Ugly duckling

Its true, our house is officially the ugliest and saddest looking on the street!  The fetching grey and brown pebble dash was not the first thing that attracted us to it.  Yet underneath there is a Victorian House, probably very late Victorian, on the cusp of Edwardian, but never-the-less a Victorian house, defaced by a 70s fad!  What drives someone to throw a load of grey stoney cement all over a house exterior?  It must of taken a considerable time to apply, and what with the scaffolding rising some 3 stories along the side, would have cost a lot too (it rather charmingly takes the skin off your knuckles as well!)

As you can see in the very fetching estate agents photo above, our neighbours have their lovely original brickwork in tact.  Its a shame, but removing pebble dash is just too expensive, so we'll just have to live with it.  Oh I almost forgot I have just read on Wikipedia that pebble dash can devalue a property by 5%...marvellous...

The plan will be to paint the pebble dash white.  We also intend to replace the UPVC windows in the front with traditional sash windows, which should also improve its kerb appeal.  Here's a quick photoshop mock up, the hedge, gate and bay trees will be the finishing touch.