Sorry mock anything is never a good thing.You now have what I would consider more modern window color and the fake tudor trim does not IMO work at all. You have a MCM door paint all the white the same color as the windows and forget the fake trim. All those grids in the windows are just wrong too. I guess the landscaping will have to do the work to get this to have some real curb appeal.

I like the gray window trim with the brick. The white seems very bright for your brick though and instead of painting more of your house white could you find a color that really works well with the brick and grey window trim and paint the white that color? Maybe a warm gray.

I like your rendering, but I don't think you need to go to the expense of stuccoing the brick.

I agree the white is stark and the door area is modern.

Here is another rather crude mock-up to show some color possibilities. I think an ornamental tree and some interesting shrubs would enhance the house.

Thank you for your comments mojavemaria and houssaon. Completely agree that the white is too stark and changing it to a softer white/neutral is part of the plan. Your mock up is really helpful and agree that a new driveway with better planting will make a real difference. The previous owners either ran out of money or abandoned their plans unfortunately because they have left the house unfinished in many areas.

Again thank you, appreciate your time.

Trying to read between the lines . . . are you continuing with the Tudor style because you like it, or just to finish what the PO did and it's acceptable? Do you want to maximize the style, keep just a 'nod' to it, or eliminate it?

Hello, the Tudor style is original to the house (and in line with other properties on the road) so it would be very difficult to remove so makes sense to work with what we have got. Plus when the PO extended to the top left they added more. My idea to continue it along the front was to make the house more symmetrical however other properties have the same style i.e. half and half. So there isn't any real preference between keeping a nod to it or maximising the style, I just can't decide what would be best! I don't believe eliminating is a real option.

Thank you

White is too stark, I would go softer with tone down with the same color for trim.

@houssaon gave you a great look. It does not have to be absolutely symmetrical. I DOES have to look like it was "supposed to be there in the first place". The softer cream color on the stucco will help tremendously. It may need to be a soft "tan" to keep that portion from screaming out at you. The darker color on the window trims help as well.

Aren't most Tudor homes "mock" LOL? (Although I loved the "real" Tudor homes when we visited Shrewsbury in 2019.) Mine is a Tudor style too and I love it. And I live in Toronto so we don't have any genuine Tudors because...Toronto didn't exist during the Tudor era LOL.

Agree that cream vs white is the way to go. It looks good with the rendering and half-timbering all the way across. My area of the city has lots of these Tudors and people have painted the rendering all sorts of colours - white, cream, tan, gray. IMO the nicest look is cream with a dark warm brown e.g. Benjamin Moore's Tudor brown for the half-timbering.

I'd add some diagonal half-timbering too, just because I think it looks good.

Where it makes sense, paint any white or dark gray wood in the same dark brown. Maybe your garage door just needs a coat of paint. Paint or stain your front door dark brown too and it will fit in.

Your yew hedge will give you privacy once it's filled in. Not sure what your plans are for landscaping, but in the meantime if you had one large planter it would give your house a lift. Depends on your climate, we don't know where you are.

Very nice house.

Your house has great potential. Your desire to match your windows and, now, to soften the white, is on point. Same with replacing the front door to something more appropriate to the style of the home. I think that what you also might start to consider is your landscaping. I understand that parking might be an issue and your driveway might need to be wider than your garage...but by removing some of your fore court, you will have a nicer platform for your home. A pathway to the front door. Large pots on either side of your door planted with topiary shrubs, better exterior lighting (a large lantern?) will also assist in drawing attention to the front door. Am I correct that your home is not in the US? Regardless...it is lovely. Good luck with your plans!

Thank you for all your comments. Yes we are in Berkshire, west of London, and even in England there are very few real Tudor homes left! Homes here are much smaller and closer together than in US.

After much thought I think we are going to explore changing all the windows to white flush casement as we are just not keen on the grey and it would restore it to the original style of the house when it was built in the 1960s, and in line with the other houses on the street. It may be the boring option but I think more classic and we don‘t want to stand out in the wrong way.

Then I think with taking the rendered parts back to a softer white, neutral colour and eventually giving the front driveway a makeover we will be on our way.

Thank you again for your help.