Sad :( It pains to see a number of centuries old temples near me beiing redone in a ‘modern’ way.

Now that shouldn´t be here... this is excellent planning

That's just sad.

I did not realize this thread changed to ingenious designs

Where the kids come from ...

No worries. The solid drum will break your fall

Oooo ☺️

THE CHAIR UNDERNEATH

Builder's fault not the architect

ive just read all the comments on this... am i the oldest person here im 33years old haha

Tbh i dont like the perfectly trimmed tree, the one on the left is mich more pretty and natural

A day of TLC and this could be a sweet little garden plot.

Some people just want to watch the world burn

At least the ghost family have moved out

Crappy design but at least they didn't cut down the trees I guess.

Really makes the wall pop

"Elite obstacle course"*. *Children must be supervised as this is very dangerous

This looks like an accessibly sloped floor/ramp adjacent to some windows.

Look right to the left

Do they think window tax from 1600s might come back??

I assume it's a dentists now? Tbf, for a dentists I prefer the new one, so if it really is a dentists, I get it. The original looks like someone's home (and probably was?), the new one looks like I can actually trust them to take cere of my teeth properly.

I like it. I don't like grey; this looks somewhat blue. I like old-fashioned architecture, but they actually seem to have preserved it. It was in serious need of repair, with a very high possibility that the brickwork was falling apart; they don't seem to have destroyed anything; I'm OK with businesses looking like homes, this simply looks more open, better lit, more inviting. The expansion was absolutely in line with the rest of the house.

"smile' says the board. This was most likely renovated to become a dental clinic and the owner wanted it to look like one.

I cannot see another white house with black windows. this has become so boring and so bland. This isn't a taste, it's the lowest common denominator at this point. It was unique when one or two people wanted a clean line minimalist look, but rows and rows of these are reminiscent of the song "little boxes". enough, develop some personal taste! Sorry all, rant over.

This does not make me smile

This style seems to be THE THING in upper-class neighborhoods in Southern California. I’m seeing so many 40’s homes turned into this particular black and white aesthetic. Anyone know the correct architectural word for this style? Genuinely curious.

Pablo Picasso lived here - during his Blue Period.

Might be alone here, but I personally prefer it...

Why?

WHY?????

looks better

This makes sence... You will notice the second one has an extension. When you get planning permission it will normaly say "extension to match current exterior". So if you can't get the same sort of bricks you can render/change the "existing apperence" before you apply then you are able to match it ... cos it's just render.

murder!

Looks like it could be dentist office

I like it better

I f*****g hate it when people paint brick and stone!!! Just my opinion tho... idiots!!!!

It suits a dentist office more, but I wish they kept the old building for something else

I like it

Looks much better

yes this is a dental clinic, but this is increasingly popular in the uk on residential properties and i’ve seen it quite a lot recently. it’s even more jarring when all the other houses are the same style and one looks like this (and usually they only cover the front)

Barbarians

This makes me sad. Don't tell me to smile.

Looks like it's now a business (a dentist?) so perhaps it's to make it look less like a residence and more like a business.

It's like they just sucked the soul out of it

No, its just for babies. We have them a lot in the Netherlands.

Whimsical — I like it.

When it's ajar ;p

OMG

That's probably London, without the bollards people would have tried to drive through there!

And what would happen is instead we had walkable neighbourhoods, and good public transport? We have cities people would actually want to live in.

Take a step down into the netherworld

That one is cute. I love the folded finger bricks jutting out!

Ta-don't

I thought those were guards!

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Why is this bad? I wanted one of these for our house too! Yes there is drainage at the bottom.

Probably due to one of the perculiarities of UK planning law. This is an extension to an existing property, possibly a garage that has been converted, and it likely didn't have windows on that side in the original plans. They would have to have got permission to put windows in facing that way, and it was probably objected to as it overlooks a bungalow (off camera to the right). This is the side of the property and it has multiple windows front and rear. [I found it on Google maps]