It's all a facade: adding a bold house exterior can be controversial — here's how to get past planning

Buying the ugliest house on the street and dressing it with a new façade to match the neighbours is a well-trodden path.

It’s a way of bagging a cheaper house and driving up its value, while keeping up with the Joneses. Being in keeping with them, too — because while on the inside tastes vary wildly, when it comes to exteriors we tend to stay regimented.