{"id":106470,"date":"2019-04-23T21:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-the-greige-age-the-case-for-painting-your-house-any-colour-you-like\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:05:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:05:47","slug":"forget-the-greige-age-the-case-for-painting-your-house-any-colour-you-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-the-greige-age-the-case-for-painting-your-house-any-colour-you-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget the greige age: the case for painting your house any colour you like"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPeople who paint their houses unusual colours can end up annoying the neighbours \u2013 and falling foul of their local council. But is it anybody else\u2019s business what colour your home is?Future archaeologists may come to know the early 21st century as the \u201cgreige age\u201d, when they start digging up the remnants of buildings painted in knockoff muted Farrow & Ball shades and wonder how we could all be so dull. But there are the brave outliers \u2013 those who paint their houses in eye-catching shades or patterns, who risk neighbours\u2019 wrath and sniffy letters from the council.A woman in Cirencester has had her door painted bright pink (\u201cFlamingo Fun\u201d) for 33 years, but now one of her neighbours has complained to the council, according to the Daily Mail. The council, although apparently not taking further action, had sent her a letter asking her to paint it a colour more in keeping with the conservation area. The house is Grade II listed, so more rules apply, but even if you don\u2019t live in a listed building, can you still paint your house or front door any colour you like? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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