Render and window replacement advice!

3 years ago

We bought our home (near Manchester, built 1989) 3 years ago and knew we would at some point need (and want) to update the exterior, and we’re putting plans in place for this to happen this year. Underneath the mock Tudor is breeze blocks, so that will all be removed and we’re thinking of rendering the entire house and replacing the
windows.
The window frames we have currently are timber. We are being advised left right and centre to replace with upvc to emulate timber due to maintenance but we are really on the fence. In the past year we had a new rock front door with a side panel and I regret it, mainly because of the side panel - it looks chunky and cheap.
I love Georgian style windows with the bars and I’ve been looking at Residence 9, but we’ve got a joiner coming this week to discuss timber.
For the render we are thinking about Renduk in shade Pearl or something similar, with white windows in a Georgian style.
We’re keen to hear any thoughts or suggestions anyone may have! These are huge decisions and we don’t want to regret them.

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Petite Maison
3 years ago
I have the same style of house but can't change the exterior because all the houses in our estate are close together and others who have tried to change the 90s brown mock Tudor exterior have not been successful. White or country pale green windows. It looks baad!
You can pretty much do whatever you like as you don't appear to be near other cookie cutter houses. Pick a style you like and go for it. All white would be nice. Erase all signs if the 90s😁
Petite Maison
3 years ago
This house has retained the brick on the bottom half, rendered the top half, added almost black window frames with leading and finished it off with a lovely timber entrance porch.
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Daisy England
3 years ago
Keep the bottom half as brickwork. Don’t make the mistake of making it too plain.

My neighbour opposite me has a similar style house. When they purchased it they knocked off the render and beams and re-rendered it and left it white. No beams. It has modernised the look.

I have timber windows. If you keep on top of the maintenance it’s easy. We have ours done every other year. A quick sand down and re-coated. Easy job for a decorator. Two days maximum work.

Most of the houses in our road have UPVC windows. They don’t look as nice as timber. Two decided to have green which looks awful. Really doesn’t go with the style of house or the colour of the brickwork.

If you do decide on timber windows personally I would steer away from Georgian design. That’s now dated. Nobody asks for them any longer, neither do they ask for leaded windows (i’m a partner in a joinery company and nobody ask for this any longer). I would also be tempted to keep the timber windows natural as opposed to painting them white. It’s far easier to maintain with a stain/sealant as opposed to sanding down old paint.

Timber windows all the way for me. Just keep up to date on the maintenance and it’s not a long job.
Victoria
3 years ago
Where I live windows in new builds/renovations are falling into two distinct groups. Either anthracite with large panes or white sashes with glazing bars. It depends on the style of the house.
If you want Georgian style you will need to render all over, the half brick look isn’t in keeping with it.
Lottie P
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks for your comments! We were intending on rendering the whole house instead of just the top half because I personally prefer that look compared to half-half. But I think just having plain windows but make it look just that...plain. Having a Georgian-style window we thought could inject some character, maybe with 4 panes per frame rather than 6. As we would prefer them to be white, on reflection perhaps maintenance-wise that would be a hassle.
Petite Maison
3 years ago
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Honestly, who's got spare cash to pay a painter every 2 years? Spend it on something nice rather than maintenance. Get quality upvc once and forget about it.
88wj88
3 years ago
If you have UPVC often the bars are incorporated into the window and make it easy to clean.
Daisy England
3 years ago
@Petite Maison Our painter does ours in a day and a half. Every 2 years we pay him £250. Break that down and it’s £125 a year. If you think that’s expensive maintenance...... That’s less than the cost of a quarterly Internet bill.

There is no comparison between plastic and timber. Timber wins every time.
Victoria
3 years ago
I agree re timber windows looking better than UPVC. Ours have been in six years and needed no maintenance at all.
I think real glazing bars look better too.

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