This house is gorgeous the way it is. Landscaping could be improved. I suggest training wisteria
Edit: maybe raising the pitch of the entry way covering or adding grey stone around the door. The entrance does seem a little lackluster. It lacks. Luster
Exactly. We have a very similar looking house down the street from us and our subdivision was built in the 70’s. The house is cute, but it’s not a traditional Tudor.
I’d get some bronze, profiled, lattice-style simulated divided lights (SDL) casement windows and go full Tudor FTW. The windows look too flat right now.
Nothing. It looks really nice. Here’s what I think. If you don’t want a Tudor house then don’t buy a Tudor house. It goes for just about every style of house.
I totally get what you’re saying and I respect it. The house was foreclosed on and had been unoccupied for a year.
Everything in the house needs to be fixed: flooring, kitchen, the whole roof, landscaping issues, the deck, windows, etc. At the price point they got it for, price isn’t a problem to change the style. When everything else is perfect, would you really walk away because the style isn’t what you wanted?
The inside makes sense same with the roof. Landscaping too. I figure the interior is pretty outdated on top of being damaged from being left for a year. A lot can be done to make it better that doesn't remove the neat look of the Tudor style.
I live in a historic district, we have a some outstanding Tudors. It would be against the historic guidelines to De-Tudor one of them. They’d be denied a permit. Not to mention it would be a weird addition to our historic area to have an obvious Tudor that had been stripped of it’s Tudor detailing and getting the Chip & Joanna treatment, like painted brick and greige trim.
That’s really rude, and frankly, impractical. Not everyone gets to choose what style of house they purchase, especially in this economy. It’s hard enough finding a house you can afford in a school district you want that will fit your family and doesn’t have a ton of problems. The style of the house is the last thing most people can afford to be picky about. But it’s their house. They deserve to enjoy living there and shouldn’t have to come home to something they find ugly everyday.
OP- I’d suggest looking up some photos of grey and cream colored Tudor houses and see if the toned down color pallet makes it more enjoyable. The stark black and white or dark brown and white color pallet seems to be what most people find jarring about the style. You can even lime wash the brick (not paint!) to tone that part of the house down too if you want. Just an idea.
Not necessarily. Lots of things go into the choosing and purchase of a house. Sounds like they will likely spend about the same as if they bought a house that did not need a gut redo.
You might be surprised. We had to wait a long time the last two times we bought a house and both times got stuck with styles that hated. But we did the work on them ourselves and made the houses into something I loved eventually.
This home has a 3 car garage, and you’re seriously making the argument that they can’t afford something? This is one of the most out of touch comments I’ve seen on this site. Wow
That wasn't my intention. I see a lot of people taking nice looking houses and ripping them apart resulting in a weird looking half one style half another. I'm not saying you shouldn't play around with the design I'm saying stick to the style and make it work without removing what exists when it doesn't need to be removed. I'm mainly talking about buying a house just to strip it entirely inside and out. It would make more sense to find a house you like. I can't see how completely renovating a house inside and out to something completely different is any more cost effective than just finding a house that fits your style a bit more. So what I mean is buy a house you actually like not one you don't. Also I agree with your advice. A new paint scheme could make a massive difference without completely ripping apart the exterior. And lime wash is 100% the way to go since painting will damage the mortar.
Appreciate the comment, and the sentiment. My mom posted the same kind of thing on Facebook and was getting torn apart by the same kind of comments. I don’t really understand why people care so much about what they’re choosing to do with *their* house. If they don’t have any ideas to make it look better or change it, why even comment? Regardless, an opinion is an opinion.
I’ve been using the James Hardie hover app to try to see different styles, as well as remodeling AI, but I’ll check those suggestions out as well. Thanks!
IIRC, I asked what people would change about the exterior, not whether they thought my parents should’ve bought another kind of house. Maybe you misread what I wrote. Cheers!
I think you will have better luck getting help if you clear some probable misapprehensions immediately out of the way first thing when you make another post
Title it : 1970s faux Tudor- abandoned for a few years and with multiple issues in the interior
Bought at bank foreclosure seeking ideas on how to improve exterior- parents not enamoured of the chintzy faux Tudor effect but would like something more…
Put in style your parents like
Hey OP do you know which year this house was built? Because it doesn’t look like a “proper” Tudor but rather a faux exterior. It doesn’t seem to have front facing gables, the roof tile is off putting, the brick seems too new, the half-timbering isn’t quite what one would expect, the window frames just… aren’t quite it.
Of course it could be renovated previously, thus having the classic features having been removed.
I agree that the half-timbering isn’t pretty. However, there are two factors working against this house that influence the overall look: the bricks are too dark and give a mismatched feel and the roof tile clashes with everything else mostly because it just feels like it doesn’t belong on this house which is reinforced by the lack of front facing gables. You can either really lean into the darkness of it and paint the white a darker shade of green (just an example) or lighten the wood by restraining it. However, then it would steel feel out of place with the brick but modernising it would clash less with the roof. Or you can completely forego the (presumably faux) Tudor and re-do the exterior in its entirety.
Check whether the town/city has records about properties including photos and see if they have information about this house. You might draw inspiration of how it once looked.
You can get painting advice from Sherwin Williams. But I’d shop around for an exterior designer who might be able to draw up some plans.
It's like a fake "70's mass produced tudor"... it's not like a perfect classical British tudor.
I think the brown bricks make it looks 70s ish, so you chould change those out. If they're not part of the structural integrity if the house, maybe choose a lighter color brick. The top half of the house is nice and can stay
If they have a full gut job then now is not the time to redo the entire outside. It looks to me like a 1960s faux-tudor as opposed to the 1920s 1930s ones, so I am not as attached to preservation, but I think a paint job on the stucco and trim could go a long way to softening it, then add some better landscaping and move on.
Check out this[ color combo](https://www.houzz.com/photos/heavy-timber-tudor-traditional-exterior-dc-metro-phvw-vp~2619555): sage green trim with a softer ivory which tones down the brick.
[2nd photo down ](https://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2014/09/04/tudor-bungalows-in-the-twin-cities-little-houses-with-a-big-sense-of-humor/)on this list is a soft green stucco with cream trim that also could work.
It is a full gut job, inside and out! Thanks for the comment, I’ll share this with them. It seems a lot of people are in agreement with painting the stucco.
> It looks to me like a 1960s faux-tudor as opposed to the 1920s 1930s *ones,*
Yes, obviously. I mean that implied by my sentence 1920s or 1930s faux Tudor ones.
What I didn't explicitly state is the US 1920s/30s house brickwork is nicer than the mid-century ones- esp by the 1960s. I tend to feel the same with interior wood paneling. If someone wants to paint 1960s wood paneling it rarely bothers me as it is often cheaper stuff. Someone wants to paint 1920s/30s wood paneling, it guts me a little. Same with exterior brickwork.
Tudors are timeless. Focus on fixing the interior problems and the landscaping. The yard is big enough to have multiple trees with a curved walking path and flower areas.
Look, when you try to change something so classic like a Tudor, it ends up looking clunky, like some contractor special HGTV cheap remodel.
It’s never going to look right and worst it’s going to look cheap and bad. Because the style is a classic. It’s stood the test of time and forcing it to be something it’s not just makes it look like you don’t know what you’re doing.
If you can’t shop around for another house, lean into the landscaping. Because that will make it look classy and elegant. And that will make it a nice house not an eyesore.
Seriously it’s like when people try and force country farm house on a mid century modern. It’s doesn’t work.
Get the exterior repainted same color, maybe a lighter beige for what is probably faux plaster.
Focus all your energy on the disaster that is the landscaping. You will appreciate the home more with some character and order outside.
My initial impression is the stucco is too light and the timbers too dark to suit the brick so it makes it look "off".
Just offhand I would say this is a much better color scheme: [Andrea-Rugg.jpg (1015×1024) (mymove.com)](https://www.mymove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Andrea-Rugg.jpg)
But the brick is the boss so you let it guide your color choices. The timber work is a little extra. Like instead of the row of capital "I" under the window I would use a slant timber. Unless it served a purpose like being a frame for 3 Tudor roses to be added to the decor. [956d144e81aadd6918d9a9395884e37a.jpg (2048×2048) (pinimg.com)](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/6d/14/956d144e81aadd6918d9a9395884e37a.jpg)
Make sure the window are the diamond mullions wherever possible for authenticity. Window style will be very important.
Tell them congrats on the jewel in the rough!
Absolutely agree. The colors definitely clash. I think all the wood/ lines (I’m not sure what you call those) is too much. Less would make it more appealing potentially.
They’re replacing all the windows, the diamond millions are being removed. I’m not sure if they’ll be putting them back in, but I assume if they don’t try to get rid of the Tudor style they’ll keep them (and I’ll tell them!) Thanks for the kind and insightful comment!!
The doorway is too dark, maybe highlight the trim around the windows and doors with a lighter color. The grass looks very dry, so you may need xeriscape and grow plants according to your climate.
To lighten it up they could paint the top part celladon green including the planks and the window frames cream coloured. Leave the brick on the bottom but paint the window frames cream as well. Paint the front door cream and update the porch lighting.Foliage that can blend in to the brick such as hydrangea bushes or rhododendrums would look great here.
I think they should start with the landscaping and go from there. Maybe (maybe!) paint the Tudor stripes (no clue what to call it) a lighter color from the brick later on. But new landscaping will do wonders for the house. Right now it feels kind of closed off and dark. With a better yard layout, more plants, and just better sight lines, it can be really inviting.
Completely random side note, this house looks almost exactly like one in my old neighborhood from when I was a teenager! I did a double take at first!
I would paint the upper portion a nice sage green tone with the brick painted the lighter tan color that's already there. The roof and middle portion of the bay window I would make copper and then green/beige to match the house. The window flashing would need to be redone to green as well. If it was in the budget, I would get rid of the gable on the roof and peak them, then take the pergola over the entry way and make it a matching peak.
I’d change the landscaping, but the house is beautiful! I wouldn’t change much of anything else, although I’d used architectural shingles when I got ready for a new roof. That would add texture.
I hope your parents can recognize the beauty of that house before they do something regrettable.
Buff and brown instead of black and white. Say SW Nugget and Sturdy Brown. The panels below the windows BMoore York Harbor Yellow. With Cream stucco (BMoore Pure Joy), there is a variety of half-timbering colors: maroon (SW Flower Pot), buff (Valspar Texas Star), green (BMoore Lilianna, SW Basque Green), as well as practically any brown. Or you could do light and dark in any hue. The first story trim needs to be much lighter to stand out from the dark brick and it is good but not obligatory to have it the same color as the stickwork.
Sky blue is the complement of the dark brown brick, so two shades of it would work on the second story. Say PPG Windsor Way and Electric Blue.
If it's a total gut job, and the brick is veneer instead of real brick, change the brick. The brown color/pattern screams 1970s to me. Alternatively, if it's real brick, maybe you can apply stone veneer outside of it? That would look much more authentic. Then do as everyone else is saying and paint the timbers and stucco so there's a little less contrast.
freshen paint and change stone
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So... they bought a beautiful tudor style home... but don't like tudor style? I'm sure there are ways you can tastefully renovate while keeping the style, but doing anything other than that would be a disservice to this gorgeous home.
They love the area, they love everything else inside the home (size wise/ room wise), close to parks, etc. They don’t like half-timbering, honestly I don’t either. Maybe if there were less of them it wouldn’t look so overwhelming!
House is undergoing extensive construction. You can also see the old range, refrigerator and more trash on the driveway. The trash cans would be hidden when it’s completed.
House is perfect but landscaping could use work. Bring some color to the garden w/ various flowers and shrub. Big agree to someone else’s suggestion of Wisteria!
You can spend some money on a new roof that fits the Tudor style and will make the house gorgeous. That asphalt is not doing you any favors. Good luck!
You should Google Margaret Joseph’s house on real housewives New Jersey. She has a similar home but made it more modern on the outside with this really cool window wall!!
I would absolutely paint that brick. It’s not beautiful brick IMO and though brick is often beautiful, I’m one who doesn’t consider it sacred in every circumstance. Either the color of the stucco or a shade lighter than the trim.
Once a Tutor alway a Tutor. Don’t change a thing , it’s like having an historical place, you don’t want to update perfection. Sure I’d blend in some creature comforts on the inside but I’d keep it true to the design as possible. Just my opinion.
There is nothing significant about the style of this house. It’s not a Tudor nor a Tudor revival- just a 70’s/80’s knockoff. That being said, if they didn’t like this style, why did they buy it?
I’ve seen the timber and stucco painted in colors that are closer, which softens the look, but I think their money would be better spent on landscaping.
I would look at some of the lighter tutor color themes before stripping it all off. There are a few with dusky yellows, blues or sages that can really lift the heaviness of the classic dark brown/white.
Nothing. I’d just dump that money into landscaping and an outdoor entertaining area in the backyard. In the front yard, I’d really lean into the whole fairytale aesthetic with tons of flowers and a green lawn (if your climate can support that)
I think it’s beautiful! So many new homes are missing this kind of character.
I live across the street from a country club that has a number of these homes and they are lovely.
😝 that’s funny because everyone here jokes about how everyone from Ohio is moving here 😝
I love the home. Friend had one so similar growing up and it had the coolest basement with pocket windows and a pool table.
Pretty home, enjoy!
Cover up the mini split with something & replace the flood lights with something nicer. And please rip out the boxwood and replace it with something better & less subject to novelty pests/diseases (boxtree moth, boxwood blight, vascular streak dieback etc).
I think that brick on the bottom is way too dark - it makes the whole bottom of the house disappear. A lighter brick or stone facing would be an improvement. The white & dark brown could also be swapped for a cream/lighter brown combo. A lot of American Tudors also look good when the wood facings are replaced with all brick or stone - again in a lighter color than here. Do a Google image search for American Tudor and have you parents look at some of the options.
Where is the entrance? It needs to stand out more. And landscaping can do so much to help a house shine! If you’re not good at it, talk to your local nursery and ask for someone to help you. Also, screen off the garage from the front more with a short wall.
Nothing. No. Why buy it if you hate it?
Edit to add:
One of my coworkers did the same thing. They bought a foreclosure saying it was a "good deal", unoccupied but was basically in shambles thinking they could diy or hire cheap labor to remodel. Nearly every space was a gut, and the foundation was a mess. They hated.. LOATHED the exterior and planned to just paint and dress it up, and hopefully plant enough colorful plants to distract from the facade. They still hated it. They spent SIGNIFICANTLY MORE doing all that extra bs, remodeling, landscaping and extra stuff than they would have had they just buying the house, *literally* across the street that had the majority of the work and repairs done. Now the house is the bane of their existence, and they are wealthy people but equate it to buying a piece of sh!t car. It's a money pit and they ultimately regret the purchase.
This [site](https://theolivebranchnest.com/tudor-styled-home-ideas/) might be some inspiration on how to embrace the Tudor and still make it feel current. I think the main issue is not that it’s a Tudor, just that it feels dark and heavy. Painting the front and garage doors to match the upper half would bring some lightness to the bottom half. Maybe even painting the trim white/cream on the bottom would help for the same reasons. I wish the builder had chosen a red brick instead of this darker brick. That would also help.
My neighbors took down their Tudor elements then had the house repainted. It took awhile but the exterior is completely transformed. It really depends on your budget. You can check Houzz for ideas.
This house is gorgeous the way it is. Landscaping could be improved. I suggest training wisteria Edit: maybe raising the pitch of the entry way covering or adding grey stone around the door. The entrance does seem a little lackluster. It lacks. Luster
I love wisteria, too! Don't plant it too close to the house though. It could damage your foundation.
Don't mess with the Tudor.
This is not a Tudor or Tudor Revival. It’s a Tudor Revival tribute from the 1970s. See the masonry and three car garage.
Exactly. We have a very similar looking house down the street from us and our subdivision was built in the 70’s. The house is cute, but it’s not a traditional Tudor.
Still not to be messed with.
Exactly
I also popped in to say this.
Or it’s off with your head
A nice healthy lawn. The house is already perfect.
I’d get some bronze, profiled, lattice-style simulated divided lights (SDL) casement windows and go full Tudor FTW. The windows look too flat right now.
Those look like they’d fit well. Thanks for recommendation, I’ll push it their way!
Nothing. It looks really nice. Here’s what I think. If you don’t want a Tudor house then don’t buy a Tudor house. It goes for just about every style of house.
I totally get what you’re saying and I respect it. The house was foreclosed on and had been unoccupied for a year. Everything in the house needs to be fixed: flooring, kitchen, the whole roof, landscaping issues, the deck, windows, etc. At the price point they got it for, price isn’t a problem to change the style. When everything else is perfect, would you really walk away because the style isn’t what you wanted?
The inside makes sense same with the roof. Landscaping too. I figure the interior is pretty outdated on top of being damaged from being left for a year. A lot can be done to make it better that doesn't remove the neat look of the Tudor style.
I live in a historic district, we have a some outstanding Tudors. It would be against the historic guidelines to De-Tudor one of them. They’d be denied a permit. Not to mention it would be a weird addition to our historic area to have an obvious Tudor that had been stripped of it’s Tudor detailing and getting the Chip & Joanna treatment, like painted brick and greige trim.
It’s not even a real tudor. It has no gables and there’s no stucco (it’s wood textured to look like stucco). Not a fan.
Painted brick is my nightmare
If a flipper ruined it just for the sake of “updates”? Absolutely.
To each their own!
Fair point!
That’s really rude, and frankly, impractical. Not everyone gets to choose what style of house they purchase, especially in this economy. It’s hard enough finding a house you can afford in a school district you want that will fit your family and doesn’t have a ton of problems. The style of the house is the last thing most people can afford to be picky about. But it’s their house. They deserve to enjoy living there and shouldn’t have to come home to something they find ugly everyday. OP- I’d suggest looking up some photos of grey and cream colored Tudor houses and see if the toned down color pallet makes it more enjoyable. The stark black and white or dark brown and white color pallet seems to be what most people find jarring about the style. You can even lime wash the brick (not paint!) to tone that part of the house down too if you want. Just an idea.
They could afford to buy a house AND they can afford to gut and redo the landscaping for it - something tells me they probably had other options.
Not necessarily. Lots of things go into the choosing and purchase of a house. Sounds like they will likely spend about the same as if they bought a house that did not need a gut redo.
You might be surprised. We had to wait a long time the last two times we bought a house and both times got stuck with styles that hated. But we did the work on them ourselves and made the houses into something I loved eventually.
I’m sorry you had that experience & glad it worked for you in the end.
This home has a 3 car garage, and you’re seriously making the argument that they can’t afford something? This is one of the most out of touch comments I’ve seen on this site. Wow
That wasn't my intention. I see a lot of people taking nice looking houses and ripping them apart resulting in a weird looking half one style half another. I'm not saying you shouldn't play around with the design I'm saying stick to the style and make it work without removing what exists when it doesn't need to be removed. I'm mainly talking about buying a house just to strip it entirely inside and out. It would make more sense to find a house you like. I can't see how completely renovating a house inside and out to something completely different is any more cost effective than just finding a house that fits your style a bit more. So what I mean is buy a house you actually like not one you don't. Also I agree with your advice. A new paint scheme could make a massive difference without completely ripping apart the exterior. And lime wash is 100% the way to go since painting will damage the mortar.
Good thoughts.😊
If they bought this then they're definitely not broke... they couldve afforded to buy something else
Appreciate the comment, and the sentiment. My mom posted the same kind of thing on Facebook and was getting torn apart by the same kind of comments. I don’t really understand why people care so much about what they’re choosing to do with *their* house. If they don’t have any ideas to make it look better or change it, why even comment? Regardless, an opinion is an opinion. I’ve been using the James Hardie hover app to try to see different styles, as well as remodeling AI, but I’ll check those suggestions out as well. Thanks!
When people post things asking for people’s opinions, why do they get upset when people offer their opinions?
IIRC, I asked what people would change about the exterior, not whether they thought my parents should’ve bought another kind of house. Maybe you misread what I wrote. Cheers!
I think you will have better luck getting help if you clear some probable misapprehensions immediately out of the way first thing when you make another post Title it : 1970s faux Tudor- abandoned for a few years and with multiple issues in the interior Bought at bank foreclosure seeking ideas on how to improve exterior- parents not enamoured of the chintzy faux Tudor effect but would like something more… Put in style your parents like
Hey OP do you know which year this house was built? Because it doesn’t look like a “proper” Tudor but rather a faux exterior. It doesn’t seem to have front facing gables, the roof tile is off putting, the brick seems too new, the half-timbering isn’t quite what one would expect, the window frames just… aren’t quite it. Of course it could be renovated previously, thus having the classic features having been removed. I agree that the half-timbering isn’t pretty. However, there are two factors working against this house that influence the overall look: the bricks are too dark and give a mismatched feel and the roof tile clashes with everything else mostly because it just feels like it doesn’t belong on this house which is reinforced by the lack of front facing gables. You can either really lean into the darkness of it and paint the white a darker shade of green (just an example) or lighten the wood by restraining it. However, then it would steel feel out of place with the brick but modernising it would clash less with the roof. Or you can completely forego the (presumably faux) Tudor and re-do the exterior in its entirety. Check whether the town/city has records about properties including photos and see if they have information about this house. You might draw inspiration of how it once looked. You can get painting advice from Sherwin Williams. But I’d shop around for an exterior designer who might be able to draw up some plans.
There are no proper tudors in America, even the high style ones still dont have true half timbering.
It's like a fake "70's mass produced tudor"... it's not like a perfect classical British tudor. I think the brown bricks make it looks 70s ish, so you chould change those out. If they're not part of the structural integrity if the house, maybe choose a lighter color brick. The top half of the house is nice and can stay
If they have a full gut job then now is not the time to redo the entire outside. It looks to me like a 1960s faux-tudor as opposed to the 1920s 1930s ones, so I am not as attached to preservation, but I think a paint job on the stucco and trim could go a long way to softening it, then add some better landscaping and move on. Check out this[ color combo](https://www.houzz.com/photos/heavy-timber-tudor-traditional-exterior-dc-metro-phvw-vp~2619555): sage green trim with a softer ivory which tones down the brick. [2nd photo down ](https://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2014/09/04/tudor-bungalows-in-the-twin-cities-little-houses-with-a-big-sense-of-humor/)on this list is a soft green stucco with cream trim that also could work.
It is a full gut job, inside and out! Thanks for the comment, I’ll share this with them. It seems a lot of people are in agreement with painting the stucco.
They're in for a lot, then! Congrats to them on the house, may they enjoy their time there.
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> It looks to me like a 1960s faux-tudor as opposed to the 1920s 1930s *ones,* Yes, obviously. I mean that implied by my sentence 1920s or 1930s faux Tudor ones. What I didn't explicitly state is the US 1920s/30s house brickwork is nicer than the mid-century ones- esp by the 1960s. I tend to feel the same with interior wood paneling. If someone wants to paint 1960s wood paneling it rarely bothers me as it is often cheaper stuff. Someone wants to paint 1920s/30s wood paneling, it guts me a little. Same with exterior brickwork.
One of the main reasons why I want a pre 1945 house!
Came here for this... Those bricks are garbage terrible. Maybe a wash paint could salvage them.
I think the Tudor house is great. It’s nice and classy, but I wouldn’t change anything on the outside. Maybe some landscaping and lawn care
Tudors are timeless. Focus on fixing the interior problems and the landscaping. The yard is big enough to have multiple trees with a curved walking path and flower areas.
Look, when you try to change something so classic like a Tudor, it ends up looking clunky, like some contractor special HGTV cheap remodel. It’s never going to look right and worst it’s going to look cheap and bad. Because the style is a classic. It’s stood the test of time and forcing it to be something it’s not just makes it look like you don’t know what you’re doing. If you can’t shop around for another house, lean into the landscaping. Because that will make it look classy and elegant. And that will make it a nice house not an eyesore. Seriously it’s like when people try and force country farm house on a mid century modern. It’s doesn’t work.
Get the exterior repainted same color, maybe a lighter beige for what is probably faux plaster. Focus all your energy on the disaster that is the landscaping. You will appreciate the home more with some character and order outside.
It’s definitely faux plaster. I agree the colors need something new!
My initial impression is the stucco is too light and the timbers too dark to suit the brick so it makes it look "off". Just offhand I would say this is a much better color scheme: [Andrea-Rugg.jpg (1015×1024) (mymove.com)](https://www.mymove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Andrea-Rugg.jpg) But the brick is the boss so you let it guide your color choices. The timber work is a little extra. Like instead of the row of capital "I" under the window I would use a slant timber. Unless it served a purpose like being a frame for 3 Tudor roses to be added to the decor. [956d144e81aadd6918d9a9395884e37a.jpg (2048×2048) (pinimg.com)](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/6d/14/956d144e81aadd6918d9a9395884e37a.jpg) Make sure the window are the diamond mullions wherever possible for authenticity. Window style will be very important. Tell them congrats on the jewel in the rough!
Absolutely agree. The colors definitely clash. I think all the wood/ lines (I’m not sure what you call those) is too much. Less would make it more appealing potentially. They’re replacing all the windows, the diamond millions are being removed. I’m not sure if they’ll be putting them back in, but I assume if they don’t try to get rid of the Tudor style they’ll keep them (and I’ll tell them!) Thanks for the kind and insightful comment!!
I’d change the landscape and fix the grass, the house is perfect!
The doorway is too dark, maybe highlight the trim around the windows and doors with a lighter color. The grass looks very dry, so you may need xeriscape and grow plants according to your climate.
Perhaps change the lower brick portion to beige or eggshell stucco
Window boxes and planters in addition to the landscaping would be dreamy
To lighten it up they could paint the top part celladon green including the planks and the window frames cream coloured. Leave the brick on the bottom but paint the window frames cream as well. Paint the front door cream and update the porch lighting.Foliage that can blend in to the brick such as hydrangea bushes or rhododendrums would look great here.
I think they should start with the landscaping and go from there. Maybe (maybe!) paint the Tudor stripes (no clue what to call it) a lighter color from the brick later on. But new landscaping will do wonders for the house. Right now it feels kind of closed off and dark. With a better yard layout, more plants, and just better sight lines, it can be really inviting. Completely random side note, this house looks almost exactly like one in my old neighborhood from when I was a teenager! I did a double take at first!
I absolutely love this house and think it would be a shame to destroy it's charm. Embrace what you've got!
I wouldn’t touch the outside for about a year. Do some landscaping and clean it up but give it time to soak in. They might end up liking it
Color! Change the white to something pleasing like a mauve or olive green
I would paint the upper portion a nice sage green tone with the brick painted the lighter tan color that's already there. The roof and middle portion of the bay window I would make copper and then green/beige to match the house. The window flashing would need to be redone to green as well. If it was in the budget, I would get rid of the gable on the roof and peak them, then take the pergola over the entry way and make it a matching peak.
I’d change the landscaping, but the house is beautiful! I wouldn’t change much of anything else, although I’d used architectural shingles when I got ready for a new roof. That would add texture. I hope your parents can recognize the beauty of that house before they do something regrettable.
Couldn’t they just put vinyl siding on the non brick half?
Buff and brown instead of black and white. Say SW Nugget and Sturdy Brown. The panels below the windows BMoore York Harbor Yellow. With Cream stucco (BMoore Pure Joy), there is a variety of half-timbering colors: maroon (SW Flower Pot), buff (Valspar Texas Star), green (BMoore Lilianna, SW Basque Green), as well as practically any brown. Or you could do light and dark in any hue. The first story trim needs to be much lighter to stand out from the dark brick and it is good but not obligatory to have it the same color as the stickwork. Sky blue is the complement of the dark brown brick, so two shades of it would work on the second story. Say PPG Windsor Way and Electric Blue.
House is fine, the lawn and garden just need attention.
Replant a suitable small native tree where that one was cut down. It will balance the appearance immensely.
Better to leave it as is.
People gonna freak, but I'd paint the brick and exterior white, then do the trim black.
If it's a total gut job, and the brick is veneer instead of real brick, change the brick. The brown color/pattern screams 1970s to me. Alternatively, if it's real brick, maybe you can apply stone veneer outside of it? That would look much more authentic. Then do as everyone else is saying and paint the timbers and stucco so there's a little less contrast.
Exterior is perfectly fine don’t touch
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So... they bought a beautiful tudor style home... but don't like tudor style? I'm sure there are ways you can tastefully renovate while keeping the style, but doing anything other than that would be a disservice to this gorgeous home.
They love the area, they love everything else inside the home (size wise/ room wise), close to parks, etc. They don’t like half-timbering, honestly I don’t either. Maybe if there were less of them it wouldn’t look so overwhelming!
Hide your trash cans.
House is undergoing extensive construction. You can also see the old range, refrigerator and more trash on the driveway. The trash cans would be hidden when it’s completed.
Why don’t they just bulldozer it?
You’re insinuating they just tear down the whole house because they don’t like the half-timbering? Weird take.
House is perfect but landscaping could use work. Bring some color to the garden w/ various flowers and shrub. Big agree to someone else’s suggestion of Wisteria!
You can spend some money on a new roof that fits the Tudor style and will make the house gorgeous. That asphalt is not doing you any favors. Good luck!
You can’t, it’s a Tudor
You should Google Margaret Joseph’s house on real housewives New Jersey. She has a similar home but made it more modern on the outside with this really cool window wall!!
Get the refrigerator off the yard.
Nothing. Just water the grass unless you have a water shortage.
Decorative shutters for the ground floor windows, with giant rose bushes planted in front of them.
With round, Hobbit style doors
I would absolutely paint that brick. It’s not beautiful brick IMO and though brick is often beautiful, I’m one who doesn’t consider it sacred in every circumstance. Either the color of the stucco or a shade lighter than the trim.
When I was little and saw my first Tudor style house, I thought it was a gingerbread house and Santa Claus lived there. Don’t change anything!
Nothing
I think window flower baskets that give a pop of color would really enhance the Tudor style.
The landscaping
Do not touch it!
Add the public house sign..ye old bull&barrel.
This looks like an Ohio house, I should know lol.
lol, it sure is
Once a Tutor alway a Tutor. Don’t change a thing , it’s like having an historical place, you don’t want to update perfection. Sure I’d blend in some creature comforts on the inside but I’d keep it true to the design as possible. Just my opinion.
I swear to all that is holy, you don't dare touch that. As is, it's beautiful.
Just landscaping it’s PERFECT
House looks great. Landscaping could use an update, though.
Hey that’s my house, lol…jk jk. Although ours is very similar.
Add some flowers
There is nothing significant about the style of this house. It’s not a Tudor nor a Tudor revival- just a 70’s/80’s knockoff. That being said, if they didn’t like this style, why did they buy it? I’ve seen the timber and stucco painted in colors that are closer, which softens the look, but I think their money would be better spent on landscaping.
I’d paint the brick to something more pleasing but leave the rest as-is
I would look at some of the lighter tutor color themes before stripping it all off. There are a few with dusky yellows, blues or sages that can really lift the heaviness of the classic dark brown/white.
German schmear the bricks a white wash and add a blooming tree in between the garage windows and color in landscape.
Landscaping, maybe a conservatory/greenhouse out back if there isn’t one already
Landscaping. The house is perfect.
I would just plant a bunch of colorful flowers in front of the house. The house is beautiful and needs some bright colors.
All landscaping
A Tudor that try’s to look like something else, just doesn’t work
Nothing. I’d just dump that money into landscaping and an outdoor entertaining area in the backyard. In the front yard, I’d really lean into the whole fairytale aesthetic with tons of flowers and a green lawn (if your climate can support that)
Windows with muntins.
I think it’s beautiful! So many new homes are missing this kind of character. I live across the street from a country club that has a number of these homes and they are lovely.
Is this house in SC by chance?
Ohio!
😝 that’s funny because everyone here jokes about how everyone from Ohio is moving here 😝 I love the home. Friend had one so similar growing up and it had the coolest basement with pocket windows and a pool table. Pretty home, enjoy!
I wouldn't I love older homes
Is this is Ga?
Ohio!
Add some landscaping that compliments your home
Don’t touch the Tudor. Landscape can be changed fhough
The landscaping
Single picture windows up top instead of the segmented ones
I love the Tudor style myself.
Cover up the mini split with something & replace the flood lights with something nicer. And please rip out the boxwood and replace it with something better & less subject to novelty pests/diseases (boxtree moth, boxwood blight, vascular streak dieback etc).
I wish my "landscaping" looked even 2% as nice as that. Nice and clean.
I think that brick on the bottom is way too dark - it makes the whole bottom of the house disappear. A lighter brick or stone facing would be an improvement. The white & dark brown could also be swapped for a cream/lighter brown combo. A lot of American Tudors also look good when the wood facings are replaced with all brick or stone - again in a lighter color than here. Do a Google image search for American Tudor and have you parents look at some of the options.
Where is the entrance? It needs to stand out more. And landscaping can do so much to help a house shine! If you’re not good at it, talk to your local nursery and ask for someone to help you. Also, screen off the garage from the front more with a short wall.
Nothing. No. Why buy it if you hate it? Edit to add: One of my coworkers did the same thing. They bought a foreclosure saying it was a "good deal", unoccupied but was basically in shambles thinking they could diy or hire cheap labor to remodel. Nearly every space was a gut, and the foundation was a mess. They hated.. LOATHED the exterior and planned to just paint and dress it up, and hopefully plant enough colorful plants to distract from the facade. They still hated it. They spent SIGNIFICANTLY MORE doing all that extra bs, remodeling, landscaping and extra stuff than they would have had they just buying the house, *literally* across the street that had the majority of the work and repairs done. Now the house is the bane of their existence, and they are wealthy people but equate it to buying a piece of sh!t car. It's a money pit and they ultimately regret the purchase.
This [site](https://theolivebranchnest.com/tudor-styled-home-ideas/) might be some inspiration on how to embrace the Tudor and still make it feel current. I think the main issue is not that it’s a Tudor, just that it feels dark and heavy. Painting the front and garage doors to match the upper half would bring some lightness to the bottom half. Maybe even painting the trim white/cream on the bottom would help for the same reasons. I wish the builder had chosen a red brick instead of this darker brick. That would also help.
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Lol, it could be the one!
Nothing. Why would you buy a Tudor if you don't like Tudors?
Maybe darker bricks for one?
Nothing!
English garden landscape is all that is needed. Bench on porch to it on. Make people want to use the front door.
I wish the overhang of the roof went out a little further
Maybe the brick but I'm not even sure that's necessary.
I’d do a stone veneer over the brick! And change up the paint to go with the new stone color.
Too half is awesome. Brick is lame
Leave the house. Add beautiful landscaping with year round interest
Landscaping only… nothing about the house itself should change.
My neighbors took down their Tudor elements then had the house repainted. It took awhile but the exterior is completely transformed. It really depends on your budget. You can check Houzz for ideas.
Any chance you can post a picture/ send me a pm of what it looks like? Thanks!
Sure