Updating A 70's House Exterior

Replacing sun-faded concrete roof tiles can give a 1960s or 1970s house a new lease of life.

Updating a 70's house exterior. The house had been updated on the inside. Replace exterior doors - Adding a glass patio door in the back of your home or a French-style door at the main entrance can improve entryways and bring light into some of the more high-traffic areas of the home. Replace the door handle with black iron to match the sconcesand then replace the knocker with this because it doesnt seem like an option.

Make an Entrance With Lighting. To update the exterior of this house was painted it a light gray and incorporated raw shiplap shutters and new cedar and stone posts along the front of the house. As the 80s hit people were opting for more square footage.

However the McMansion trend is quickly coming to an end and the 50s ranches are BACK in a big way. These incredible before-and-after transformations show how new additions and exterior remodels can add even more sophisticated style to grand Colonial homes. However seeking out a great opportunity is often about seeing things that others might miss and the less-fashionable houses of the 60s and 70s can have just as much scope for improvement as their earlier more obvious counterparts.

Low-budget extras can really make a difference. Affordable updates include solar lights for garden features and paths a new letterbox and house numerals and maybe a colourful urn or feature wall for the front porch. 21st century lake house cottage meets That 70s House.

Wooden brackets can range in cost from 25 to 60 and up. Many houses from this era are already very well designed but seeing their full potential can require vision. The owners also did some impressive work with the landscaping that took it from overgrown to lush.

If you change your roof covering it will cost from 40-80 per m². Ad Extensive range of paints colours Find everything you need today. To coin an old phrase it can make your house look like mutton dressed as lamb.