Paint color for this sad rental?
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoI need a great paint colr for this sad rental. nieghbors colors are red brick on one side and a dark tan on the other side.
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Comments (7)I, too, would paint the siding and trim and leave the brick..I think a dark gray would look good with your brick and style of home: Or a lighter, warmer gray: If you are set on painting the brick, I'd paint the siding, too, either both the same color or maybe something like these colors?...See More
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoA clean off-white tending toward beige for the walls plus a milk chocolate brown paint on the shutters would be good. The porch pillar should be off white, not black. Dig up and reset the lamp post so it is straight. Two quick coats of black enamel spray paint on the lamp post will make it look much better. You can touch up the exterior house lights, too with the same black paint.
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10 months agoSusie .
10 months agoUnless this is a high end rental, I’d just choose a basic garage door and paint it the same as the body. You don’t need it to stand out. I don’t think the shutters are an asset (too small for the windows), but there maybe outlines around them, so you may want to keep them. I’d clean everything up, paint the trim. If you repaint the shutters, blue would look nice. If you leave them black, I think a bright yellow or marigold would be a nice touch. If you’re keeping the storm door it will cover the door and you won’t see it anyway.
You don’t want too much landscaping to have to worry about at a rental, so keep it simple but it does need something. Maybe one of the mock-up artists will come by and give you some ideas. If you have something with a little height it will help fill in the expanse of walls between windows.
In general, you don’t want to overspend on it, or it’s harder to break even. You do want to it appear inviting, though. How’s the roof? Was it inspected recently?
Susie .