street appeal

4.4

An attractive look of a house or shop when seen from the street

noun

: atractivo exterior

The bright colors and well-maintained garden add to the house's street appeal.

Examples

The house has great street appeal.
The house has been repainted to maximize its street appeal.
Adding flowers and lights increased the café’s street appeal overnight.
Real estate agents often stress the importance of street appeal when selling a home.
Many buyers look for street appeal when house hunting.
Potential buyers often judge a home's street appeal before deciding to look inside.
The quaint shops and charming architecture contribute to the street appeal of the neighborhood.

Synonyms

appeal

vsstreet appeal

188 2.6

A quality that makes something attractive to many people

is limited to the visual effect seen by people walking or driving past

attraction

vsstreet appeal

88 2.1

A quality that makes something interesting to people

is the same quality but only about how a house looks from the road

appealingness

vsstreet appeal

6.3

The quality of being attractive and making people want something

focuses on how a building looks from outside to casual observers

Antonyms

dilapidation

1 8.4

A building or place that becomes run-down and damaged because people do not care for it

unattractiveness

1 4.7

The way something looks when people do not find it pleasing

How Attractive

showplace

4 4.6

street appeal

4.4

plainness

4.6

eyesore

Offensive

21 5.5

Surface Forms

street appeal singular

street appeals plural

Morphology

street + appeal

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'street' (the view from a public road) with 'appeal' (attractiveness), i.e. attractiveness as seen from the street. This compositional modifier + noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Street appeal comes from the world of selling homes: imagine a house seen from the road with tidy flowers, fresh paint and a neat front that catches the eye. The words street (what you see from the road) and appeal (how attractive it looks) create the picture, so street appeal means the attractive look of a place 'when seen from the street'.