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Affordable House Exterior with a Flat Roof Ideas and Designs

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Bridge House
Bridge House
HAUS | Architecture For Modern LifestylesHAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles
Northeast Elevation reveals private deck, dog run, and entry porch overlooking Pier Cove Valley to the north - Bridge House - Fenneville, Michigan - Lake Michigan, Saugutuck, Michigan, Douglas Michigan - HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles
Greenwich Residence
Greenwich Residence
Y.A. studioY.A. studio
Lucas Fladzinski Photography
Medium sized and white traditional two floor house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Prairie Retreat
Prairie Retreat
April BallietteApril Balliette
Ryan Gamma Photography
Medium sized and white modern bungalow render detached house in Tampa with a flat 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.
Willis Point
Willis Point
UserUser
Medium sized and gey traditional house exterior in Vancouver with three floors, vinyl cladding and a flat 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.
Celiba - nutidens parcelhus
Celiba - nutidens parcelhus
Skanlux byggefirma A/SSkanlux byggefirma A/S
http://www.andre.dk/andre.dk/welcome.html
Inspiration for a medium sized and white modern bungalow concrete house exterior in Aarhus with a flat roof.
Modern Shipping Container Cabin
Modern Shipping Container Cabin
Tomecek Studio ArchitectureTomecek Studio Architecture
Photography by John Gibbons This project is designed as a family retreat for a client that has been visiting the southern Colorado area for decades. The cabin consists of two bedrooms and two bathrooms – with guest quarters accessed from exterior deck. Project by Studio H:T principal in charge Brad Tomecek (now with Tomecek Studio Architecture). The project is assembled with the structural and weather tight use of shipping containers. The cabin uses one 40’ container and six 20′ containers. The ends will be structurally reinforced and enclosed with additional site built walls and custom fitted high-performance glazing assemblies.
Craftsman Exterior Paint Color Consultation
Craftsman Exterior Paint Color Consultation
Masterworks Window Fashions & Design, LLCMasterworks Window Fashions & Design, LLC
This house is adjacent to the first house, and was under construction when I began working with the clients. They had already selected red window frames, and the siding was unfinished, needing to be painted. Sherwin Williams colors were requested by the builder. They wanted it to work with the neighboring house, but have its own character, and to use a darker green in combination with other colors. The light trim is Sherwin Williams, Netsuke, the tan is Basket Beige. The color on the risers on the steps is slightly deeper. Basket Beige is used for the garage door, the indentation on the front columns, the accent in the front peak of the roof, the siding on the front porch, and the back of the house. It also is used for the fascia board above the two columns under the front curving roofline. The fascia and columns are outlined in Netsuke, which is also used for the details on the garage door, and the trim around the red windows. The Hardie shingle is in green, as is the siding on the side of the garage. Linda H. Bassert, Masterworks Window Fashions & Design, LLC
River Crossing
River Crossing
Plan FactoryPlan Factory
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige bungalow clay house exterior in Austin with a flat roof.
Sunflower House
Sunflower House
Anthro ArchitectureAnthro Architecture
View of the rear extension showing the bi-folding doors opening up to create a flowing space between the inside and outside. The raised beds and steps help frame the garden space and the sunny terrace all summer long.
Complete Reno and Addition
Complete Reno and Addition
Ileana Schinder, PLLCIleana Schinder, PLLC
Inspiration for a medium sized and white modern two floor detached house in DC Metro with mixed cladding, a flat roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
大通りに建つ家
大通りに建つ家
西島正樹／プライム　PRIME Inc.architecture & planning西島正樹／プライム　PRIME Inc.architecture & planning
Photo of a medium sized and gey modern concrete detached house in Tokyo with three floors and a flat roof.
The New Traditional
The New Traditional
April BallietteApril Balliette
Photographer: Ryan Gamma
Inspiration for a medium sized and white modern render detached house in Tampa with three floors and a flat roof.
Futteralhaus. Vorgefertigtes, ökologisches, netzunabhängiges Haus
Futteralhaus. Vorgefertigtes, ökologisches, netzunabhängiges Haus
transstrukturatransstruktura
Qualitativ hochwertiger Wohnraum auf sehr kompakter Fläche. Die Häuser werden in einer Fabrik gefertigt, zusammengebaut und eingerichtet und anschließend bezugsfertig ausgeliefert. Egal ob als Wochenendhaus im Grünen, als Anbau oder vollwertiges Eigenheim. Foto: Dmitriy Yagovkin.
casa de diseño busca familia
casa de diseño busca familia
The House Home StagingThe House Home Staging
Sólo necesitamos una mañana de jardinero para poner al día el jardín. Una vez pulida y barnizada la tarima y con los retoques de pintura necesarios, el exterior de la casa ya muestra todo su potencial.
Los Altos House
Los Altos House
Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + DesignDotter & Solfjeld Architecture + Design
Medium sized and beige contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Construction Toit Terrasse 200 M2
Construction Toit Terrasse 200 M2
Bâti Concept ConseilBâti Concept Conseil
Design ideas for a medium sized and white modern bungalow house exterior in Bordeaux with a flat roof.
A House for Charlie
A House for Charlie
Tom Robertson ArchitectsTom Robertson Architects
jack lovel
Photo of a large and gey contemporary bungalow concrete detached house in Melbourne with a flat roof and a metal roof.
Modern Industrial Acreage
Modern Industrial Acreage
BENNEFIELD Construction Ltd.BENNEFIELD Construction Ltd.
Modern Industrial Acreage.
Inspiration for a large and black industrial two floor detached house in Other with a flat roof, a metal roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.

Affordable House Exterior with a Flat Roof 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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