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Affordable Coastal House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Monterey
Monterey
Paso Robles LandscapingPaso Robles Landscaping
Front landscaping in Monterey, CA with hand cut Carmel stone on outside of custom home, paver driveway, custom fencing and entry way.
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige nautical two floor render detached house in San Luis Obispo with a hip roof, a tiled roof and a red roof.
Cottage on the Lake
Cottage on the Lake
James McNeal Architecture and DesignJames McNeal Architecture and Design
Shooting Star Photography In Collaboration with Charles Cudd Co.
Design ideas for a medium sized and white nautical two floor detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
Beach Style Exterior
Beach Style Exterior
Small and beige nautical two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding.
Serenata Beach
Serenata Beach
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Glenn Layton Homes, LLC, "Building Your Coastal Lifestyle"
This is an example of a medium sized and green coastal two floor house exterior in Jacksonville with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Marino House Plan
Marino House Plan
South Florida Design | House PlansSouth Florida Design | House Plans
This coastal 4 bedroom house plan features 4 bathrooms, 2 half baths and a 3 car garage. Its design includes a slab foundation, CMU exterior walls, cement tile roof and a stucco finish. The dimensions are as follows: 74′ wide; 94′ deep and 27’3″ high. Features include an open floor plan and a covered lanai with fireplace and outdoor kitchen. Amenities include a great room, island kitchen with pantry, dining room and a study. The master bedroom includes 2 walk-in closets. The master bath features dual sinks, a vanity and a unique tub and shower design! Three bedrooms and 3 bathrooms are located on the opposite side of the house. There is also a pool bath.
Rustic Beach Cottage Second Dwelling Unit in Santa Cruz, CA
Rustic Beach Cottage Second Dwelling Unit in Santa Cruz, CA
Golden Visions DesignGolden Visions Design
Exterior front entry of the second dwelling beach house in Santa Cruz, California, showing the main front entry. The covered front entry provides weather protection and making the front entry more inviting. Golden Visions Design Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Monmouth Beach Homes
Monmouth Beach Homes
Virtuoso ArchitectureVirtuoso Architecture
Inspiration for a medium sized beach style two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding.
Coastal House on Vancouver Island
Coastal House on Vancouver Island
Tom Kuniholm Architects, AIATom Kuniholm Architects, AIA
Tom Kuniholm
Medium sized and blue coastal house exterior in Vancouver with a pitched roof, three floors and wood cladding.
Meeting flood regulations in style
Meeting flood regulations in style
Baine Contracting, Inc.Baine Contracting, Inc.
Inspiration for a large and blue beach style house exterior in New York with three floors and wood cladding.
Wiggins - Paradise Key - South Beach
Wiggins - Paradise Key - South Beach
Klaybor & Associates, Inc.Klaybor & Associates, Inc.
Built by Glenn Layton Homes
Inspiration for a medium sized and yellow beach style bungalow house exterior in Jacksonville with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Fernlea
Fernlea
Visbeen ArchitectsVisbeen Architects
This is an example of a blue beach style two floor detached house in Grand Rapids with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mount Pleasant, SC Marshfront Custom Home
Mount Pleasant, SC Marshfront Custom Home
Nautilus Company, LLCNautilus Company, LLC
Photo Credit - Patrick Brickman
Large and gey beach style detached house in Charleston with three floors, vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
West River Beach Cottage
West River Beach Cottage
Brickhouse Kitchens and BathsBrickhouse Kitchens and Baths
This is an example of a small and green nautical bungalow detached house in Baltimore with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Not Your Ordinary Wine Room
Not Your Ordinary Wine Room
D & T RemodelingD & T Remodeling
This is an example of a medium sized and white nautical bungalow render detached house in Los Angeles with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Banyan III Model by Logan Homes in Brunswick Forest
Banyan III Model by Logan Homes in Brunswick Forest
Logan HomesLogan Homes
Unique Media & Design
Large and green coastal two floor house exterior in Wilmington.
Renovation - Coastal - Gulf Breeze
Renovation - Coastal - Gulf Breeze
Dalrymple | Sallis ArchitectureDalrymple | Sallis Architecture
Greg Reigler
Photo of a medium sized and green nautical house exterior in Atlanta with three floors and vinyl cladding.
Queenscliff House
Queenscliff House
Annabelle Chapman Architect Pty LtdAnnabelle Chapman Architect Pty Ltd
Luke Butterly Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue coastal two floor house exterior in Sydney with wood cladding.
Horizontal Wood Fence Seven Isles Fort Lauderdale
Horizontal Wood Fence Seven Isles Fort Lauderdale
Protek FenceProtek Fence
Wood Horizontal Fence 6'H double sided with top cap using 5/4" Deck Pressure treated pine Boards. Pictures shown after job was painted by client.
Design ideas for a beach style house exterior in Miami.
Beach house interior and exterior renovation
Beach house interior and exterior renovation
At Home ContractingAt Home Contracting
Back view of beach house features new windows, exterior paint, balcony w/cable railing; the balcony also serves as the roof for the aluminum screen room below that was built on the new Azek decks. On the left side of the house a custom made awning was built using cedar and metal roofing to provide shelter to the side entrance and also reduces the heat that is transferred from being exposed to sun. An exterior shower was installed to the right of the side entrance door. (there is a close up photo posted of the shower)
West River Beach Cottage
West River Beach Cottage
Brickhouse Kitchens and BathsBrickhouse Kitchens and Baths
Small and green nautical bungalow detached house in Baltimore with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Affordable Coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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