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Improve curb appeal

5 years ago

This house is pretty cool inside but the curb appeal is bad - from the street, all you can really see is the garage. The front door is tucked into an alcove behind the garage. Any suggestions on how to improve the curb appeal without doing a scrape or major remodel?


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  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Can you easily get into the house itself from inside the garage?

    Would you be ok with a somewhat more narrow driveway?

    Do you own the strip on the left of the driveway?

  • 5 years ago

    more interesting garage door for starters…


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  • 5 years ago

    Maybe have trees trimmed, i have no idea what the house looks like! also think about painting garage door a darker color.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Grass and pavers driveway could look nice with your house


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    If you take out the driveway and what is to the left of it, you could either exten the lawn into the driveway to create a more dramatic curve — and then swing a very prominent walkway from your front door to around the tree to the driveay

    or take out the driveway and also take out the bottom left of the lawn. Be carefal not to enclose the tree in concrete, but create a much more dramatic layout of pavers in the front of the house than defines the path to the front door. This isn’t exactly like your house I realize, but …


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    I agree with trimming trees and bushes and painting the garage a darker color than the house main body.

  • 5 years ago

    I wouldn't be surprised if the garage started its life as a carport (the flat roof and the entrance being tucked behind it).


    I think a bit of sharpening up of the landscaping will do wonders. Trim the trees so they are a bit neater and edge the lawn to have crisp borders. What is going on to the left of the driveway? It looks dead. Either plant it was some bushes or do something interesting with rocks.


    There is a mass of green in front of the house. If there is a window behind it, definitely do whatever it takes (triming branches, triming down the shrubs or replacing whatever that is) to expose the window. If it is just a blank wall, trim the greenery to expose some of the wall, but create interest.


    The paint is fine for now, but when it does need painting, consider something a little more distinct. The trees shade things, so that grey looks a little drab. A crisp white or a slightly darker grey would give the house more presence.

  • 5 years ago

    It's an old picture. The house was actually just painted a bright yellow! Like crayola yellow. This is a house on the market that I'm interested in, so not my paint color choice.


    To the left of the driveway is rocks. The backyard and side yards are all rock as well.


    I was thinking maybe a pergola and patio area to the right of the garage to provide some interest and to balance out the garage? Maybe it would make it feel more welcoming?

  • 5 years ago

    Pergola and patio - where I live, if you have a backyard, you would never use the pergola and patio in the front yard. So, it would seem weird. But, some regions do seem to use their front yards more.


    I don't think you really need to add anything to the front yard, but if you did, perhaps more landscaping. A nice garden area with some attractive plants. Since they already have rocks going on, maybe a little bridge over rocks:



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  • 5 years ago

    Well, right now the garage is prominent and the house is private. You could shift that substantially by trimming back the trees and making a walkway to the front door that's more central in the yard. Just shift the center of gravity of the front to the right. Not a huge issue, but be sure that the road is something to embrace, rather than to be shielded from.