a bright color to draw the eye. Finish up with some landscaping and you're done. If you're interested in seeing some virtual makeovers of your home check out my website, Creative Visual Concepts....See MoreCelery. Visualization, Rendering images
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