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Affordable House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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4D Design + Consulting4D Design + Consulting
Medium sized and beige classic detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Professor's House
Professor's House
Arielle C. Schechter, AIAArielle C. Schechter, AIA
© Keith Isaacs Photo
Inspiration for a small and beige modern bungalow house exterior in Raleigh with concrete fibreboard cladding and a flat roof.
Historic Renovation
Historic Renovation
Creber Construction, Inc.Creber Construction, Inc.
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey classic two floor house exterior in Chicago with wood cladding and a hip roof.
2016 Showcase of Homes | Saratoga Springs
2016 Showcase of Homes | Saratoga Springs
Witt ConstructionWitt Construction
Randall Perry Photography, Mandy Springs Nursery
Design ideas for a green house exterior in New York with three floors and mixed cladding.
Exterior Craftsman Bungalow
Exterior Craftsman Bungalow
Arch Studio, Inc.Arch Studio, Inc.
Best of Houzz 2017 - Arch Studio, Inc.
Photo of a small and blue classic bungalow house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Our Work
Our Work
Griffin FenceGriffin Fence
Medium sized and white contemporary bungalow brick house exterior in Houston with a hip roof.
Vinyl Siding Adds Curb Appeal to Fairhaven, MA Home
Vinyl Siding Adds Curb Appeal to Fairhaven, MA Home
Care Free Homes, Inc.Care Free Homes, Inc.
Vinyl siding gave this Fairhaven, MA home the curb appeal it desperately needed! This homeowner was tired of warped, splitting, badly weathered cedar shingles and decided to install maintenance free siding! Our Care Free home features Mastic Carvedwood 44 vinyl siding in English Wedgewood, a color growing in popularity among Care Free customers!
Vinyl Siding Adds Curb Appeal to Fairhaven, MA Home
Vinyl Siding Adds Curb Appeal to Fairhaven, MA Home
Care Free Homes, Inc.Care Free Homes, Inc.
Vinyl siding gave this Fairhaven, MA home the curb appeal it desperately needed! This homeowner was tired of warped, splitting, badly weathered cedar shingles and decided to install maintenance free siding! Our Care Free home features Mastic Carvedwood 44 vinyl siding in English Wedgewood, a color growing in popularity among Care Free customers!
Weekend Getaway - Leelanau Peninsula
Weekend Getaway - Leelanau Peninsula
Maple Hill Builders, LLCMaple Hill Builders, LLC
Design ideas for a small and white rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Modern steel gates
Modern steel gates
Pacific Garage Doors & GatesPacific Garage Doors & Gates
Pacific Garage Doors & Gates Burbank & Glendale's Highly Preferred Garage Door & Gate Services Location: North Hollywood, CA 91606
Photo of a medium sized and beige rustic two floor semi-detached house in Los Angeles with a half-hip roof, mixed cladding and a shingle roof.
Craftsman Vaulx
Craftsman Vaulx
Cayce Mill Design CenterCayce Mill Design Center
Craftsman Residential
This is an example of a medium sized and gey classic two floor house exterior in Nashville with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Ashberry
Ashberry
Remodel BoutiqueRemodel Boutique
Photo of a medium sized and multi-coloured retro bungalow brick detached house in Austin with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Tinsel HouseTinsel House
Inspiration for a small and green midcentury two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Portola
Portola
square three architecture, incsquare three architecture, inc
Photo of a large farmhouse bungalow house exterior in San Francisco.
Princeton
Princeton
Ruben S. Ojeda ArchitectsRuben S. Ojeda Architects
Shawn Bishop
Photo of a medium sized and gey two floor render house exterior in Los Angeles.
Willis Point
Willis Point
UserUser
Medium sized and gey traditional house exterior in Vancouver with three floors, vinyl cladding and a flat roof.
Eksteriør
Eksteriør
LERGAARD.COMLERGAARD.COM
Medium sized and black scandi bungalow house exterior in Copenhagen with wood cladding and a half-hip roof.
Water Wise Craftsman Home Landscaping
Water Wise Craftsman Home Landscaping
Ecology ArtisansEcology Artisans
Frontyard waterwise conversion in North Park San Diego by Ecology Artisans
This is an example of a medium sized and blue classic bungalow detached house in San Diego with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Nos réalisations
Nos réalisations
Delrieu ConstructionDelrieu Construction
This is an example of a large and beige mediterranean two floor house exterior in Angers with a pitched roof.
Rosedale Remodel
Rosedale Remodel
Winn Wittman Architecture A.I.A.Winn Wittman Architecture A.I.A.
Exterior view of home with stucco exterior and metal roof. Clerestory gives the home more street presence.
Photo of a small and gey contemporary bungalow render detached house in Austin with a flat roof and a metal roof.

Affordable 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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