Desperately needing an update and welcoming street appeal
Cynthia House
4 years ago
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Comments (24)Here are some of my thoughts on your front garden ... 1. Create a better "welcome walkway to your front steps . remove the hedge currently there ... mass plant an architectural wow-factor plant and uplight so peoplre know where the front entry is during the nightime. 2. "Correct" the sloping lawn, add a paved area for extra parking. 3. Create a garden bed along neighbours boundary and plant up with a hedging plant for privacy. 4. Create a garden bed in front of the wall using plants that will not block out the view from the windows. 5. For the remaining garden bed toward the kerbside, xeriscape with drought loving plants, choose plants that will not be taller than 5 feet (1.5mtrs) 6. All the garden beds with gravel, crushed river pebbles, or small river stones to compliment existing driveway. No need to change colours of house! Now there'll be no lawn to mow - but a valuable extra parking space - a designated "welcome" pathway to guide visitors to your front door - and a gorgeous "garden" to view from the front windows....See MoreOur home needs street appeal
Comments (16)I also would not paint or render the bricks - the ongoing maintenance is not worth it. Your house is crying out for a splash of red. The cream paint work could be in bright red. I don't like the central paved area with the hump in it. You do need to have your garden done - it would make an enormous difference to your home when done properly. A bobcat could take of that whole hump, taking the slope away from the house; currently the slope is draining towards the home. Where is north in the photo? It looks like a well built home, so be sparing on making too many changes. Its the external grounds that are letting the home down, which is so often the case....See MoreStreet appeal advice needed!
Comments (18)I found these couple of pics on houzz. I like both, in the second one (if you just look at the roof line to the right of the path) It shows how you could build the front entrance out just to give the house some shape. and there are endless choices for beautiful front doors. The roof line above the door is the same as yours, and the pic shows how you could add the additional office to the right of the door. I will also add, I am a huge fan of laser cut steel maybe you could build a sort of privacy decorative shaped wall to add balance on the driveway side of your yard, ( something substantial that really stands out) and add feature plants or pots...See MoreNeed help with front street appeal
Comments (12)what a great house!! make sure all the paint and trim is in excellent condition, what about Colorbond Cove and/or Evening Haze for over the windows and roller door with bright white trim and a startling front door (turquoise?) is the flue being used? remove or clean and paint, move the tv aerial out of sight, remove or replace the awnings with better fitting blinds that fit inside the window frames (Sarlon roller blinds will be more discreet and reasonably priced) remove the old planting near the house and add a mowing strip along the walls, clean the concrete driveway and create a gravelled parking area instead of parking on the grass with just a triangle of generous plants between the drive and parking area, level the lawn closer to the house with a low curved retaining wall made of of railway sleepers and prune back the big shrubs to see the edges of the house, improve the lawn and add planting along the retaining wall or right down to the front fence...Dietes, Grasses, and other architectural plants will look good...See MoreCynthia House
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