What are your thoughts on Tudor style houses

[expectantsteelerfan]

Tudor style houses...
Classic?
Hard to maintain?
Butt ugly?


And has anyone changed out the Tudor siding for traditional siding?  Ballpark of how much that costs?


We're house hunting, and Tudor was never a style I considered, but a house was just listed that checks off almost all of our must-haves other than curb-appeal.  But the more I look at it, the more it's growing on me, but I can't tell if that's just because I'm so disheartened from our search and desperate to find something that I'm being swayed by wanting to like it.

I added this in the comments but I'll add it here too, this is the house we're considering:

[circa1978]

I live in one. Not by choice, exactly, but it was the right house for us in the right spot. I don't think it's ugly, LOL. We did paint it because it was BLUE when we moved in (why?) so now it's back to a cream with brown/gray timbers.

Siding cost is going to depend on the size of the house, obviously. We did price residing and it was going to be $20-$25K.

ETA: The inside of our house isn't Tudor like in any way. We actually even had to take the window grills out because they were old and deteriorating and I've never found replacements. It's modern and open inside. 

[sandandsea]

There was one in the small town I grew up in and I always thought it looked so cool and distinguished so I like them. The owners have since changed it to regular siding and took away all the Tudor appeal and it looks weird now....like a Tudor style house that was made to look ordinary and now just looks weird.

[Susie]

I've seen some that I liked and some that I didn't.

This was a recent sale in my town that I'm not crazy about.  But the good news is that you could re-side and turn it into a very standard side hall colonial pretty easily.  With so much brick on the front, that would even limit the cost of new siding some.


This one I actually think is kind of cool.  It's a higher price point (probably obviously), but I think it's neat.  Not what I'd envision for myself, but if it checked all the boxes, I'd consider it.

[hbomdiggity]

Done right it can look beautiful, IMO.

I think it all depends on the house in terms of maintenance and charm.

[winecat]

I love them but I don’t think of the first pic that Susie posted as being “Tudor” so I guess I like some specific style of Tudor, like www.wentworthstudio.com/historic-styles/tudor/.

My grandparents lived in a Tudor built in the 1920s so it’s definitely sentimental.

[nicolewi]

I like tudors.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Here is the front of the house:

[boiler717]

Love them! I probably prefer Tudor revivals but both are great.

[bittybomb]

We have loads in our neighborhood and most are beautifully maintained. Most houses here were built in the first few decades of the1900's, so lots of colonials and tudors. A friend growing up lived in one and her house was always dark, so I do always associate tudors with darker spaces, but I realize that was one particular house lol. I'm a sucker for houses with character, and I think most tudors have such charm.

[circa1978]

I really like that house!

[momin2013]

Like PP said, done right I think they can be beautiful.

I really like the one you posted, OP - I think it’s lovely!

[penguingrrl]

I love older (1920s era) tudors and that’s what I own. I adore it.

I don’t generally care for the 70s-80s versions.

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The house I grew up in was an English Tudor built in the early 1940's and my parents still live there. Nearly the entire exterior is stone, and like, real stone that is 20" thick, not just a facade. Her house is very similar to this, all dark stone, dark wood window trim, dark roof, and what little trim and siding she has is dark brown.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Feb 26, 2021 20:15:52 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

The house I grew up in was an English Tudor built in the early 1940's and my parents still live there. Nearly the entire exterior is stone, and like, real stone that is 20" thick, not just a facade. Her house is very similar to this, all dark stone, dark wood window trim, dark roof, and what little trim and siding she has is dark brown.

I would be all for a house this charming!

The house we're considering was built in the 80's.  So many of the houses near us are like the 1st one that Susie posted, and I'm so not a fan of those.  But something about this one is working for me.  But I probably would like it more if it was traditional siding and not Tudor, and I'd prefer all brick/all stone to both.

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Feb 26, 2021 20:29:42 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Feb 26, 2021 20:15:52 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

The house I grew up in was an English Tudor built in the early 1940's and my parents still live there. Nearly the entire exterior is stone, and like, real stone that is 20" thick, not just a facade. Her house is very similar to this, all dark stone, dark wood window trim, dark roof, and what little trim and siding she has is dark brown.

I would be all for a house this charming!

The house we're considering was built in the 80's.  So many of the houses near us are like the 1st one that Susie posted, and I'm so not a fan of those.  But something about this one is working for me.  But I probably would like it more if it was traditional siding and not Tudor, and I'd prefer all brick/all stone to both.

I actually really like the overall aesthetic of the house you posted and could probably live with it as is. I also think that particular house you posted would love lovely resided as well.

[brandy0331]

I think that house is pretty. The only thing I would change would be to add a covered front entry. Maybe something like this?

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[simpsongal]

Ditto ops - love them done right.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Now it's a moot point (for now at least) anyway. We drove by it today before requesting an appointment to see it, just to make sure we liked the neighborhood and street. And since the snow has melted since the listing pics were taken, we can now see that the backyard is totally unusable and non-existent, and the front yard is smaller than we thought. In the back, there is like a tiny strip of flat land for a patio, and then a retaining wall, and after the retaining wall, the yard is basically a vertical cliff.

[macmars45]

Feb 27, 2021 11:04:28 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Now it's a moot point (for now at least) anyway. We drove by it today before requesting an appointment to see it, just to make sure we liked the neighborhood and street. And since the snow has melted since the listing pics were taken, we can now see that the backyard is totally unusable and non-existent, and the front yard is smaller than we thought. In the back, there is like a tiny strip of flat land for a patio, and then a retaining wall, and after the retaining wall, the yard is basically a vertical cliff.

H and I saw a house that checked every box for us except the backyard was like you described. The house we bought is within walking distance from that house. I walk past it at least a few times a week and think "if only".