Front Porch Design Tips for your home in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

Designing the perfect porch for your home is easy when you know how.  Many get this crucial bit wrong though.  Even the most conscientious of homeowners with the best intentions can get this wrong. 

I recently spoke to one of our best designers about this very issue in Leicester and he provided me with these excellent tips:

Firstly, the new front Porch should compliment the existing home. Of course, everybody knows this but getting this part right is the most important part of the designers job.  Do this right and you could easily gain more value to a home than the cost of the Porch itself.

The size of the Porch shouldn’t be too big as to dominate the front of the house or project forward of the bay.

When considering the Porch roof, take a look at your home’s style, roof and age.  If you have large gabled two story bay windows, a pitched roof will look far better than a flat roof.  (A pitched roof is a term for roofs which look like upside down V’s)

Flat Porch roofs are better placed on flat fronted homes where the roofs run flat and straight across the front of your home.   It might seem straight forward but start looking around and you’ll see homes with pitched roofs and bay windows with flat roof Porches extending fully along to the bay – not a good look!

If you have protruding bay windows, never look to extend it to form an enclosed Porch.  There are other more appealing designs to go for regardless of the shape of your bay.  You’ll be looking to bring appeal to your home and that of the neighbourhood.  The materials used to build the Porch should depend on the existing house and Porches can come fully glazed using timber or UPVC or half glazed using brickwork, timber or UPVC.  Porches often have more glazing than masonry.

All new brickwork should match the existing house using the same bond and mortar.  Existing house style, windows, doors and brickwork are all considered by our designers to create the perfect match and balance.

The finishing touch is the right door to complete your Porch.  At Trustyle-uk.co.uk we have a vast range of fully sculptured doors and together, we find the right match, visual appeal and security for your home.