Edit:

There are some great tips folks made to make this siding look a lot more true to the original home.

1. No faux wood, go with no texture.

2. Don't use white trim or modern style trim as this siding with modern trim is what makes it look just like any house in the burbs.

3. You can add aluminum edging for relatively low cost. This keeps the edging the original siding had and makes it look a lot more true to the original.

4. Not very much can be done about colors, the colors available are limited and dark blue is the "in" color for new builds and it just is what it is.

Hello fellow old home enthusiasts!

I live in a part of a major metropolitan area where all the houses are large and built from 1910-1925.

Many beautiful homes and some really well done renovations.

One thing that has been throwing me for a complete loop are the house renovations that include this siding type. The houses no longer look like they are from 1915, they look like they belong in a modern cookie cutter upper middle class suburb.

I'm not entitled to tell anyone what to do with their house, but this siding complete transforms the home from a 100 year old beauty into something that belongs next to a modern high school and it drives me nuts.

Am I the only one that sees it this way? Am I too old and too ornery and need to shut up? What do folks think of this new trend?

In particular, the type that my eyes are going bonkers over is this dark blue or blue+grey with fake wood pattern.

The product might actually be a great fit and it might just be this particular color and style that makes it look like it belongs in a new build subdivision. Some posters really hit what it is; It's not just the siding, it's the trim and the siding that combine to shutter (pun intended) the features of the home. Thin trim, white trim, blue or blue gray siding all combine to make a new build house.

I have old ass steel siding that I need to replace and may even go with this siding but do a more "fitting" trim and colors that accent the house and pay homage to the original vision. Thanks all. I tried to be as polite as possible while bringing up concerns as I knew some folks might feel targeted, not my intent but a discussion I felt was worth having.

In the end, you pay for your house and you choose what you want. I'm probably going to nearly gut my old home myself, not because I want to but simply because I can't live where I want and build new as there are no lots, choices are limited, do what you like.