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Affordable Clay House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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River Crossing
River Crossing
Plan FactoryPlan Factory
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige bungalow clay house exterior in Austin with a flat roof.
Levine Residence - San Diego, CA
Levine Residence - San Diego, CA
Asquared Studios Inc.Asquared Studios Inc.
This is an example of a white and medium sized two floor clay detached house in San Diego with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Long Beach Heritage Home
Long Beach Heritage Home
Solutions by Design, LLC.Solutions by Design, LLC.
Medium sized and white mediterranean bungalow clay house exterior in Los Angeles with a pitched roof.
RW Garage Doors Customer Photos
RW Garage Doors Customer Photos
RW Garage Doors, Inc.RW Garage Doors, Inc.
Justus Angan
Design ideas for a medium sized and multi-coloured mediterranean two floor clay house exterior in San Francisco with a hip roof.
Oceanside Extended Porch Renovation
Oceanside Extended Porch Renovation
Classic Home ImprovementsClassic Home Improvements
This Oceanside porch was extended by installing this large patio cover. The entrance to the backyard starts with a gable roof patio cover with tile, as you walk further into the backyard leads to an attached partial shade pergola. Photos by Preview First.
Blue Sky Roofing
Blue Sky Roofing
Blue Sky RoofingBlue Sky Roofing
Medium sized and brown traditional two floor clay house exterior in Albuquerque with a flat roof.
Dega Home
Dega Home
Romack BuildersRomack Builders
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige bungalow clay house exterior in Phoenix with a hip roof.
French Country Mediterranean
French Country Mediterranean
Merlin Custom Home BuildersMerlin Custom Home Builders
Medium sized and beige mediterranean two floor clay detached house in Las Vegas with a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.
Traditional Glam, La Jolla
Traditional Glam, La Jolla
Lav•ish - The Bath GalleryLav•ish - The Bath Gallery
Exposed exterior shower system in Rustic Copper fitted atop spanish relief tiles.
Inspiration for a large mediterranean bungalow clay house exterior in San Diego.
Gallery
Gallery
Taos Sunrise BuildersTaos Sunrise Builders
Medium sized and beige bungalow clay house exterior in Albuquerque with a flat roof.
Mosaic Desertscape Style Front Walkway
Mosaic Desertscape Style Front Walkway
Eco Minded SolutionsEco Minded Solutions
The linear pavement color differentiation leads guest in an artful way right to the front door.
Inspiration for a large and beige modern bungalow clay detached house in San Diego with a lean-to roof and a shingle roof.
Adobe Block Country Cottage
Adobe Block Country Cottage
Bell Stephenson ArchitectsBell Stephenson Architects
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige rustic bungalow clay house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
Carmel Remodel
Carmel Remodel
Will Bullock-Painting & RestoringWill Bullock-Painting & Restoring
Photo of a large and beige shabby-chic style two floor clay detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Contemporary Architecture, Natural Space
Contemporary Architecture, Natural Space
Blake Civiello ArchitectureBlake Civiello Architecture
A textured exterior wall finish created by spraying speciality mud. Photos by Norden Camp www.NordenTravel.com
Photo of a medium sized and beige scandi bungalow clay house exterior in Los Angeles with a pitched roof.
Arts & Crafts House
Arts & Crafts House
Design StoreyDesign Storey
Tiled Pavilion at the arts & crafts house. Photo Credit: Design Storey Architects
Photo of a large and beige classic two floor clay detached house in Other with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Cape Coral Mirrored Wine Feature
Cape Coral Mirrored Wine Feature
Genuwine CellarsGenuwine Cellars
Mirrored wine closet in a PGI Homes showhome using our tension cable floor to ceiling racking called the RING System. Bottles appear to be floating as they are held up by this very contemporary wine rack using metal Rings suspended with aircraft tension cable.
Kabat Design Project
Kabat Design Project
LuxTec Builders, Inc.LuxTec Builders, Inc.
Photo of a medium sized and beige classic two floor clay house exterior in Other with a half-hip roof.
Southwestern Style Home Build in Santa Fe
Southwestern Style Home Build in Santa Fe
Shaw Architecture LLC.Shaw Architecture LLC.
wendy mceahern
This is an example of a medium sized and beige bungalow clay and front detached house in Albuquerque with a flat roof and a brown roof.
Oceanside Patio Cover with Roof Tile
Oceanside Patio Cover with Roof Tile
Classic Home ImprovementsClassic Home Improvements
This Oceanside backyard remodel was built with a beautiful tile roof patio cover creating a larger patio in this space. Connecting to the side of this gable roof patio cover, a lattice patio cover extends the patio to the full extent of the homes backyard. Photos by Preview First.
Estrella Home
Estrella Home
Romack BuildersRomack Builders
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige bungalow clay house exterior in Phoenix with a flat roof.

Affordable Clay House Exterior Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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