Upload a photo of the front of your house and get an honest curb appeal report in about 20 seconds: a score out of 10, a scorecard for the door, siding and trim, roof line, path and steps, planting, lighting and house numbers, your top 3 fixes (each with the work it takes and the free tool that does it), smart swaps, the house remixed in other styles, its color story and where to shop the look. Free, three ratings a day. Your photo is sent to an AI model to be rated; we don’t keep it.
Your curb appeal rating
9/10An example: the white farmhouse from our Exterior House Color Visualizer. Upload yours to rate it.
Quick answer: upload a photo of the front of your house and get a free curb appeal report in about 20 seconds: a score out of 10, a score for the door, siding and trim, roof line, path, planting, lighting and house numbers, your top 3 fixes with the easiest first (each with the work it takes and a free tool that helps), the house remixed in other styles, its color story and where to shop the look. You get three free ratings a day, and we don’t keep your photo.
How to use Rate My Curb Appeal
- Stand where a visitor first sees the house, usually across the street or at the end of the driveway, in daylight. Get the whole front in: the roofline, the door, the path and the planting.
- Add a note if it matters: selling next spring, an HOA, a small budget, a rental you cannot paint.
- Read the report. The fixes are listed easiest first, each marked as an hour of DIY, a weekend project or a job for a pro. Save it as a PDF or copy it to keep it.
What the report scores
| Area (scored out of 10) | What it checks |
|---|---|
| Door and entry | Whether the door stands out as the place to go, the color against the siding, the steps and what frames them |
| Siding and trim | The palette the house has, pulled out as named swatches with hex codes, and whether the trim reads clean |
| Roof line | The roof’s color and shape against the siding, and gutters that read clean |
| Path and steps | A clear, even way from the street to the door |
| Planting | Beds, shrubs and pots: tidy, in scale with the house, and not hiding the windows |
| Lighting | Porch and path lights, and an entry you can find after dark |
| House numbers and mailbox | Numbers a visitor can read from the street, and a mailbox that matches the house |
Under the scorecard: the designer’s edit and smart swaps, the house remixed in other styles (each with a See it redone button for the paid picture), what to avoid, the color story, and shop the look: house numbers, lights, planters and the like as Amazon searches in the report’s colors and materials, at a budget, mid-range and splurge price. We pick no products; the links are affiliate links.
The rating is written by an AI model reading your photo, with rules we set: only what it can see, no brands or prices, nothing about any person in the photo, and it never repeats a house number, a street name or a license plate. It is a second opinion, not a design plan.
An example
The white board-and-batten farmhouse from our Exterior House Color Visualizer scored 9/10, “Polished and picture-perfect”: the white siding against black windows does most of the work, and the door, siding and roof line all scored 9. Its weakest area was the house numbers, at 5, because none show. Its three fixes, easiest first: large dark house numbers, a bordered path, then path lights. The report above is that example, as the tool wrote it.
See your house redesigned: an AI picture
Under the rating, See your house redesigned redraws your own photo of the house front in one of six styles, from modern farmhouse to Spanish revival: the same house, roof line, windows and doors, with new colours, a new front door, lights and planting. It is an AI picture and costs 2 credits; the rating stays free. It shows no house number or street. Your photo is sent to our AI provider to draw it. We don’t keep it. To try exact paint colours on the photo instead, the free visualizer below does it by hand.
Getting the most out of the rating
- One house, straight on. A photo from the side or through the trees gets a rating of what it can see.
- Take it in daylight, not at dusk. Colors and the state of the paint only show in good light.
- Rate again after a change. Make the first fix, take the same photo from the same spot and rate it again: the report shows what changed since your last rating, area by area. Your last rating is kept on this device only, and Forget it clears it.
Thinking about new colors? Try them on your own photo in the free Exterior House Color Visualizer before you buy a can of paint. Changing the entry or the rooms behind it? The free 2D room planner draws them to scale.
Read next
- Curb appeal ideas
- Simple front yard landscaping
- Main entrance door designs
- Planters for the front porch
Curb appeal questions
What is curb appeal?
How the front of a house looks from the street: the first impression a visitor or a buyer gets before they reach the door. The door, the colors, the plants, the path and the lighting make most of it.
How can I improve curb appeal on a budget?
Start with what costs least: clear the clutter, trim the shrubs, paint or clean the front door, add house numbers and a pair of planters. The rating above lists its three fixes cheapest first, for your own house.
Is Rate My Curb Appeal free?
Yes: three free ratings a day on each device, with no sign-up. There is also a daily limit across everyone, so on a very busy day it may ask you to come back tomorrow.
What happens to my photo?
It is made smaller in your browser, sent to our AI provider to be rated, and not stored by us; our Privacy Policy says who that provider is and what it keeps. The rating never repeats a house number, a street name or a license plate from the photo.
What are good front of house ideas?
A front door in a color that stands out from the siding, lighting on each side of it, planters at the steps, a clear path, and shrubs cut back from the windows. Which of those your house needs first is what the rating tells you.
Why did it get my house wrong?
It can only judge what the photo shows. A dark, tilted or partly hidden photo hides the house; take it again straight on, in daylight, and add a note about anything it cannot see.