Help! How to improve tacky Tudor style exterior for side split home?

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

My partner and I are in the process of buying a new home, and there is one that has caught our eye. However, we just have no idea what to do about the exterior. The front exterior is a stone veneer, but the rest of the sides remain red brick.

In my opinion, they should have left the red brick and stained it to get varied shades of lighter and darker red brick. My idea is to replace the stone back to red brick with varied shades. I feel the Tudor style falls flat because of how low the pitch is on the porch roof and the overall roof of the house. The windows are newer so ideally we would not change those, and I believe the roof was done in 2008 and has at least another 10 years before being replaced.

We are not attached to the color scheme, the shape of the front porch and the garage doors and front door needs replacing.

Does anyone have any ideas? I just feel the overall colour scheme is very blah. I am having a hard time finding similar shaped homes with exterior makeover ideas so any help is appreciated!

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jessupjl06
5 years ago
what do you mean by replace the stone? can you tear it off to expose the existing brick? I imagine the stone was adhered with mortar so not sure what the condition of the brick will be once removed. I’m thinking a lot of the other design elements will greatly depend on what you can do here with the stone/brick combo.

I would probably just replace the siding altogether to get rid of the accents and choose a more inspiring color.
Juli
5 years ago
Well this is a very good example of why downspouts shouldn't be painted out as trim- they are not architectural elements and shouldn't be highlighted as such. The big problem here is that the façade (front) of the house was remodeled but the original brick and siding was left on the side, so you're seeing a mishmash and all of these elements would too much for me to think through, I have the same concerns you have so I'd keep looking for another house, you don't need to settle for something you don't like.
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pleballerina
5 years ago
When you get a chance will you post a picture of the house that shows its front, please? There are some members here on Houzz that can help you visualize possible solutions using tools like Photoshop.
houssaon
5 years ago
I would get rid of the fake stone. Paint the brown trim to match the white. Get rid of the arch while you are at it. If you can't get brick, match the lap siding on the side of the second floor.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
So remove the faux tudor trim remove the stone veneer but I think repacing the brick could be an issue of matching brick but that will need to be checked out first You could just remove the stone and add siding and then do something like this to work with the brick, Change the garage doors to something like this too
Cathy HN
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you everyone for your suggestions! As much as we wanted to take on the project, we have decided to not purchase the home. Realized we were trying too hard to make it work. we we’re trying to overlook the many things we had to fix but the exterior we could not get over.