Talking home extensions and street appeal

There is a special kind of feeling when you drive up to a house in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, which has charm oozing out of every joist and seam.

It’s called street appeal, and if your house has it, potential buyers will instantly see their new home rather than just another house.

1.    Consider a first-floor addition in the Northern Beaches

A first-floor addition for readdressing how your house looks from the street. The right design can transform your home from a plain cottage to a grand two-storey house and create bucket loads of value.

Many of the home extensions in the North Shore and Northern Beaches were built in the 1970’s and were way past due for an update in external colours and finishes.

Styles in houses go through stages a lot like the fashion industry, and in the 70’s brown paint and stained timber were all the rage.

An increasing street appeal doesn’t necessarily mean you need to render and repaint every part of the house. Face brick looks great, comes in a variety of colours, and gives your home a fresh new look that won’t break the bank.

2.    Never overlook your paint colours

Paint colour combinations are notoriously hard to get right when you don’t have the skills or knowledge. It may be worth leaving the paint colours to an interior designer, because they are the experts who work with colours all the time.”

Colours that won’t go out of fashion in five short years come from the neutral shades. Plus, always look at your samples in full sunlight, as the sun will always bleach the colour to one shade lighter.

Three colour combinations are the best way to create appeal. Two colour combinations will appear dull and bland. Natural materials such as stone and timber, when combined with two colours, will create a softer look and give some reprieve from the paint.

3.    Great landscaping can drive your street appeal up in Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Because the first thing potential buyers are going to see is the first thing visitors will see, invest in an update. A hedge and fence combination is a preferred strategy when it comes to sprucing up the fence line.

When adding in landscaping and paving, make sure it complements the style of the house and advises that it should be included as part of a renovation because low maintenance planting is always a good investment. Pay attention to the privacy available from the street as you don’t want passers-by to be able to see into the private areas of your home.

There are number of times renovations don’t make the front entry highly visible and obvious. Always to design the renovation so guests will have no trouble finding the front door or main entrance to the house.

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