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Ideas to spruce up exterior

2 years ago

Looking for ideas to spruce up the front/side of house..
Windows are a given, but even ideas like moving front door to central to open up hallway...

Oddly the old front to the houses is the image that looks like the back from the garden...

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Kay Moden
2 years ago
Awesome house Matt.

It really depends how much you're able to invest but with a house this big there's lots of potential.

The obvious one is as you mentioned to move the door to centre. Of course the internal layout will have to be re-shuffled but evertyhing's doable. You'd have a new porch here and some masonry elements to match the style (below photo 1)

Another option is a more costly one, but it involves more architectural elements to the whole facade, f'ex new windows, full height portal etc. - image 2 below.

We'd love to have a go at the design for this, don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss.

Andre
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