Design advise - need help with roof tiles and curtains
We are extending and refurbishing a semi-detached house and desperately want some advice. We will be changing the roof tiles, the rendering and windows. Front elevation photo pasted below
The new render will be K-Rend in white or off-white and windows and door will be anthracite in UPVC (white inside, anthracite outside). These are non negotiable as our 12 year old son will have nothing else as his friends all have the same and we cannot afford aluminium so it has to be uPVC :-(
I had a couple of questions and would be grateful for any suggestions
1. Would dark red plain roof tiles go with the anthracite windows? Is there any school of thought says that grey windows should pair with grey roof? I personally prefer dark red or terracotta.
2. Regarding window dressing, we are not keen on shutters and will be using curtains - should we use curtains with a black or dark grey lining instead of the usual white lining? Would this work better with the anthracite windows?
Finally, given that we are not in a conservation area and the property is not listed, would the council have an issue if we replace the existing ugly grey pebbledash render with a smooth off-white render? The whole front ground floor section that includes porch and the two triple windows is new so we will not be able to match the new render with pebbledash anyway so hoping no one objects to it.
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T Geo
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Avril
2 years agoI have found very few images of red tiles with anthracite windows. Here is one with darker windows but looks like cream render rather than white.
Personally I would be extra careful about being so different to the property you join, although I get grey pebble dash isn’t your ideal.
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2 years agoSarah Hunter
2 years agoThere is a 1930s semi near me where they have done what you describe - anthracite windows with pebbledash where the neighbours have white etc. Personally, we decided against anthracite in our 1930s house as I think it will date quite quickly but I understand why it is popular. The thing fascinating for me is looking at what colours used to be on houses- from looking at paintwork, it seems that our windows might have been yellow or dark green originally!
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