Spruce up the front of your house and have a home you can feel proud to live in by adopting some of these inexpensive ways to improve your kerb appeal.
Fencing
If you have a front garden, whether large or small, adding a fence around your perimeter makes your garden look welcoming and adds a certain amount of privacy from the street beyond. A tidily-painted small fence will enhance your garden and bring your outside space to life.
Garage
Garages are usually used to store all your unwanted or barely-used products, and are quite often a bit of a tip. For good kerb appeal, make sure your garage is kept tidy or that the doors are kept closed when not in use. Also keep if freshly painted and in a good state of repair.
City
If you live in the city or have a home with no front garden or pathway, you can still have kerb appeal by adding colourful window boxes to your windows, freshly-painted shutters to your windows, and sophisticated lighting to give your home a warm and welcoming appearance.
Canopy
By adding a canopy over your front door, you create a stylish covered entrance and keep your doorstep dry from rainwater. By adding climbing plants, such as wisteria, you can create a colourful, scented frame to your front entrance.
Door furniture
Enhance your front door by adding elegant door hardware, such as door knockers, door viewers, bold numbers and letterboxes, and make cosmetic improvements to the external doors of your property.
Roof
If you have wooden fascia and soffits, you will find that they rot and need constant maintenance and painting. You will, over time, save money by replacing them with UPVC soffit and fascia boards from a specialist such as https://www.absolutebuildingplastics.co.uk/upvc-fascia-boards. These not only look good but are also extremely low maintenance. They will benefit from an annual power wash.
Porch
If your house has a porch area, install comfortable rocking chairs to give your house a lived-in look. Make sure the flooring is kept well maintained, staining wooden floors or keeping tiled floors well swept.
Bell
Your choice of doorbell says a lot about you. Whether you choose something quirky or traditional, there is a vast selection to enhance the entrance to your home.
