Private House, North Wales

Project description

Jade Doutch’s 1930’s semi-detached property is situated on a street of similar homes in North Wales, in an area where pebble dash is popular. An effort to re-render the walls eight years ago hadn’t gone quite according to plan – “the walls looked like they’d been Artexed”, she says. “I lived with it but really hated it.”

A stylist, content creator and popular influencer on Instagram, Jade regularly posts photos of her interior home projects to her 334,000 followers. Now she decided it was time to tackle the exterior.

To transform the outside of the property, Jade opted for Cedral Click cladding in dramatic black for a look that is very modern and creates a strong style statement.

“I saw a few black houses and that was it, I just needed to have a black house, I couldn't get over the obsession. I loved the Cedral product because of the grain, it looks like real wood but it's hard-wearing and requires very little maintenance. I live on my own, so that was important to me.”

Jade used a Cedral Select installer for the job and describes the whole process as “absolutely brilliant”. The work took two weeks and in that time the installers not only fitted the cladding but also put in new windows and door and fixed the guttering.

“The installer took control of everything, he was really clear about the process – I wish I had other tradesmen that worked like this,” says Jade. “The team worked in all weathers, including horrific rain and storms, they had a little pop-up tent to protect the tools and materials, nothing stopped them. With a big job like this, you’re almost waiting for something to go wrong but that just didn't happen.”

To offset the black cladding, Jade chose a composite wood trim for the porch to soften the look and added texture with plants.

She is certainly happy with the finished look – revealing that she sometimes parks across the road from her house so she can sit in her car and admire it!

“I’m quite emotional about the house now it’s finished, I love it so much. In fact, my neighbour caught me a couple of times just pretending to take things to the bin, when really, I was going outside to admire the walls."

“I would 100% recommend Cedral. The house has been finished for several months now and people are still coming up to me to tell me it looks amazing. Next, I’m planning a building project for the back garden, and I would definitely use Cedral products for this also.”