A lovely home. It’s not outdated, but the landscaping is overgrown and tired. In the first picture, those shrubs on the right under the windows look pruned to within an inch of their lives. Tortuous.

Same picture, what is that overgrowing the house to the right of the person in blue? And the little tree, far left, right up against the house? Very poorly placed.

Find a good professional gardener to revitalize your yard.

Those shutters need to go and clan up the landscaping and no window boxes .

I would remove the vestigial shutters and power wash the brick and pavers to freshen up a bit. Your trim paint and gutters work well with the brick/roof colors. New, more contemporary exterior light fixtures will brighten things up some too. Can't really see the front porch area, but lanterns all around should be sized to be 1/3 of the front door's height. Looks like you may need better lighting on the back patio as well. Replace all the mushroom shrubbery with more open, airy plantings. Make sure trees are healthy and properly shaped/located. A good nursery can probably transplant some trees, and the one closest to the front entry might need removing. Its a pretty home, and a few simple tweaks will make it shine.

The shutters are awful, everything else is great. Houses can last hundreds of years, calling a style "dated" is just wrong. Houses aren't meant to be updated to the latest trend every 20/50 years. Sure, update the electrical wiring or inefficient heating system, if those are out of date.

Not dated at all. Agree the shutters need to go. Love the brick and pretty setting.

Not dated but those shutters have to go.

I think the yellow flowers do not complement the color of your home and would suggest you replace them with either white, purple Russian Sage or a pink flower.

I agree about the shutters. And I would remove the window boxes and planters. Take a hard look at the house and figure out what specific things bother you. Overall, I think it’s a beautiful home, except for the shutters which feel like an add-on to me.

The landscaping might be a little dated. You could consider something with more organic lines. Maybe a flower garden that winds its way through the front yard and looks like a lake or river of flowers. I saw a home with a slope that looks like your first pic, and their front yard flower yard flowed down to the edge of the property. The neighbors were always asking the owner for flowers.

This is not the best pic but it gives you an idea of the kinds of lines you could do down the slope. Vary the widths of the flower garden and put as many colors and flower types in there as you want. Use better mulch.

Unless you prefer something more formal or don’t want to deal with a flower garden.

I agree to remove the shutters!

I would paint the bricks white, and update the accessories, such as a simpler door with plain glass.

It would be a little bit like this below. I don't think you necessarily need to do anything with your arched windows. but if you did want to do change that, I'd suggest filling in the two little arched windows that face the front (but keep all your arched entryways). of course that can be pretty expensive and I don't think would be really necessary to improve your house. (the upside is that arches are so difficult if they need window treatments! removing them would definitely solve that.)

Your house is classic, not dated. It's beautiful as is. If you want a change, update the landscaping (especially on the right side of the house).

Definitely remove the shutters but apart from that, not much I'd change. Maybe larger window boxes?

8376 Jularick Ct · More Info

Addition & Renovation · More Info

Nottingham Tudor Brick Home - Alabama · More Info

Roofing · More Info

Nottingham Tudor Brick Home - Alabama · More Info

Since the banding is fairly narrow I would not select a stone with a large scape pattern. I would also not select any Ledgestone as it is a fading trend.

I would window trim that light color that's already going around your window so like a off-white but I painted my window trim to match closely my brick it's like a couple Shades to it

I would remove those narrow shutters you don't need any shutters you have a nice place

I agree with removing the shutters.

You don't need to paint the whole house, the color is fine.

I would beef up the shrubs where they are straggly, just make sure they are properly trimmed.

Keep the window boxes, but work on a better flower display inside with thrillers, fillers and spillers. What you have in there now is just a snooze, sorry.

Maybe paint the trim and the garage door, they are too monochromatic with the house color.

I would also consider lightening up the entry area…it is lost in the shadows..it should be more of a focal point…if we had a picture of the entry ..there may be other ideas to highlight that area

This may lessen the need to remove all the trees..as i feel the trees soften the curb appeal and lessen the slightly foreboding stone castle feel…perhaps painting or white/washing the porch area..or even adding a different …more inviting….siding material there